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

Thank you Michael Stewart 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:

71%

87%

68%

78%

56%

84%

56%

65%

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 have these gifts because I have studied God’s word since high school and have done a number of teaching roles throughout my ministerial life.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
I have been door to door and done many outreach ministering with Stay Focused Ministries (street ministry); Speaker for Fellowship for Christian Athletes (FCA); Presenter for Coaches Time Out (C.T.O.)

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
Didn’t think prophecy would have been one, but I do go back and forth in attempting to understand the book of Revelation and Genesis in how I should live in today’s society. In other words, if I am born for this time period then there is a Godly reason why.

[H]eart

1. Being outside working and hearing from God

2. Fixing things

3. Seeing a process go from an idea to something that works more efficiently

I love to work most with individuals who aren’t afraid of the “status quo” in other words people who don’t follow the crowd and are unashamed of their faith or who they are. Pretty much all ages if one is willing to learn.

I’m concerned that as a body of believers we seem to want to get away with worked my age growing up. I get this is a new year, but the principles that allowed us to grow as a child of God don’t change. Studying the word, memorizing books of bible/scripture, being held accountable, respecting elders, etc….

Marriage/family issues
Parenting
Educational

[A]bilities

Owner/operator of a mobile detailing business

Financial advisor, Life Coach, Educator, Coach, Administration, Community Involvement/Service

Not sure if this is a special talent, but I can look at a project or process and develop strategy to streamline and make more efficient or improve it and/or the amount of time to complete

Marriage, youth bible study, new members

Personal asset I feel is loyalty

[P]ersonality

50-50 Extrovert/Reserved

50-50 High/Low Risk

Challenger

50-50 People/Project Driven

Leader

Team

Routine

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

As many my age, I was made to attend church with parents, grand parents, uncles/aunties but it wasn’t until high school while playing baseball and watching a teammate, Brian Cox, demonstrate his walk with Christ and not cussing or throwing his bat after a strike out impressed to the point of wanting to have what he had and as a sophomore in high school I accepted Christ as my personal savior.

Hope’s House – Deacon, Marriage Ministry, Children’s church instructor, Experience New Hope, Teleios, Camp Hope Director

Faithful Central – Marriage Ministry, Men’s Fellowship

St. John Baptist Church – BTU teacher, youth bible study instructor, youth usher instructor

A challenge from high school Sunday school teacher, Charles Moore, to get a study bible and study the word for myself has been the foundation for me in studying God’s word.

My dad taught my brother and I about the benefits of respecting elders and it has paid huge dividends throughout my life

Becoming a father

Becoming a father before being married has given me a compassion that children don’t get to choose their situation and the great responsibility as a dad that someone is counting on you

Divorce, has given me a compassion to understand God’s love and second chances. Doesn’t mean you escape the consequences, but His love helps you still fulfill the destiny He has for you.

Having been on welfare many times growing up has given me a great compassion for not allowing circumstance to define who I am. Economic standing isn’t who I am.

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. Ministering to high school athletes

4. Teaching others how to fulfill their dreams

5. I would teach/instruct more at HH