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

Thank you Nelius Kareri 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:

93%

100%

87%

65%

71%

87%

78%

71%

96%

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 am comfortable being among unbelievers and sharing with them about Jesus and what he can do for them.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
I enjoy impacting truth and training people in discovering Biblical truths. I am also a lecturer with good feedback from my students

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
I am good at organizing, coordinating and planning groups and events.

[H]eart

1. Teaching in order to bring about understanding and transformation; and training people to do things better for higher impact.

2. Encouragement of those feeling down-trodden by circumstances or other situations socially, mentally or spiritually.

3. Planning or assisting in organizing events and groups for greater effectiveness in outcomes and to help them achieve their goals.

People who are focussed and well organized; 25 years – 60 years and above.

Visiting those who are not able to come to Church.
Assisting Bible study leaders to understand the Bible better.
Leading people into God’s presence through worship or studying God’s word and prayer

Homelessness
Marriage/family issues
Spiritual laziness

[A]bilities

University lecturer

Administration
Communications – public relations and media

Relating to both young and old easily.
Being able to communicate concisely and clearly.

Manuscript Bible Studies
Organizational Communication

My relationship with God.

[P]ersonality

50-50 Extrovert/Reserved

Low Risk

Peace Maker

50-50 People/Project Driven

50-50 Follower/Leader

Team

Variety

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

Lion- This personality likes to lead. The lion is good at making decisions and is very goal-oriented. They enjoy challenges, difficult assignments, and opportunity for advancement. Because lions are thinking of the goal, they can step on people to reach it. Lions can be very aggressive and competitive. Lions must learn not to be too bossy or to take charge in other’s affairs.

Strength: Goal-oriented, strong, direct
Weakness: Argumentative, too dictatorial
Limitation: Doesn’t understand that directness can hurt others, hard time expressing grace

Beaver- Organized. Beavers think that there is a right way to do everything and they want to do it exactly that way. Beaver personalities are very creative. They desire to solve everything. Desire to take their time and do it right. Beavers do not like sudden changes. They need reassurance.

Strength: High standards, order, respect
Weakness: Unrealistic expectations of self & others, too perfect.
Limitation: Seeing the optimistic side of things, expressing flexibility

[E]xperience

I became a Christian at the age of 10 years as a result of my mother reading the Bible to us every evening and praying with us. I felt a strong need to have God as my Father and Jesus as my Saviour not just for the forgiveness of sins but also as a Father who will guide and protect me.

Nairobi Baptist Church, Nairobi Kenya. Served as a full time staff in Communications for 8 years. I have also served in the Worship Ministry, Bible Study, Home Group Fellowship Ministry and the Women’s ministry.

International Fellowship of Evangelical Students (IFES) as a student worker in Media Production and training in Bible study.

While in college I held Bible Studies for international students and discipled them.

Studying abroad on my own and seeing how God provided for me a family in a strange land of people I didn’t know before yet they loved me so much.

God calling me to serve Him in the Church and being very clear on exactly what He wanted me to do there. Despite the challenges, He saw me through and more importantly helped me grow in my walk with Him.

God’s miraculous provision for my studies during my postgraduate studies, His provision when I have had no salary and has sent friends to rally around me so that I am not put to shame, His provision when I needed to do surgery and I was able to raise more money than I needed for the surgery. He is Jehovah Jireh indeed!

False accusations that dented my identity and image before other believers. This made me watch my conduct around others even more closely.

Loneliness in the midst of many believers which has helped me to be more sensitive to those who come to Church and need to feel a sense of belonging.

Loss of a parent and a sibling which has helped me empathise with those who have lost loved ones and walk with them in time of grief.

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. Open a Children’s home or volunteer in one and teach them the gospel

4. Visit the sick and elderly in their homes and share the gospel with them.

5. Help Church organizations to work better by improving their communications.