AssessME.org

What AssessME.org does

AssessME.org, operated as a subsidiary brand of E-Church Essentials, LLC (Michigan, USA), provides a cloud-based, subscription-priced suite of human-resource assessments purpose-built for churches and para-church ministries. Founded by David A. Posthuma based on a temperament theory he developed beginning in 1995 and commercialized through E-Church Essentials, LLC in 2002 with engineer James Wiersma, the platform delivers five interlocking assessments — ePersonality (a 16-type temperament model built from four oppositional categories), GraceGifts Spiritual Gifts (the only temperament-filtered spiritual gifts assessment, exposing how gift expression varies by personality), Leadership Style (six profiles), Skills Tracking (autocomplete over a database of hundreds of thousands of skill categories accumulated over 22 years), and NextSteps Discipleship Tracking (a 98% customizable nine-phase spiritual-formation program). Automated Mobilization Reports cross-reference all four mobilization assessments to produce validated candidate matches across ten ministry categories, and a Candidate Search Engine allows church staff to build ad-hoc role profiles against the same data set.

The company runs a product-led growth model: churches self-register at app.assessme.org/register/ministry under tiered monthly subscriptions ranging from $25 (Starter, 1–25 members) to $300 (Unlimited), with optional one-time purchases — a $19.99 individual assessment pack, a $49 Kick-Off Kit, a $99 Pastor's Class Kit, and a $125 setup for API integrations with Planning Center Online and Church Community Builder. Marketing relies on content (blog, YouTube, free eBooks including 'Better Together'), conference presence (e.g., the Southern Baptist Convention), and founder-led thought leadership rather than paid acquisition.

AssessME.org claims churches in 35 countries use the platform; named reference customers include Community Bible Church (10,000+ assessed since 2010), Life Pointe Church (1,000+ assessment packs since 2011/2012), Mid-Cities Community Church, North Metro Church, Fair Haven Ministries, Vertical Life Church, and the Reformed Church in America Church Multiplication Division, which standardizes the tool for church-planter assessment. In January 2024 the platform was entirely rebuilt with cross-validated Mobilization Reports as the headline new feature. The company is privately held, bootstrapped, and founder-owned, with no disclosed external funding and limited public revenue or headcount data.

Name

AssessME.org

Legal name

E-Church Essentials, LLC

Website

https://assessme.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2002

Operating status

Operating

Short description

AssessME.org, a subsidiary of E-Church Essentials, LLC, provides subscription-based online human-resource assessments—personality, spiritual gifts, leadership style, skills tracking, and discipleship—for churches and para-church ministries across 35 countries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Church HR Assessment Software

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

Test Item Banks, Question Authoring & Assessment Design Tools (EDAFADAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Diagnostic & Adaptive Assessment Content (Skills/Readiness) (EDAGADAJ), Assessments, Quizzes & Learning Analytics Tools (MPACALAK)

Keywords

• Church HR assessments
• Spiritual gifts testing
• Personality assessments
• Discipleship tracking software
• Volunteer mobilization tools

Headquarters

HQ city

Livonia

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Church Subscription Plans: Monthly subscription-based pricing for churches with tiers based on registered member count. All assessments are included in the subscription fee. Churches can pause or cancel anytime.
2. Individual Assessment Pack: One-time purchase option for individuals to access assessments for $19.99.
3. Pastor Workshop Kit: Complete leadership training workshop materials available for one-time purchase of $99.00. Includes unlimited campus license for making copies.
4. Kick-Off Kit: Sermon series and launch materials for churches implementing AssessME.org, available as instant download for $49.00.
5. API Integration Setup: Optional one-time setup fee of $125 for API integration with Planning Center Online or Church Community Builder. No ongoing fees after activation.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

AssessME.org is a cloud-based subscription platform that delivers professional human resource assessments tailored for churches and parachurch organizations. The all-in-one system bundles five assessment modules—ePersonality, GraceGifts Spiritual Gifts, Leadership Style, Skills Tracking, and NextSteps Discipleship Tracking—into a single ministry account with cross-assessment validation and candidate matching. Optional add-ons include training kits, sermon launch kits, and integrations with Planning Center Online and Church Community Builder.

