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

Thank you Neil Vollar 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):

Administration

78%

Evangelism

93%

Exhortation/Encouragement

90%

Giving

71%

Mercy Showing

90%

Prophecy

62%

Pastoring/Shepherding

68%

Serving

65%

Teaching

75%

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

#1 Gift, Evangelism (93%)

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
I have a powerful conversion experience and believe that most people have an interest in things spiritual. Much experience in outworking this.

#2 Gift, Exhortation/Encouragement (90%)

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
It is only in Christ that I have found healing and direction in my life. From a childhood and early adulthood of gross under confidence my desire is to release all people of faith into their full potential and confidence in their unique gifts

#3 Gift, Mercy Showing (90%)

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
I am privilidged and know my need of Christ’s forgiveness, there is only one judge and He is hall marked with mercy. My green house disallows me from judging others.

[H]eart

Three things I love to do that bring joy and fulfillment in my life:

1. Find a relevant testimony that will open up conversation about Jesus and discover where folk stand in their search for spiritual truth

2. I love to befriend the marginalised or excluded folk. They also teach me much about the face of God

3. Have fun in a safe environment, especially in serving others.

Who I love to work with most, and the age or type of people:

Open minded fun loving outward looking outrageous experimenters

Church issues, ministries, or possible needs that excite or concern me the most:

Outreach and new Christians especially those with a thirst to live radically

*Mark the Top 3 from the list, that Trigger a Passion in You

Abortion/sanctity of Life
Compulsive behavior
Divorce

[A]bilities

My current vocation:

Retired but run our own businesses for past 30 years, always working with people and staff team

Other jobs I have experience in:

Electronics. Church resourcing

Special talents/skills that I have:

Inquisitiveness, ideas, optimism

I have taught a class or seminar on:

Outreach, church planning and resourcing

I feel my most valuable personal asset is:

Optimism and fun

[P]ersonality

The personality traits that best fit me are:

People Driven

1. 2 Likes Control	4 Enthusiastic	3 Sensitive	1 Reserved
2. 3 Firm	4 Energetic	1 Non-Demanding	2 Practical
3. 2 Likes Challenge	4 Promoter	1 Enjoys Routine	3 Factual
4. 2 Problem Solver	3 Mixes Easily	4 Relational	1 Perfectionistic
5. 2 Bold	4 Fun-Loving	3 Thoughtful	1 Detailed
6. 2 Goal Driven	4 Optimistic	1 Patient	3 Inquisitive
7. 3 Strong Willed	4 Motivator	2 Good Listener	1 Accurate
8. 4 Takes Charge	2 Very Verbal	3 Loyal	1 Predictable
9. 3 Determined	4 Popular	1 Dislikes Change	2 Orderly
10. 1 Competitive	4 Group Oriented	2 Sympathetic	3 Analytical
11. 3 Purposeful	4 Inspirational	1 Nurturing	2 Precise
12. 3 Action Oriented	4 Likes Change	2 Peace Maker	1 Scheduled
30 Total	45 Total	23 Total	21 Total

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

My brief testimony of how I became a Christian

Scientific analysis of whether there is a spiritual being led me to a balanced outcome of as much evidence for God as there is against. Only solution was to conduct an experiment, God if your there I want to know you. Result!!!

Ministry Experience (Where I have served in the past, if applicable, including ChurchName, City/State, Position, Years Involved):

Stewardship teaching and vision equipping. 10 years in Chelmsford and Birmingham diocese. Always hosted home groups in 3 different churches for 35 years.
Outreach developers and vision releasing in Vineyard church in Bury St. Edmunds. 10yrs. Part of pastoral team at Bury for 5 yrs.

List 3 Positive experiences from the past that made a big impact on who you are today:

Accepting the fullness of Holy Spirit after difficulty with the theology of this. Then receiving His gifts. Wow!!

Receiving much physical and mental and spiritual healing in ministry. Thus the joy of seeing others being blessed through ones own ministry.

Seeing other folk listening to my testimony and being incredulous that this has the power to influence others to open up to Christ.

List 3 Negative Experiences from your past that have helped to Shape me, but also have given you great compassion for others going through similar circumstances:

Experiencing much illness but witnessing much healing and coming to understanding about the thorns in the flesh that are still present in my life.

Loneliness and exclusion from relationship in my early life. Being socially stigmatised by illness and now desiring that all folk are loved no matter where they are on their spiritual path

Divorce and the separation from God that this produces. Disappointment in myself as this occurred when I had given my life to Christ

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. To reach into as many social demographics as possible to find a way to open them up to the reality that there is a God

4. To offer healing prayer to most folk

5. To help plan for my church to reach out to their whole neighbourhood