Serve Survey

Spiritual Gifts

Please read the following descriptions of the spiritual gifts and select a few you think God may have gifted you with...

Administration

I like to organize people, tasks, and events.
I am careful, thorough, and skilled at managing details.
I can clarify goals and develop strategies or plans to accomplish them.
I can identify and effectively use the resources needed to accomplish tasks.
I like to help organizations or groups become more efficient.
I enjoy learning about how organizations function.
I can visualize a coming event, anticipate potential problems, and develop backup plans.

Apostleship/Missions

I would like to start churches in places where they do not presently exist.
I am attracted to the idea of serving in another country or ethnic community.
I am willing to take an active part in starting a new church.
I can adapt well to different cultures and surroundings.
I can relate to others in culturally sensitive ways.
I enjoy pioneering new undertakings.
I am able to orchestrate or oversee several church ministries.

Craftsmanship

I enjoy working creatively with wood, cloth, paints, metal, glass, or other materials.
I am skilled in working with different kinds of tools.
I enjoy making things for use in ministry.
I can visualize how something should be constructed before I build it.
I honor God with my handcrafted gifts.
I am good at and enjoy working with my hands.
I am able to design and construct things that help the church.

Creative Communication

I enjoy challenging people's perspective of God by using various forms of art.
I enjoy developing and using my artistic skills (art, drama, music, photography, etc.).
I help people understand themselves, their relationships and God better through artistic expression.
I like finding new and fresh ways of communicating God's truth.
I apply various artistic expressions to communicate God's truth.
I am creative and imaginative.
I regularly need to get alone to reflect and develop my imagination.

Discernment

I can readily distinguish between spiritual truth and error, good and evil.
I frequently am able to judge a person's character based upon first impressions.
I can see through phoniness or deceit before it is evident to others.
I tend to see rightness or wrongness in situations.
I receive affirmation from others concerning the reliability of my insights or perceptions.
I can identify preaching, teaching, or communication which is not true to the Bible.
I can sense when demonic forces are at work in a person or situation.

Encouragement

I tend to see the potential in people.
I enjoy reassuring and strengthening those who are discouraged.
I give hope to others by directing them to the promises of God.
I reassure those who need to take courageous action in their faith, family, or life.
I strengthen those who are wavering in their faith.
I like motivating others to take steps for spiritual growth.
I am able to challenge or rebuke others in order to foster spiritual growth.

Evangelism

I communicate the gospel to others with clarity and effectiveness.
I consistently look for opportunities to build relationships with non- Christians.
I am effective at adapting the gospel message so that it connects with an individual's felt needs.
I invite unbelievers to accept Christ as their Savior.
I openly tell people that I am a Christian and want them to ask me about my faith.
I openly and confidently tell others what Christ has done for me.
I seek opportunities to talk about spiritual matters with unbelievers.

Faith

I find it natural and easy to trust God to answer my prayers.
I have confidence in God's continuing provision and help, even in difficult times.
I believe that God will help me to accomplish great things.
I trust God in circumstances where success cannot be guaranteed by human effort alone.
I am convinced of God's daily presence and action in my life.
I am regularly challenging others to trust God.
I can move forward in spite of position or lack of support when I sense God's blessing on an undertaking.

Giving

I give liberally and joyfully to people in financial need or to projects requiring support.
I give more than a tithe so that kingdom work can be accomplished.
I manage my money well in order to free more of it for giving.
I am challenged to limit my lifestyle in order to give away higher percentages of my income.
I like knowing that my financial support makes a real difference in the lives and ministries of God's people.
I give generously due to my commitment to stewardship.
I believe I have been given an abundance of resources so that I may give more to the Lord's work.

Helps/Service

I enjoy working behind the scenes to support the work of others.
I enjoy doing routine tasks that support the ministry.
I willingly take on a variety of odd jobs around the church to meet the needs of others.
I see spiritual significance in doing practical tasks.
I like to find small things that need to be done and often do them without being asked.
I feel comfortable being a helper, assisting others to do their job more effectively.
I readily and happily use my natural or learned skills to help wherever needed.

Hospitality

I view my home as a place to minister to people in need.
I enjoy meeting new people and helping them to feel welcomed.
I genuinely believe the Lord directs strangers to me who need to get connected to others.
I like to create a place where people do not feel that they are alone.
I enjoy entertaining people and opening my home to others.
I do whatever I can to make people feel that they belong.
I can make people feel at ease even in unfamiliar surroundings.

Intercession

I take prayer requests from others and consistently pray for them.
I enjoy praying for long periods of time and receive leadings as to what God wants me to pray for.
I am conscious of ministering to others as I pray.
I pray with confidence because I know that God works in response to prayer.
When I hear about needy situations, I feel burdened to pray.
I am honored when someone asks me to pray for them.
I often see specific results in direct response to my prayers.

