The ELI Initial Screening Assessment was created by the Emerging Leadership Initiative in 2005. In the last 5 years, over 5,000 potential church planters have completed the assessment. We’ve decided it’s time to upgrade our tools to make them even better!

In December, we began a validation study to help us update our Initial Screening Assessment and our data on church planter effectiveness.  We are currently compiling all the data from testing and surveys and are interviewing church planters about their experience. We hope to have the study completed by April 2011.

In this clip from Creating a Culture of Authentic Relationships, part of ELI’s Cultivate Training,Gary Foran shares candidly about doing church at church versus living church in your own neighborhood.

One of the most important thing leaders – church planters – do is create culture. You don’t create culture with branding or programming or strategy. You create culture with your life. The habits of the founders will become the culture of the congregation.

If you are getting ready to plant, in the process of planting, or have recently planted, Cultivate will equip you to start a church out of the culture – a church that reaches people far from God and leads them to a life of faith and spiritual transformation.
Cultivate is a fully online training program that will provide you with:

• A Biblical Foundation – Video training sessions will communicate and develop convictions for the Biblical truths that form the foundation of an out of the culture ministry.
• A Clear Strategy – Video training sessions will provide a high level view of the strategy, as well as insights into specific working plans and programs.
• Practical Tools and Resources – Each unit of the online training will provide you with tools and resources to help you develop your unique out of the culture strategy.
• Accountability for Implementation – Through the online training, in combination with one-on-one coaching, you will have accountability for implementing the plans you have developed.

Visit our cultivate page learn more and register for the next course beginning February 1, 2011.