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

Thank you Nick Forrest 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):

68%

93%

90%

59%

65%

84%

53%

34%

90%

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 currently thinking about the need to expand the church through reaching unbelievers. I am thoughtful of what might reflect Christ best to the world.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
I see good in everyone. I believe in the potential each person can achieve and want to be a part of what God is doing in others.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
I am a good communicator. I love language. I like the way words and story can draw people to God in meaningful ways.

[H]eart

1. I really love spending time with my wife and children. I always feel happier when I am with them.

2. I love giving people license to open up the Bible, traditional theology, or cultural ideas about God and investigate what God is saying today through them.

3. I feel joy and fulfillment in God’s creation, outside, running, walking, in the forest, in the city, recognizing God’s hand in the world.

I don’t know. I kind of want to work with all types of people. I want to learn from people of various ethnicities. I want to work with people from a variety of ages and theological perspectives. I want to work with high thinkers and honest/open people.

Diversity, Holy Spirit movement, the priesthood of all believers, and justice.

Marriage/family issues
Spiritual laziness
Other – Empowerment

[A]bilities

Lead Pastor

Missionary, construction projects, teacher, school administrator

Learning language, 1:1 engagement, public speaking, writing

Hearing God’s Voice, Marriage and Family, Cross-Cultural Missions, The Father Heart of God, Spiritual Warfare, The Holy Spirit, Systematic Theology, Church History

my flexibility

[P]ersonality

Extrovert

High Risk

Peace Maker

People Driven

50-50 Follower/Leader

Team

Variety

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

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

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

[E]xperience

I knew faith from my childhood. I was confronted my own sinful nature in high school and realized my need for Christ myself. I felt the depth of my depravity and looked to God to give my life meaning and have been following him ever since.

Arusha Youth With A Mission, Tanzania, Base Leadership Team, Training Department Leader, Foursquare Missions International Assistant to East African Area Missionary, 8 years

Wenatchee Valley Praise Center, Children’s Pastor, College Ministry Pastor, Internship Pastor, Wenatchee, Washington, 4 years

George Fox University, Residence Assistant, 1 year, Newberg, OR

I was baptized in the Holy Spirit during my time working at Wenatchee Valley Praise Center. Changed my life.

I have been transformed by a Master’s Program from Fuller Theological Seminary.

I was changed by my experience in Maasai churches in Tanzania. Their zeal for God and faithful worship is amazing.

I felt spiritual abuse at a church I attended. Lots of discussion about spiritual authority.

I felt spiritual abuse from some of the heavy handed Tanzanian religious obligation that caused me to dislike things like prayer and giving.

I was formed as a child by a strong emphasis on doing the right thing which lent itself to a works based self value.

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 a part of a multi-ethnic congregation

4. I want to be involved in church planting

5. I want to be part of a church that experiences the fullness of the Holy Spirit