Knowledge

I am approached by people who want to know my perspective on a particular passage or Biblical truth.
I receive information from the Spirit that I did not acquire through natural means.
I am committed,, and schedule blocks of time for reading and studying Scripture, to understand Biblical truth fully and accurately.
I have insight or just know something to be true.
I have suddenly known some things about others, but did not know how I knew them.
I discover important Biblical truths when reading or studying Scripture which benefits others in the Body of Christ.
I confidently share my knowledge and insights with others.

Leadership

I am able to motivate others to accomplish a goal.
I am able to influence others to achieve a vision.
I can adjust my leadership style to bring out the best in others.
I set goals and manage people and resources effectively to accomplish them.
I influence others to perform to the best of their capability.
I am able to cast a vision that others want to be apart of.
I figure out where we need to go and help others to get there.

Mercy

I empathize with hurting people and desire to help in their healing process.
I can patiently support those going through painful experiences as they try to stabilize their lives.
I enjoy helping people sometimes regarded as undeserving or beyond help.
I have great compassion for hurting people.
I can look beyond a person's handicaps or problems to see a life that matters to God.
I enjoy bringing hope and joy to people living in difficult circumstances.
I enjoy doing practical things for others who are in need.

Prophecy

I can speak in a way that results in conviction and change in the lives of others.
I feel responsible to confront others with the truth.
I boldly expose cultural trends, teachings, or events, which contradict Biblical principles.
I see most actions as right or wrong, and feel the need to correct the wrong.
I like people who are honest and will speak the truth.
I will speak God's truth, even in places where it is unpopular or difficult for others to accept.
I feel compelled to expose sin wherever I see it and to challenge people to repentance.

Shepherding/Pastoring

I enjoy spending time nurturing and caring for others.
I have compassion for wandering believers and want to protect them.
I like to provide guidance for the whole person - relationally, emotionally, spiritually, etc.
I can faithfully provide long-term support and concern for others.
I enjoy giving guidance and practical support to a small group of people.
I can gently restore wandering believers to faith and fellowship.
I enjoy patiently, but firmly nurturing others in their development as believers.

Teaching

I am able to communicate God's work effectively.
I can spend time in study knowing that presenting truth will make a difference in the lives of people.
I can devote considerable time to learning new Biblical truths in order to communicate them to others.
I like to take a systematic approach to my study of the Bible.
I can communicate Scripture in ways that motivate others to study and want to learn more.
I can present information and skills to others at a level that makes it easy for them to grasp and apply to their lives.
I enjoy explaining things to people so that they can grow spiritually and personally.

Wisdom

I am often sought out by others for advice about spiritual or personal matters.
I can often find simple, practical solutions in the midst of conflict or confusion.
I can easily select the most effective course of action from among several alternatives.
I can anticipate the likely consequences of an individual's or a group's action.
I give practical advice to help others through complicated situations.
I can apply Scriptural truth that others regard as practical and helpful.
I have insights into how to solve problems that others do not see.

Select as many as you think apply

Abilities Assessment

As you read through this list, mark the talents or skills in which you have proven ability and that you enjoy doing. You are not committing to serve in any of these areas. Be honest and fair in your self-evaluation.

Heart / Passion

Read the following words and statements and check the ones that best describe what you have a heart for or what motivates you...

• Acquire/Possess: I love to shop, collect, or obtain things. I enjoy getting the highest quality for the
best price.
• Design/Develop: I love to make something out of nothing. I enjoy getting something started from
scratch.
• Excel: I love to be the best and make my team the best. I enjoy setting and attaining the highest standard.
• Follow the Rules: I love to operate by policies and procedures. I enjoy meeting the expectations of an organization or boss.
• Improve: I love to make things better. I enjoy taking something that someone else has designed or started and improving it.
• Influence: I love to convert people to my way of thinking. I enjoy shaping the attitudes and behavior of others.
• Lead:I love to lead the way, oversee, and supervise. I enjoy determining how things will be done.
• Repair: I love to fix and repair mechanical kinds of things (inanimate objects).
• Organize: I love to bring order out of chaos. I enjoy organizing something that is already started.
• Perform: I love to be on stage and receive the attention of others. I enjoy being in the limelight.
• Persevere: I love to see things to completion. I enjoy persisting at something until it is finished.
• Evangelize: I love sharing the plan of salvation with anyone I meet.
• Prevail: I love to fight for what is right and oppose what is wrong. I enjoy overcoming injustice.
• Writing: I love to write articles, stories, and/or books.
• Proofreading: I love proofreading my written material as well as articles written by others.
• Serve/Help I love to assist others in their responsibility. I enjoy helping others succeed.

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