Spiritual Gifts Profile

Spiritual gifts are the way God organizes the living body of Christ. To become aware of your gifts is to know where you fit in Kingdom work and where you will find greatest fulfillment.

There are various views of which gifts should be included in a list for the church today and which gifts should not be included. This Spiritual Gifts Profile uses all those gifts (a) listed in the New Testament and (b) accepted by some scholars. The church today must not conclude that because the Christian community in apostolic times had members with certain gifts that, therefore, the church today must possess similar gifts or it is somehow incomplete. On the other hand, the Lord may choose to give such gifts, but He gives to His Church according to His will.

Christians today will accept with joy and thanksgiving any gift the Spirit may choose to give for the purpose of building up the church. The body of Christ, therefore, cannot reject outright the possibility that God may endow some in the Christian Church with the same abilities and powers He gave the early church.

Directions:

Pray. Ask God to guide you with a clear mind and an open heart. This is a spiritual reflection exercise to help you be a better manager of the special gifts God has given you.
Read each item carefully.
Answer each item as quickly and as accurately as possible. To record your answers, place the number, on a scale from 1-10 that most accurately describes your understanding of yourself, in the box provided.
1 = Not Frequently
10 = Frequently
The question you are answering is: “This statement reflects experience in my own life: not frequently?... frequently?...or somewhere in between.”

After you complete the survey and press the Submit button, your results will be emailed to you and the Church Doctor Ministries team. If you are completing this Spiritual Gifts Profile as part of a consultation with your church, your designated consultant will have these results to refer to as part of the consultation process.

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1. I regularly spend large amounts of time praying for others.

2. I see life as an adventure and desire to be out there involved on the cutting edge.

3. I communicate messages based on God’s Word that are received as helpful and relevant.

4. I feel a sense of security without having the need for material objects.

5. I spend time regularly reading and studying Christian literature.

6. I appreciate the opportunity to provide food and fellowship for a guest and am asked to provide lodging for guests.

7. I take the Gospel to the unchurched and am motivated to represent God’s work beyond a local congregation.

8. I am able to understand clearly the long-range and short-term goals of a Christian group.

9. I invest time and energy to help, guide, counsel, and protect new Christians. I serve and guide others, developing close, personal, long-term relationships.

10. I help those who are weak in the faith to return to a healthy relationship with Christ.

11. I am able to effectively build up people when they are down.

12. I enjoy bringing God’s love to those in the hospital, in nursing homes, shut in at home, or in jail. I show compassion to those hurting, recognizing clearly that they need Christ’s love.

13. I consider dying for Christ to be one of the greatest ways to witness.

14. I find that life in Christ has great meaning, and I frequently share that in a personal way with joy and excitement.

15. I enjoy serving the church doing little tasks that many would consider necessary but less important than other activities.

16. I am used by God to miraculously change circumstances that are obviously beyond human intervention.

17. I make profound and difficult Christian principles seem relatively easy to learn, helping people learn spiritual concepts in a way that develops spiritual growth.

18. I often recognize, correctly, whether or not an action is in harmony with God’s Spirit, and I am able to make accurate judgments concerning what is God-pleasing and what is not.

19. I am willing to give generously to a variety of Christian endeavors and greatly appreciate being asked to donate money to a Christian cause.

20. I find it enjoyable to discover practical answers to difficult challenges that face the church, easily applying biblical theory to daily life in a practical way that helps meet needs in the church.

21. I feel at home among people of different cultures and am excited about making disciples in another culture.

22. I am happy to provide help to other Christians, but most often do it behind the scenes.

23. I live as though the needs of others are more important than the physical and material possessions of self.

24. I am more excited than most for the opportunity to attend a workshop in order to learn more about God’s teaching.

25. I enjoy hosting small group functions in the home.

26. I recognize that, when giving a public message in tongues, it should be interpreted.

27. I am able to make plans that result in effective strategies for action.

28. I like the task of shepherding Christians over a long period of time and watching them grow spiritually.

29. I pray for those who are sick or injured with the result that they are often healed.

30. I often comfort and encourage other Christians and am recognized as an encourager of others.

31. I greatly admire those who are persecuted for their faith in Christ.

32. I get excited about cleanup service days at the church and enjoy being called upon to help out where needed around the church.

