WNMD Church Planting. Recruiting Visionary Church Planters To Lead Spirit-Empowered Churches

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1 WNMD Church Planting Recruiting Visionary Church Planters To Lead Spirit-Empowered Churches

2 Church Planter Application Thank you for your interest in planting churches in the Wisconsin Northern Michigan District of the Assemblies of God. The information you give on this application will only be shared with those who are vitally connected with our efforts to plant new churches in our district. These will include our district officials, church planting committee and your future church planting coach. This information will help us discern God s will in choosing pastors who will best represent God s kingdom and our movement in needy cities and towns. The next steps in our process include: 1. Contacting your references and getting background and credit checks. 2. A phone or face-to-face interview with at least two members of our Church Planting Task Force. 3. Helping you transfer your credentials to our district (if needed), or help you receive credentials from our district. 4. Sending you and your spouse to a five hour church planting assessment or 3 day assessment center (preferred). 5. Bringing you in to meet with the church planting committee to get to know you better and ultimately determine if we can work together. 6. If you are approved, we will send you and your spouse to 4 days of training at Church Planting Boot Camp. 7. You will be submitting a budget for the first year of your church planting experience. We hope to be helpful financially however you will still need to itinerate, send letters to friends and family and seek God earnestly to raise the necessary funds for the new church. One way we know God has indeed called you to plant a particular church is by making the funds available for that work. 8. Final approval comes from the presbytery. Once approved by them you begin to work! You will be assigned a coach who will meet with you monthly to be sure you stay on track. Please fill out this form as accurately as possible. Also send us two of your recent sermon tapes, videos or CD s. Applicant Profile Introductory Information Date Name Social Security Home Address _ City, State, Zip Spouses Name Phone Numbers Best time to contact by phone Current Drivers License State

3 Employment Information Current employer Business Title or Position Years employed Address City, State, Zip Phone Ministry Information paid volunteer Current church Years involved Address City, state, zip Phone Previous Ministry Previous church Address City, state, zip Years involved Responsibilities Reason for leaving Ministry Experience Describe how the Lord has used you in evangelism/discipleship

4 For the church planter 1. What are your Spiritual Gifts? 2. Describe your conversion and subsequent spiritual growth. (Use back if necessary) 3. What special skills do you possess that are helpful in pastoral ministry? 4. Give three reasons why you feel you are called to church planting. 5. What hobbies and interests do you have besides family and ministry? 6. How much debt do you have? Specify amounts for mortgage, vehicles, school loans, credit cards and personal loans. 7. Write down the names of your three closest friends (non-family members). 8. Write down the names of friends who are not Christians yet. 9. Given your gifts, personality and skill set, what type of town, city or area are you best suited to minister in? Educational Information List institutions attended after high school. Institution Degree earned Major/Focus Institution Degree earned Major/Focus Institution Degree earned Major/Focus

5 Please list any seminars you have attended which focused on Evangelism, Church Planting, Church Growth or Church Leadership. Please list the 5 books that you have read in the past two years that have most influenced you in ministry. Book Title Author Value to you If you could change 3 things about the church today what would they be? 1) 2) 3)

6 Church Planting Profile Questions 1. Give your best example of building a project, program or group from the ground up. 2. Share about a distasteful assignment/job that you had to complete. How did you stay motivated? 3. How do you typically give ministry away? 4. Describe a current association with an unchurched person. 5. What convictions do you and your spouse have regarding your respective roles in ministry? 6. Articulate your philosophy of church growth and how you have implemented that philosophy. 7. What methods and techniques have you used to assess the needs of your community? 8. How do you match the right people with the right ministry needs? 9. Tell about a particularly challenging time period of your ministry and what steps you took to handle the multiple demands made of you. 10. What is your best example of building a ministry team.

7 For the Church Planter's Spouse 1. How excited are you about planting a new church? 2. How will the new church effect you and the children? 3. Describe how you and your spouse work together as a team. 4. Write down the name of 5 friends, how often you see them and what it looks like when you get together. 5. Tell us what spiritual gifts you have which your spouse does not have and how they will help in the development of the new church. 6. How often do you have people into your home? 7. Do you feel secure financially? If not what would help?

8 References- Please include name, address, phone numbers and . You should list three pastoral references and three non-clergy references. No family members should be included in this reference list. If you do not fill this out completely, it will be returned to you. 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) I give the Wisconsin/Northern Michigan District permission to contact the references listed above and understand their comments are held in the strictest confidence. Therefore I will not have access to the comments they write or to notes taken during a verbal interview. Signed Date I give permission to the Wisconsin/Northern Michigan District to conduct a background check. (Additional forms will need to be signed.) Signed Date The Wisconsin Northern/Michigan District has my permission to conduct a credit check. Signed Date Please mail to: WNMD, P.O. Box 309, Waupaca, WI, 54981, fax it to or scan and back to: lmederich@msn.com