PROFILE OF A RIZE CHURCH PLANTER
Can reach and develop millennials
Can reach young families (Birth- 5th grade) and established families (Parents of Middle/HS Students)
Social media/marketing savvy
Exceptional recruiter/gatherer
Can operationalize a vision (or find someone who can)
Exceptional communicator
Strong understanding of the God's Word
Student of Culture
Social media/marketing savvy
Visionary
Can build and develop teams/Leadership Pipelines
Self Aware ( knows what he/she doesn't know)
Connectional
Not a Lone Ranger
Has a heart to grow a multi cultural, diverse church
Problem solver
West Coast savvy
Married ( preferred not necessary)
Aligns with FMC theology and polity
Church Planter experience and/or experience in a start up.
Strategic thinker
Able to raise funds / fiscally astute
High EQ
Models health (spiritual, marital, relational)
Understands work/life balance
Strong sense of calling as a church planter
Understands the dynamics of being called to church planting
Perseveres
Possesses the gift of Faith
Teachable.
*It is understood that if he/she does not possess any of the above qualities...he/she must be able to recruit someone who does.