Because of the special challenges involved in planting a church, the team leader needs special kinds of gifts and talents. In this section of the lecture "Church Planter" Craig Ott: 

- discusses some of the findings of the research that has been done to determine the characteristics of  effective church planter; 

- shares Charles Ridley's list of qualities that has been used by many organizations to discern if a person has the gifting that is needed.