my personality…
strengths finders test reveals – relator, command, ideation, strategic, and achiever. how much value is there in knowing that. i for one believe it matters a great deal. we put a lot of stock in assessments here at WRC. we want to know your strengths, your personality, your habits, your skills, challenges. etc, etc. we also want to know that about you in relation to church planters.
we use a profile at www.churchplantersprofile.com. it is a series of five tests that help us get to know the potential church planter before they ever attend a class. there is a profile to help you know whether you are likely to be successful as a planter. a personality test, a temperament test, strengths test, and a 360 degree profile. we allo anyone to attend the cp class but we are very selective on support. we have to be in the present economy.
anyway back to my test. relator was an interesting one for me. i tend to have alot of acquaintances but very few friends. so at first i doubted the usefulness until i read the description. exactly right, i have a few people that i pore myself out to and keep others at arms lenghth. not that i don’t like people. i generally like people, but it is a learned reaction that i don’t trust many people. childhood experiences create lasting impressions. we are a sum of all our experiences.
that is the reason church planting and assessment are linked hand-in-hand. you have to know why you do what you do. you cannot be starting a church because another church won’t call you, you got mad at deacons or deacons got mad at you, or that you are going to be “THE REAL NEW TESTAMENT” church (my real pet peeve).
knowing why you receive the test scores is as important as the test scores. as i look at all five of mine. i can list experiences that drove me to each. so church planter, what’s your real motivation?