Product overview

AssessME.org is a cloud-based church assessment platform offering a unified suite of temperament-based assessments and ministry tools. The core platform consists of four mobilization assessments (ePersonality, GraceGifts Spiritual Gifts, Leadership Style, and Skills Tracking) plus NextSteps Discipleship Tracking—each available as a distinct module within the all-in-one subscription. These tools are designed to work together through cross-assessment validation, enabling churches to make and mobilize disciples. The platform includes Automated Mobilization Reports that cross-reference all assessment data to identify validated ministry candidates, a Candidate Search Engine for custom profile matching, and optional add-on training resources (Pastor's Class Kit, Kick-Off Kit). Integration with Church Community Builder and Planning Center Online enables data sync with church management systems. All assessments are accessed via a single ministry subscription with tiered pricing based on database size.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• AssessME.org Church Assessment Platform A cloud-based subscription platform that delivers an all-in-one suite of professional human resource assessments (ePersonality, GraceGifts Spiritual Gifts, Leadership Style, Skills Tracking, and NextSteps Discipleship Tracking) for churches and parachurch organizations, with cross-assessment validation and candidate matching capabilities.
• ePersonality Assessment A personality assessment that creates 16 temperament types based on four oppositional categories (Independent/Social, Concrete/Abstract, Head/Heart, Systematic/Adaptive) to clarify how each person is designed to serve in ministry.
• GraceGifts Spiritual Gifts Test

Named customers7 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

Feature7 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Planning Center OnlinecoreTechnology or IntegrationPlanning Center Online is a popular church management solution known for its low cost and modular options. AssessME.org offers an optional data integration with Planning Center that includes Mobilization Assessments and NextSteps Discipleship Tracking data. The integration allows churches to use Planning Center's workflow features for automated follow-ups and department routing based on assessment results. Available for a one-time $125 setup fee.
• Church Community Builder (CCB)coreTechnology or IntegrationChurch Community Builder by PushPay is a church management system. AssessME.org offers an optional data integration that automatically populates mobilization assessment results into CCB 'My Fit' fields. The integration eliminates manual administration of assessment information. Supports multi-campus churches with a single AssessME account corresponding to the entire church organization. Available for a one-time $125 setup fee. Note: Excludes NextSteps data integration.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Ministry Insights: Provides DISC-based personality and ministry fit assessments for pastors, church staff, and volunteers — directly overlapping with AssessME's ePersonality and Leadership Style products for the same church customer base.
• Churchteams: Volunteer management and team-building software for churches; competes with AssessME's Skills Tracking and Mobilization Reports for the volunteer-placement use case within church volunteer programs.

Broad incumbents

• Pushpay (Church Community Builder): Church management software vendor whose Church Community Builder product integrates with AssessME and competes for the same church IT budget; broader suite spans giving, engagement, and admin, with overlapping volunteer and people data functionality.
• Planning Center: Church management platform with a People module and integrations that compete for the same congregational data and workflow budget; partners with AssessME for assessment data sync rather than offering equivalent native assessments.
• Realm (ACS Technologies): Church management platform serving mid-to-large congregations with people, giving, and group features; overlaps with AssessME's people-data and volunteer-placement use cases in the broader church software stack.
• Subsplash: Church engagement and mobile-app platform serving thousands of churches; its people/engagement features increasingly overlap with the volunteer-mobilization and discipleship use cases AssessME targets.
• Breeze ChMS: Church management system for small and mid-sized churches with people and volunteer tracking features; competes for the same overall church software budget and could bundle or integrate competing assessment functionality.
• Wiley Everything DiSC: Widely used workplace personality assessment vendor with comparable four-quadrant temperament-style scoring; a horizontal assessment competitor that churches sometimes adopt in lieu of ministry-specific tools like AssessME.
• Gallup (CliftonStrengths): Enterprise-grade strengths-based assessment used by some churches for leadership development and team building; a horizontal incumbent competing for the same leadership-discovery budget as AssessME's Leadership Style assessment.

Emerging players

• Church Volunteer Central (Group): Provides volunteer recruitment and screening tools for churches and faith-based organizations, addressing the same volunteer-placement problem AssessME's Skills Tracking and Mobilization Reports target.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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