Cross Cultural Church Planting Assessment, Part 1

A few weeks ago I was in the Ukraine leading several sessions of  training regarding church planter assessment in that part of the world.  This actually brought back memories of a former life when I worked at the North America Mission Board in this same area. In preparing for this time I was reviewing some research that I had on the topic regarding church planter assessment. It really prompted three conversations in my mind.
1. How does church planter assessment look in another cultural setting? What are the behavioral competencies for a church planter outside North America? I had a particular interest in this since I wanted to compare what important competencies fellow workers see here on the field versus past research in North America.

2. Can behavioral assessment principles be utilized in a cross cultural setting? If so what would that look like?

3. Is there a way for a church to be assessed for it’s cross cultural abilities?
One project  that we are working on at the Upstream Collective is to find ways in which a church can assess their gifts, experiences and even their make up as a community of believers and then utilize this information as they determine where the Lord may be leading them to do missions. Can the behavioral assessment principles be applied to a church?
Are there certain competencies that a person (or a church) needs to possess in order to minister effectively in a cross cultural setting?

I would welcome your feedback on this conversation.

In another post I am going to give you a list of several of the behavioral competencies that I see as important for cross-cultural workers or teams of workers that I have been working on.

Next week I want to briefly describe the idea of behavioral assessments.
BTW - My New Year goal for this blog is to write on a missional topic on Mondays, a leadership topic on Wednesdays and then introduce you to a friend or ministry on the weekend.

More Soon.