From Reggie Curtis - Northern New York, USA:

I would begin by asking probing questions. If a Church Planter's passion, fueled by an authentic relationship with Christ, does not show up in answers to these questions, the motivation/calling

may be misdirected.

The questions would probably be something like this:

1. Who are you currently praying for to be born again, and what are you doing about it?
2. How will you disciple this person after they are born again?
3. Where will you plant churches and how will you decide where?
4. Why do you want to plant churches?
5. What does a successful Church Planter look like to you?

Assuming the answers to these questions are Holy Spirit empowered, I would then spend

the next 45 minutes talking to them about:

1. A healthy relationship with God through prayer and bible study.
2. A healthy relationship with my spouse and others by preferring them ahead of myself because of God's love for them and my desire to honor God.
3. Recognizing and ministering to those in my everyday life.
4. Watch out for BIG IDEAS but no action.
5. The importance of fellow laborers for strength and encouragement.
6. Use strategies and goals to love people to Jesus, not using people to fulfill my strategies and goals.
7. Holiness, the thermostat of a life that is transformed in Jesus.

Reggie Curtis, church planter - Northern New York