AssessmentMethodologyScheme

3 concepts

https://ontology.global.church/core#AssessmentMethodologyScheme

Code	Label	Definition
`IMBA`	IMB People Group Assessment	IMB comprehensive people group assessment — GSEC (0-6), SPI, engagement status, church planting, LPI, and resource availability (Bible, Jesus Film, radio, gospel, audio, stories). All data points from a single field research process. Owned by IMB.
`JPPS`	JP Progress Scale	Joshua Project Progress Scale (1a-5). Derived from evangelical % and Christian adherent %. Owned by Joshua Project.
`POE`	Phases of Engagement	Collaborative assessment framework combining Phase (0-7), Engagement Strength (Unknown-Flourishing), and Engagement Accelerator diagnostics (12 domains). Developed by Frontiers, IMB, Joshua Project, Engage Network, Vision 5:9, and Accelerate (April 2026). Extends and supersedes the POE Phases methodology with a multi-dimensional measurement model: phase assignment (where a people group is on the engagement arc), strength measurement (intensity of gospel-oriented activity relative to population), and accelerator diagnostics (which strategic domains need investment to catalyze the next phase transition). The Phases of Engagement Toolkit evolved from the POE Phases of Progress framework originated by the No Place Left movement. Phase definitions build on that foundation but add the Engagement Strength and Accelerator dimensions. Assessment authority resides with the toolkit coalition (IMB, JP, Frontiers, etc.); Global.Church ingests their assessments via data bridges.