The Evangel Dean Basic Training Resource Handbook

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b. Look for an apostolic gift 3

(1) Great faith

(2) Prayer warrior

(3) Apostolic call (heart, evangelist, mentor)

C. Benefits of assessment

1. Realistic vision for church planters

a. Assessments help provide a realistic vision of self

b. Assessments help provide a realistic vision of the church planting task

c. One study of 1,000 church planters conducted by the North American Missions Board of the Southern Baptist Church determined that church plants where the church planter had a realistic vision of the church planting task were 400% more likely to survive than those that did not. 4

2. The separation of shepherds from wolves

3. Good stewardship (Matt. 25.14−30)

a. People

b. Time

c. Money

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3 Mark Hammond and Don Overstreet, God’s Call to the City. Bloomington, IN: Crossbooks, 2011. pp. 157−82.

4 Stetzer and Bird, “The State of Church Planting in the United States: Research Overview and Qualitative Study of Primary Church Planting Entities,” 6−7.