They encourage one another to maintain a prayer support team, a vital walk with God and they support one another with challenging devotions and prayer times. Assessment is a second important piece in successful church starts and has led to the development of the BGC Church Planting Assessment Center. Here, church planting candidates and their spouses spend four days with a group of assessors, determining character qualities, skills, gifts and the calling of God for effectively starting a church. Many of our new BGC congregations span a variety of cultural groups. TeAMerica wants to see the Assessment Centers accommodate this diversity and is eager to learn from these cultural groups.
Training is a core value and strategy TeAMerica uses to strengthen each new church.
Creating Dynamic Churches seminars are one popular training tool currently used throughout the country. The next strategy emphasis for TeAMerica is a coaching network. Many BGC districts have sent representatives to attend Coaching Quick Start training sessions led by national staff. Other districts have a coaching network on the drawing board. The aim of the coaching system is to get each new church planter linked with an experienced church planter or pastor, to develop an accountable and teachable relationship.