gifts
What do you believe your spiritual gifts are or may be? (Please limit
your responses to three.)
If you are unsure of your spiritual gifts or don’t understand the biblical
concept of spiritual gifts sign-up for Eastwind Class 201, “Discovering
Your Ministry” or stop by the Volunteer Center or call a Volunteer
Coordinator at 208-387-0818.
Please sign me up for the next 201 Class:
Administration: The ability to recognize the gifts of others
and recruit them to a ministry. The ability to organize and manage people,
resources, and time for effective ministry. The ability to coordinate many
details and execute the plans of leadership.
Leadership: The ability to clarify and communicate the purpose
and direction (“vision”) of a ministry in a way that attracts
others to get involved. The ability to motivate others to get involved. The
ability to motivate others by example to work together in accomplishing a
ministry goal.
Evangelism: The ability to communicate the Good News of Jesus
Christ to unbelievers in a positive, non-threatening way. The ability to sense
opportunities to share Christ and lead people to respond with faith.
Encouragement/Exhortation: The ability to motivate God’s
people to apply and act on biblical principles, especially when they are discouraged
or wavering in their faith. The ability to bring out the best in others and
challenge them to develop their potential.
Mercy: The ability to detect hurt and empathize with those
who are suffering in the church family. The ability to provide compassionate
and cheerful support to those experiencing distress crisis, or pain.
Helping others or serving: The ability to recognize unmet
needs in the church family, and take the initiative to provide practical assistance
quickly, cheerfully, and without a need for recognition.
Hospitality: The ability to make others, especially strangers,
feel warmly welcomed, accepted, and comfortable in the church family. The
ability to coordinate factors that promote fellowship.
Teaching: The ability to educate God’s people by clearly
explaining and applying the Bible in a way that causes them to learn. The
ability to equip and train other believers for ministry.
Pastor/Shepherd: The ability to care for the spiritual needs
of a group of believers and equip them for ministry. The ability to nurture
a small group in spiritual growth and assume responsibility for their welfare.
Prophecy/Preaching: The ability to publicly communicate God’s
Word in an inspired way that convinces unbelievers and both challenges and
comforts believers. The ability to persuasively declare God’s will.
Giving: The ability to generously contribute material resources
and/or money beyond the 10% tithe so that the Body may grow and be strengthened.
The ability to earn and manage money so it may be given to support the ministry
of others.
Faith: The ability to trust God for what cannot be seen
and to act on God’s promise, regardless of what the circumstances indicate.
The willingness to risk failure in pursuit of a God-given vision, expecting
God to handle the obstacles.
Wisdom: The ability to understand God’s perspective
on life situations and share those insights in a simple, understandable way.
The ability to explain what to do and how to do it.
Healing: The ability to pray in faith specifically for people
who need physical, emotional, or spiritual healing and see God answer. The
ability to sense when God is prompting you to pray this kind of prayer.
Intercession: The ability to pray for the needs of others
in the church family over extended periods of time on a regular basis. The
ability to persist in prayer and not be discouraged until the answer arrives.
Knowledge: The ability to discover, collect, analyze, and
organize information that is vital to individual believers or the entire church
family. The ability to comprehend a large amount of information and provide
it when needed for effective decision-making.