Spiritual gifts

A spiritual gifts assessment that ends with a team, not a label

Most tests hand somebody a word and a PDF. This one asks what they are like, points every answer at a real opening, and ends with three teams and a leader who knows they are coming.

Why this one

The label was never the problem

Churches have run gifts tests for decades, and most results live in a drawer. Someone learns they are "Hospitality" and nothing happens, because a category is not a place and nobody was asked to follow up.

The serving match keeps the good part, questions that reveal temperament, skill and heart, and changes the ending. Every answer carries weight toward a real position: the coffee counter, the check in desk, the camera, the nursery.

Three teams that fit, from the serving match

The questions

It asks what they are like, not what they want

"When a room needs something done, where do you end up?" beats "which team interests you?" People know the answer to the first and guess at the second. The questions are written as scenes on purpose.

Gear. Your hands. Details. Feeding people. A room full of five year olds. Each is a one tap answer that feeds a trait your positions are weighted on.

Trait

Behind the scenes

Making it all work, out of sight. Production, setup, the kitchen.

Trait

Welcoming

Notices who is left out. Guest connect, the coffee counter.

Trait

Kids and students

Looks forward to a room of kindergartners or a Wednesday with middle schoolers.

Trait

Care

Keeps checking in. Meals, visits, the people going through something hard.

Questions churches ask

Is this a SHAPE or DISC test?

No. It borrows the idea that people should be placed by who they are, and drops the part where the answer is a label.

Can we use our own language?

Yes. Your vision opens it, in your words, and we tune the positions with your staff at launch.

What do they see at the end?

Three teams, what each one is really like, and a tap to say they are in. Then your staff places them.

Does it work for a first time guest?

It comes after New Here, once they are known. That way the first Sunday stays short.

See the questions run

Try the serving match on the home page, then book fifteen minutes.