S.H.A.P.E. Assessment Results

Thank you Ben Green for taking the SHAPE Assessment. We encourage you to meet with a Church Leader that you respect, to go over your results, so that they can help you discover a place to serve in the church and/or community, and also to help you fine-tune your 5 Main Focuses/Priorities listed at the bottom of this email under the ‘Wrapping it up’ section. May God Bless You!

[S]piritual Gifts

Here is how your spiritual gifts scored (in alphabetical order):

43%

75%

59%

37%

53%

75%

78%

71%

93%

To see descriptions on the Spiritual Gifts and how you can use them to further Christ’s Kingdom on earth, visit this link.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
I love to see Christians go deep into the things of God and have concern that many are content with being shallow\babes in Christ

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
When given the opportunity, I enjoy expounding on a text so that the things of God may be known and understood. I find great joy in proclaiming God’s word to a group of people.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
Telling people about Jesus!!! What else is more important?

[H]eart

1. Talk with other believers about theology and doctrine

2. Hear from other believers how God is working in their lives

3. take a chunk of scripture and break it down, line by line and verse by verse

Adults

I have a grave concern for lost “church members”. Church people who, like I was, knew the correct answers and bible stories, but it was not real in my life. I am concerned that there are many people who are just like I was, and are on a path of destruction.

Abortion/sanctity of Life
Marriage/family issues
Parenting

[A]bilities

HVAC Technician….I fix stuff

Pastor, Firefighter, golf course attendant,

I can fix stuff….I do enjoy teaching\preaching the scriptures

When I was a pastor and Youth Leader, I preached through Philippians as well as on many other subjects

I have a longing and passion for people to know God, what he says about himself in scripture

[P]ersonality

Reserved

50-50 High/Low Risk

Challenger

50-50 People/Project Driven

50-50 Follower/Leader

Solo

50-50 Routine/Variety

Your Primary was ‘The Retriever’, with your Secondary coming in as ‘The Otter’, and here are the descriptions of your Personalities, and how they can be used for God

Golden Retriever- Good at making friends. Very loyal. Retriever personalities do not like big changes. They look for security. Can be very sensitive. Very caring. Has deep relationships, but usually only a couple of close friends. Wants to be loved by everyone. Looks for appreciation. Works best in a limited situation with a steady work pattern.

Strength: Accommodating, calm, affirming
Weakness: Indecisive, indifferent, unable to express emotional, too soft on other people
Limitation: Seeing the need to be more assertive, holding others accountable

Otter- Otters are very social creature. Otter personalities love people. They enjoys being popular and influencing and motivating others. Otter can sometimes be hurt when people do not like them. Otter personalities usually have lots of friends, but not deep relationships. They love to goof-off. (They are notorious for messy rooms.) Otters like to hurry and finish jobs. (Jobs are not often done well.) The otter personality is like Tigger in Winnie The Pooh.

Strength: People person, open, positive
Weakness: Talks too much, too permissive
Limitation: Remembering past commitments, follow through with discipline

[E]xperience

As stated before, I was raised in church, knew the truth about Christ but had never truly surrendered my life to Him, I was trusting in something that I did (walk the isle, say a prayer) and wasn’t trusting in His finished work on the Cross and absolutely no repentance. At 23, I had got caught in a “secret sin” and God crushed me under the weight of it, I truly saw my sin as an affront to Him and not just the ones around my, thankfully, being raised in church I know where to turn, on my bedroom floor, I repented of my sins and placed my faith in Christ and His work on the cross for the first time.

Youth Pastor; Emmanuel Baptist Church; Arcadia, La; 2-3 years

Pastor; Oak Hill Baptist Church; 1 year; Bastrop, La

When I was a youth pastor, I had a responsibility to teach them truth, therefore I grew leaps and bounds in my understanding of the Christian life

the few semesters of Seminary, I learned and was impacted probably more from the relationships I built, but learned a lot in class too

Having children, I see the importance of teaching the things of God and home, not just teaching them but modeling them for the kids to see

divorce, going through my divorce was very painful and disheartening, but, it has been through those times that I have really learned to cling to Christ and Christ alone

pastor, I was a pastor of a hard church. I know that I had downfalls also, but that was probably one of the worst years of my life. I have a heart for pastors who are in the same place that I was. It is a very lonely place

Seminary, my x and I went through some major trials going to seminary with 4 kids, I feel as though I got some bad advice as a young Christian and wish someone would have sat with me and helped me be sure of my calling and discussed some options rather than uprooting the family and moving to NOLA

Wrapping It Up

The Challenge: Based upon your S.H.A.P.E. Assessment above (the way God wired you), If you knew you couldn’t fail … and ‘lack of money, or time’ was not an obstacle… list your Top 3 Things you would ‘Focus’ your Life on, next to #1 Loving God & #2 Loving Your Neighbor (these would be your ‘3 God-Sized Dreams’ for your life)?

1. My Relationship with GOD

2. My Relationship with Others

• Putting Your Spouse First
• Your Kids Second
• Everyone Else After those

3. I want to be able to preach\teach again

4. I want to be able to give more financially

5. I would like to focus on a people group or location and plant a church