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

Thank you Rickey Fondren 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):

81%

100%

90%

81%

81%

84%

100%

59%

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:
You shall know the truth and the truth that you know shall make you free. I sense the weighted responsibility to know the truth and to empower people with that truth. I believe that God blessed me with the gift of evangelism to be a blessing to others.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
I am others-oriented at my core. I care about people. I love forging grace connections and relationships. I am a graced to lead and a forward thinker. I view discipleship as the missing component of Christian living. It requires intentionality on a level that is challenging to keep up with, but I believe God called me to lead in the area of discipleship.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
My relationship with God, how He speaks to me. The revelation that He gives me. The fact that I am analytical in my approach and a critical thinker at my core. I’m unique, creative, energetic and critical in my approach towards teaching which I believe can lead to a greater impact.

[H]eart

1. Spending time with family

2. Learning new things

3. Teaching God’s word

I love to work with young and middle-aged adults the most. All stages of life are critical , however I view the Young Adults demographic as one of the most impressionable stages of life. The Middle Age demographic though not as impressionable, they haven’t mastered rigidity just yet which is a good thing.

Lack of discipleship. The church has to be in the business of making disciples. This takes resources like time, energy and intentionality which are the priciest resources ever. I want to be a part of the process that closes that deficit.

Marriage/family issues
Spiritual laziness
Educational

[A]bilities

Database Manager at Hope Church

Warehouse Supervisor, Assistant Pastor, Worship Leader, Support Technician

Communicating with people, Listening to others, Critical thinking skills

Avoiding Comparison traps, Jesus and the Holy Spirit, Faith and Works

Understanding. Wisdom is the principle thing, so get it but in all your getting, get an understanding. I try to make it my priority to champion understanding.

[P]ersonality

Extrovert

50-50 High/Low Risk

Peace Maker

People Driven

Leader

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

My foundation is Baptist. My family brought me up in church. I accepted Jesus at 9 during revival. I really started studying God’s Word at the age of 22 and accepted my call to ministry at 23. So I got saved at 9 and became a Christian at 23.

Hope Church Memphis, TN, Database Manager, 7 years

Mission trip to Africa

Being part of a church called New Growth in Christ

An Introduction to Religion course that I took in College.

Going through a divorce

Losing a job

Losing a home

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. Leading a Community of believers

4. Being a world renowned author.

5. Creating a legacy of disciple-making