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September 6, 2006

Spiritual Formation Assessment

David Posthuma @ Sep 6, 2006 08:03 PM

NOTE: The Spiritual Formation Assessment may be branded and customized for your ministry for
$395. Please contact David Posthuma for more information.

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Professional Consulting and Training Services

David Posthuma @ Sep 6, 2006 07:39 PM

ABOUT DAVID

Imagine the possibilities once each and every staff member and lay leader is trained to develop and mobilize highly effective ministry teams. God has given David Posthuma exceptional strategic planning, team building, and ministry mobilization training abilities.

David A. Posthuma is the Designer, Founder and President of E-Church Essentials and AssessME.org. David is also the author of the ePersonality and graceGifts assessments, and has refined and expanded the Leadership Style assessment. David has also created an online Spiritual Formation Assessment tool that may be customized and branded exclusively for your ministry.

David Posthuma

David Posthuma, President of

David holds a Bachelor of Arts in Education and World Religion from Calvin College, and a Master’s of Divinity degree from Trinity International University.

David has served as a church plant pastor and church revitalization pastor since 1990. He also served a national Christian technology company as Director of Product Development and Marketing, designing technology solutions for the ministry market.

Other systems and solutions designed by David Posthuma include:

E-Church Essentials

Parent Pager

Online Discipleship

David's Design
David excels at strategic planning, and is a gifted speaker and teacher. David provides consulting and training services exclusively for ministry organizations. Consulting and training categories include:

• New Ministry Development
• Ministry Systems Integration
• Developing and Implementing a Ministry Philosophy
• Custom Assessment Creation
• Online Ministry Integration
• Team Building Dynamics
• E-Learning Development
• Website and Web Ministry Development

To learn more about how to contract David Posthuma to provide training or consultation to your ministry leadership, please call:

1-800-724-1159

> Ken Thomas, Executive Pastor, Lakeshore Vineyard

Ken Thomas "David’s business and pastoral experience combined with his innovativeness, ability to think strategically, and ability to apply technology to organizational needs; enable him to create holistic solutions. Dave is also a teacher and has a passion to provide tools to help leaders mobilize God’s people in team ministry. I trust Dave to work with me, respecting my agenda and approach to ministry while still speaking truth and taking on tough issues. It is safe to let him in, you will be blessed. "

See Lakeshore Vineyard's website at lakeshorevineyard.org .

> Dan Webster, Founder, Authentic Leadership

Dan Webster "Dave Posthuma and E-Church Essentials share my passion to train and inspire leaders to live authentic lives of great impact. Rarely do you meet someone as passionate about the church with the technological genius of Dave. I love how he is helping churches by leading them into the technological future. Pay attention to what he is doing and access his outrageous resource. It will help you as you both grow and organize your church."

Contact Dan Webster at www.authenticleadershipinc.com .

> Leonard Sweet, Drew University, George Fox Evangelical Seminary, preachingplus.com

Leonard Sweet "Ever wonder what it was like to have been on the ground floor with Jeff Bezos of Amazon.com or Pierre Omidyar of eBay.com? Wonder no longer. Join Dave Posthuma of E-ChurchEssentials and hold on –- the future of the church is forming right before your eyes and under your feet."

See Leonard Sweet's website at www.leonardsweet.com .

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Spotlight: South Point Community Church

David Posthuma @ Sep 6, 2006 07:38 PM

ASSESSME.org: Dennis, please tell us a little about yourself and how you came to be Pastor of Gift Assessment and Administration for South Point Community Church.

I have a wonderful wife of 14 years and I'm the father of four boys! I have a business background and was called into a full time church staff position about 3 years ago. I'm 39 and looking forward to serving God the rest of my life!

I became Pastor of Gift Assessment and Administration because my Senior Pastor, Russ Austin and our staff wanted more of a direct focus on identifying and releasing the gifts within the people that God was placing in the church. Our Pastor thought that my gift mix would work well in this new position. And, I really love it! My passion is to assist people in finding their place in God's Kingdom and moving them wholeheartly in that direction.

ASSESSME.org: Why are you passionate about mobilizing people for ministry?

Because, as pastors, we are called to prepare God's people for works of service! If the people are not ministering with their God given gifts, they will not feel complete or be complete. Not to mention that the Body of Christ will be without all it's fullness! And, from a practical standpoint, we will burn ourselves out trying to accomplish all the things that God intended for others to do. Think about it, there is much to do in God's Kingdom!

ASSESSME.org: What unique obstacles does South Point Community Church confront when trying to mobilize people for ministry?

I'm sure that we face many of the same obstacles that your readers do.

One, people are so busy. We must give them a compelling vision of God's Kingdom and how they can make a difference. No vision. No mobilization. They are world changers! They are God's people, equipped and gifted to minister to the Lord, other believers and the world! They may start in children's ministry, but do not limit the vision.

Two, the program or process of Gift Administration was a major obstacle. We were concerned with how we would administer and track all the gift tests and assessments. Assessme.org removed the majority of manual labor involved in the process. We are now free to cast the vision and focus on identifying and releasing the gifts God placed in His people.

Three, as we continue to grow, we have a tremendous amount of new people attending the church. Communication is so critical. The saying that vision leaks is so true. We must continually focus on casting the vision and communicating it church-wide. Just because the staff knows and understands the vision, does not guarantee everyone else does.

ASSESSME.org: Using online assessments to help facilitate ministry mobilization is likely new to your congregation. What strategies is South Point Community Church leadership planning to use to introduce your assessment tools to your people?

We decided to use our entire Wednesday night service to introduce the online Assessments. On back to back Wednesdays we introduced, taught and launched the process. This enabled us to reach the core of our church.

In the future, our process of identifying and releasing the people into service includes a two week teaching class, the online assessments from Assessme.org, completion of a personal profile and follow-up interview with discussed ministry direction plus follow-up and back-end tracking to verify that the process is working.

ASSESSME.org: What words of encouragement would you offer pastoral leaders who have become discouraged by the lack of commitment and participation they observe from the members of their congregations?

You can do it! The Lord will strengthen you. Cast and recast God's vision to His people. God created them for a purpose! We are called to prepare God's people for the works of service, not to do all the works of service.

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