Assessment | M4 Australia

M4 Assessment

Calling, Character, Chemistry and Competence.

Why Assessment?

To help the church planter to see what they already have and what needs to be developed for fruitful church planting ministry, in four main areas of calling, character, chemistry and competence.

To provide their coach with an extensive picture of the church planter’s strengths and areas for growth so that the coach can come alongside them in a more effective way.

To provide other people around the church planter with whom they choose to share the assessment results (for example, their team as well as their leaders, supervisors, etc.) with a realistic picture of the potential of the church planter so that they can work together better.

Three Steps

The church planter completes a self-assessment online.
A trained Assessment team conducts an extensive interview with them.
The Assessment team writes a summary report and presents it to the church planter (and other authorized people, as agreed beforehand).

Self-assessment tool

Assessment dynamics

Confidentiality

Balance of grace-giving and truth-telling

Honesty & transparency

Exploring for quality feedback instead of testing for a pass/fail

Respect and active listening

Blessing and encouragement

The main presupposition is that past experience is the best predictor of future behavior:

Focus is kept on the church planter’s past behavior and ministry asking for specific actions, stories and repeated patterns
Most of the questions are open-ended to explore the church planter’s past experience in the best possible way
Any evaluation is delayed until after the interview
The process is not a counseling session, typical job interview or going through a checklist