33. I have personally experienced God intervening in my life to do things that normally would seem impossible.

34. I am used by God to communicate biblical truths to others in ways that they find the material relevant, exciting, and helpful.

35. I can properly identify a person who promotes false teaching, even when others are not aware of it.

36. I find great joy in contributing material resources for the Lord’s work, giving time, talents, or treasures generously.

37. I am known for helping to choose from several alternatives the one that can best be applied to meet the needs of the body of Christ.

38. I give others confident directions and strategic guidance that contributes to the building of God’s Kingdom; others recognize it and willingly follow.

39. I keep a prayer list and refer to it daily.

40. I am considered by others to be a “possibility thinker” who sees a possibility behind every problem.

41. I am used to reveal something God will do in the future.

42. I receive more satisfaction from seeing God’s work accomplished than from becoming more affluent.

43. I speak in tongues as a personal spiritual exercise, and I consider speaking in tongues to be a valuable part of my private prayer life.

44. I am regularly organizing others to work efficiently on the task at hand, and I am able to put other Christians to work using their gifts and talents.

45. I find fulfillment from helping those who suffer from physical, emotional, or mental problems.

46. I take part in a group in which tongues are spoken, seeking the opportunity to interpret.

47. I appreciate the opportunity to share the faith with a person who doesn’t yet know Christ, actively seeking out unbelievers in order to share the Gospel with them.

48. I enjoy learning and speaking foreign languages and eating foods from other cultures.

49. I work to help key leaders do their jobs better.

50. I proclaim God’s truth from the Bible in ways that help people find new insights.

51. I am known to have an “open-door policy” where visitors can drop in anytime and feel welcomed.

52. I feel at home in a group meeting where Christians speak in tongues.

53. I have the desire to see new churches planted.

54. I work to reclaim people who have strayed from the Christian faith and nurture their spiritual health.

55. I gain satisfaction by working with those who are disadvantaged and downtrodden.

56. I could easily face torture for the Christian faith and am fearless when faced with danger because of the cause of Christ.

57. I interpret tongues in a way that is considered appropriate by those who speak in tongues.

58. I like to help as a follower, rather than a director, of a project.

59. I enjoy the opportunity to explain God’s Word, providing relevant ways to learn.

60. I am recognized as one who can apply practical insights to working out challenges that face God’s people.

61. I prefer living in a multicultural or cross-cultural community.

62. I motivate and equip others by casting vision and developing strategies for the growth of God’s Kingdom, challenging them to move forward following God’s will.

63. I do the little jobs around the church that often go unnoticed by others, and I like the idea of assisting other workers in the church.

64. I follow up on those receiving prayer to see if God has answered yet.

65. I display extraordinary confidence that God can accomplish the impossible.

66. I study the Bible with unusual regularity, with a passion for learning new insights. I am more attentive than most in a Bible class.

67. I am seen as an expert who influences other Christians.

68. I am used by God to bring healing to people with damaged emotions.

69. I confront inactive or uninvolved Christians in a way that encourages them.

70. I look for the opportunity to interpret if someone should begin speaking in tongues.

71. I proclaim God’s message in ways that are especially effective for introducing Christ to those who do not know Him.

72. I am used by God to do things that defy the usual laws of nature and to supernaturally change people’s lives.

73. I am sought by others for spiritual advice to determine whether a decision is what God would want accomplished.

74. I find excitement in giving large percentages of income to the Lord’s work.

75. I am willing to take risks and face challenges that arise in the church, moving God’s people toward long-range accomplishments.

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