A Powerful Spiritual Gift Test Unlike Any Other...

graceGIFTS is a spiritual gifts test that provides the option of measuring either the practical gifts only, or the entire gift list.

Serving From Our Strengths:
One very unique and powerful feature of the graceGIFTS spiritual gifts test is that the report format focuses upon the top six gift listings for each individual, and only tracks the top three listings for purposes of team building. It is essential that Christ’s people be affirmed for the strengths that God has given them, and that team building within Christ’s Church is based upon those strengths.

When people serve out of weaker gifting areas, they will always experience higher levels of stress, lower levels of satisfaction, and limited effectiveness. Certainly, "when we are weak, God is strong". But the whole reason for exploring spiritual gifts is to learn how God is working and empowering people for ministry...a foundational team building principle. In addition, spiritual gifts should always be interpreted in light on each individual’s personality test results. Our personality profile defines how we use and express the spiritual gifts God gives us.

Defining Our Gift Styles:
Another unique and powerful feature of the graceGIFTS assessment is that for each top level gift listed within a report, each person may select specific "styles" or uses of their spiritual gifts that best suites their personality (see our personality test, ePersonality) and experience (see our skills tracking program). For example, an individual who scores high as an Administrator may identify the type of Administrator God created them to be. This information is crucial for effective team building. A sample report and options are presented on the screen to the right.

Sample Report....

Administration
The gift of administration is the special ability to manage the affairs of the church and its respective ministries effectively. People with the gift of Administration are highly effective at implementing and sustaining the mission and goals of the organization. Administrators tend to focus more on achieving goals and objectives rather than nurturing people. Like Timothy in Philippians 2:19-22, Administrators can be self-sacrificing for the welfare of the mission organization. They tend to believe that the ministry and all its’ people will be served best when the ministry organization functions optimally. Acts 6:1-7 tells us how the early Church selected their first ministry administrators, their requirements included being “full of the Spirit and wisdom”. 1 Timothy 3:4 and 12 tells us that one of the requirements for leadership consideration within the Church, is that the potential leader must “administer his family well”. The passage continues: “…for how can he administer the affairs of the church if he cannot manage his own family?”

The gift of administration as utilized within the Church can be shaped by the personality of the person who possesses the gift. As a result, people with the gift of Administration tend to fall into one of three preferred roles

Content Administrators are excellent detail people who prefer to focus on the business of the church or ministry project. They will naturally see all the details that must be addressed. This strength can be a wonderful asset to a ministry’s stability and health when properly balanced so that the Content Administrator does not impede further ministry development because of “all the details”. Content administrators may have difficulty delegating details to others out of a concern that “balls will be dropped” or from an inner belief that “no one can do the job as well as they can”…and often their experience has proved to them that these perspectives are correct. If you feel led by God to serve others in this manner, please select the appropriate checkbox.

Organizational Administrators excel at organizational systems and structures. They will approach a complex project or organization, and immediately begin to systemize it in an attempt to maximize efficiency and ministry impact. Organizational Administrators will devise master strategic plans that will make logical sense, however, in the implementation of the strategic plan it will be important that the people impacted are not made to feel like pawns of the process. Organizational Administrators tend to delegate effectively the many details of the complex strategic plan. The Organizational Administrator’s If you feel led by God to serve others in this manner, please select the appropriate checkbox.

Human Resource Administrators excel at people dynamics. They naturally think of both individual needs and also how the individual can add value to an overall team dynamic. While Human Resource Administrators value organizational structures and objectives, they also value people. The result of this balance of values enables people to trust and rely upon Human Resource Administrators to seek their welfare as well as the welfare of the organization. If you feel led by God to serve others in this manner, please select the appropriate checkbox.

Within the Candidate Search, the individual who scored high as an Administrator would be listed in the database under the general category of “Administrator”, as well as in any associated subcategory they may have selected.