This article is less about the skills, personality and gifting required of a church planter(s), but more about "the patterns regarding the who of church planting" (Stetzer).

Here's the intro blurb:

In order to engage in church planting effectively, it is important to consider who can plant a church. Do only churches plant churches? What about denominations? What about an individual? For that matter, must an individual be ordained, formally trained, and sent out by an agency of the denomination? In both the New Testament and today, we see several patterns regarding the who of church planting. Read more...