Spiritual Gifts Discovery Questionnaire Instructions: Go through the list of questions on the Spiritual Gifts Discovery Questionnaire. For each question, say. This has been experienced in my life much, some, little or not at all and check the appropriate box. 1. Do you experience pleasure doing routine tasks for God s glory? 2. Do you have a sensitivity to recognize people s prayer needs before others do? 3. Do you enjoy public speaking to a group? 4 Are you able to provide food/overnights graciously to those in need? 5 Are you effective in persuading others to move toward achieving biblical objectives? 6 When circumstances are negative, do you always have the ability to see God keeping his promises to you? 7 Do you know when and to whom to delegate important responsibility? 8 Do you seek out unbelievers in order to win them to Christ? 9. Do you adapt easily to a different culture other than your own? 10. Do you effectively apply biblical truth to your own life? 11. Do you enjoy assisting leaders to relieve them for their essential job? 12. Do you manage your money well in order to give very generously to the Lord s work? 13. Can you sense when demonic forces are at work in a person, situation or teaching? 14. Have you had the desire to care for the spiritual needs of a group of people? 15. Have people often expressed to you how much you have encouraged them in time of need? 16. Have you experienced an instant understanding of facts concerning people which you did not learn by natural means? 17. When you hear of someone in the hospital, do you feel challenged to go and comfort them? 18. Do you convince groups of believers to honor the power and authority of God s Word as true and valid for living? 19. Have you spoken an immediate message of God to His people in a language you have never learned? 20. Are you effective in motivating and equipping others to start new churches? - 1 -
21. Have you been empowered by the Spirit to expel demons in the Name of the Lord? 22. Do you enjoy praying for sick people because you know that many of them will be healed as a result? 23. Have you heard someone speak in tongues and were able to interpret their message to the group without ever having learned the language? 24. When you hear of a job that needs to be done, are you anxious to do it? 25. Do you faithfully pray for others, recognizing that their effectiveness as a teacher, employer, husband, wife, etc. depends on it? 26. Do you find it easy to organize your thoughts and explain things to people? 27. Can you provide a comfortable haven for guests without the feeling of family interruption? 28. Do you have a sense of direction in life and see other Christians following you? 29. Do you have an unusually strong, personal assurance from God that He will accomplish great things that may seem impossible to others? 30. Are you able to organize ideas, people, things and time for more effective ministry? 31. Do you find it easy to make friends with non-christian people? 32. Would you like to learn another language well in order to minister to different peoples? 33. When you need to make a decision between several biblical alternatives, do you have a clear sense of which one is best? 34. Do you sense the need to help other people become more effective in their ministry? 35. Do you enjoy giving to the Lord s work without asking the question of whether or not you can afford it right now? 36. Can you see the Spirit of God resting on certain people from time to time? 37. Do you seek to protect and provide for those under your spiritual care? 38. Do you find that you are a good and patient listener? 39. Have you shared insights and information that have brought conviction to other Christians? 40. Do you feel a lot of compassion for those who are suffering physically and think of ways to help them? 41. Do you proclaim the Scriptures to the church body in such a way that they respond with strength and encouragement to mature? 42. During prayer, do you speak in a language you do not understand which strengthens you to edify and love others? 43. Have others encouraged you to work with other congregations and church leaders? - 2 -
44. Have you been an instrument of God s supernatural change in lives and events? 45. Have others told you that God healed them of an emotional problem when you ministered to them? 46. Have you enjoyed interpreting for a church group a message given in tongues? 47. Do you enjoy taking care of physical tasks for the church? 48. Do you pray a lot and enjoy it? 49. Do you enjoy spending time learning new biblical truths in order to share them with others? 50. Do you have a knack for making strangers feel at home? 51. Do you enjoy leading, inspiring and motivating others to involve themselves in the Lord s work? 52. Do you find God working through incredible ways when you encounter difficult circumstances? 53. Are you able to make effective and efficient plans to accomplish goals of the group? 54. Do you find yourself regularly sharing the gospel message with non-believers? 55. Do you relate well to Christians of different races, languages or cultures? 56. Do you have the ability to choose from several biblical alternatives an option that usually works? 