In North America and elsewhere, attention is being increasingly given to church planters selection and training. Not everyone who volunteers to become a church planter is necessarily gifted for such ministry. The selection process often begins with an assessment of potential church planters. Church planter assessment seeks to discern the readiness and giftedness of the potential candidates.  In this section of the lecture "Church Planter" Craig Ott:

- shows the graphic with the results of studying how fast the churches in the USA grew based on whether the church planter received assessment or not; 

- talks about different ways to conduct assessment.