Case Study: Planting Churches from the Inside Out with Mission Igniter
Client: Mission Igniter – A Church Planting Incubator
Key Focus: Discernment, Coaching, and Leadership Placement
Core Belief: Churches grow best when leaders lead from their God-given design
Interview: Dwight Weber, Director of Mobilization and Assessments
The Challenge
Mission Igniter exists to support—church planting. As a unique church planting incubator, their model doesn't start with a predefined plan. Instead, it begins with the person: their wiring, calling, and context. “Some agencies have a model, and you plant into it,” Dwight Weber explained. “We don’t do that. We start with you. Because God won’t call you to something that’s inconsistent with who you are.”
Mission Igniter’s mission hinges on a crucial insight: if leaders don’t know themselves, they’ll try to lead like someone else—and that leads to misalignment, burnout, or failure. But finding an assessment tool that could deliver clarity without rigidity was a challenge.
The Solution
Healthy Growing Leaders’ TrueWiring suite brought the insight, depth, and personal relevance Mission Igniter was looking for.
“I found HGL through a Google search,” the leader said. “I watched the videos, and I was hooked. After my first assessment with Greg, it wasn’t just accurate—it felt prophetic. It didn’t just affirm what I already knew; it took me deeper.” Mission Igniter began integrating TrueWiring into three main areas of their ministry:
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Church Planter Incubation – Helping planters build from their own design through discernment and coaching.
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Young Leader Development – Supporting the Church of God ordination process with tools that spark self-awareness and growth.
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Pastoral Placement – Assisting denominational leaders in assessing fit before making high-stakes hiring decisions.
Why it Works
What makes this tool different,” he shared, “is how scientific and personal it is. Some tools are so technical you can't relate to them. Others are so vague they don’t give you anything to act on. This gives you both.”
Every part of the TrueWiring suite—from DISC to Motivators to Conflict Styles—connects to real-life leadership. “People don’t always know why they do what they do,” he said. “But these tools surface those motivations and give language to their design. It’s a game changer.”
The professionalism and depth of the assessments immediately stood out. “I’ve used DISC for decades. But I’ve never seen people respond to an assessment the way they do with this. It consistently hits the mark—and that gives me confidence as an assessor to speak clearly into their life.”
Tangible Results
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Consistent Accuracy: “I’ve never had someone go through a debrief and just shrug. Everyone walks away saying, ‘That’s exactly me.’”
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Better Hiring: “I tell churches all the time: this tool can save you thousands of dollars and countless hours of pain by preventing a bad hire.”
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Prophetic Insight: “I’ve had young leaders say, ‘I wish I had this 10 or 20 years ago.’ I’ve had a 69-year-old say, ‘I wish I knew this in my 20s.’”
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Alignment & Clarity: “With this tool, you can speak with clarity into a leader’s potential and help them align with where they’ll thrive.”
A Word to Other Leaders
If you’re a church leader, HR director, or executive pastor wondering whether assessments are worth it, his advice is simple:
“Start by doing it yourself. If it hits the mark for you, imagine the clarity it can bring to your team. A bad hire is far more costly than the investment in an assessment—and this tool consistently helps leaders align with their true calling.”
And for those considering becoming certified to use the assessments?
“You’ll gain the tools to align the right person with the right role at the right time. That’s powerful. Watching someone thrive because of that alignment—that’s one of the most fulfilling things you’ll experience as a leader.”