57. Do you enjoy doing routine tasks that lead to more effective ministry by others? 58. Are you really thrilled when someone asks you to help financially in some project? Seeing this as a great honor or privilege? 59. Can you tell with a fairly high degree of assurance when a person is afflicted with an evil spirit? 60. Do you enjoy the responsibility for the spiritual well-being of a group of Christians? 61. Do you find yourself urging others to seek a biblical solution to their affliction or suffering? 62. Does God reveal a person s private sin to you? 63. Would you really like a regular ministry to the sick, shutins, or others who are hurting? 64. Do you speak the truth of God s Word even when it is unpopular and difficult for others to accept? 65. Have you spoken in a language unknown to you that, when interpreted, brought a blessing to those who heard it? 66. Do you like the spiritual responsibility for the health and growth of a number of churches? - 3 -
67. Can others point to specific instances where your prayers have resulted in visible miracles? 68. Do you feel that one of your contributions to the church is to pray for the sick? 69. Have you been affirmed by others that God has used you to interpret His timely message given by someone else through the gift of tongues? 70. When someone asks a favor of you, do you feel grateful that they asked you? 71. Do you see God consistently answering your prayers? 72. Have you been effective in communicating biblical truths to others which produced a change in knowledge, attitudes, values and conduct? 73. Do you take unexpected guests in stride, without apology for how your house may look? 74. Have you influenced others to accomplish a particular task or biblical purpose? 75. Has God done miraculous works for you and others in response to your prayers? 76. Do you have a desire to help organize ministry areas and activities? 77. Do you explain clearly the meaning that Jesus Christ is the Savior, seeing a positive response by the listeners? 78. Would you enjoy living in a foreign country, not just visiting? 79. Do you feel an unusual presence of God and personal confidence when important decisions need to be made? 80. Do you regularly look for ways to relieve leaders of responsibilities that you or others could do? 81. Do you give consistently and sacrificially to the Lord, knowing He will meet your needs? 82. Are you able to differentiate between demonic influence and mental illness? 83. Do you enjoy the task of relating to the successes and failures of the same group of people over a long period of time? 84. Do you really get a lot of joy from encouraging people who are going through personal problems and trials? 85. Has God revealed to you problems or pain within an individual s life before they have made it known? 86. Have others encouraged you to have a special ministry toward the sick and suffering? 87. Do you feel compelled to expose sin in the culture, church or an individual s life in order to have them walk consistently in the truth? 88. Do you speak to God in an unknown language? 89. Does your ministry involve guiding other churches to develop effective strategies for the expansion of God s - 4 -
kingdom? 90. Has God used you personally to perform supernatural signs and wonders? 91. Do people seek you out to pray for physical healing? 92. When you have interpreted tongues, has it encouraged and edified the church people? 93. Are you always looking for jobs to perform and complete? 94. Do you always take prayer requests very seriously? 95. When you hear a spiritual question, are you anxious to both find and give an answer? 96. Do you enjoy making your home available to those in ministry for an extended period of time? 97. Do others follow you because you have expertise regarding the ministry of the church? 98. When all looks dim, do you say and do things that demonstrate your confidence in God? 99. Are you effective in giving direction to and making decisions for others? 100. Would you like to learn how to share your faith more effectively? 101. Do you often think of people in other cultures who have never heard of Christ? 102. Do you enjoy working out solutions to complicated problems? 103. Would you be happy as an assistant Care Group leader? 104. Do you look for extra opportunities to give without hearing any appeals? 105. Do you readily see and expose Satan s attempts to shortcircuit God s leading? 106. Is it important for you to know intimately and be wellknown by those you serve and guide? 107. Have you been effective in helping the complacent and in redirecting the wayward to face life s reality? 108. Have you had the experience of receiving knowledge about someone through direct revelation from God? 109. Do you desire to work with those who have physical or mental problems in order to alleviate their suffering? 110. When you clearly communicate the truths of God, are people inspired to personally apply them and turn from their deception? 111. When you publicly speak in tongues, is it interpreted? - 5 -
112. Has God used you to consult with church congregations for problem-solving or decision-making? 113. Do people tell you that you were God s instrument which brought supernatural change in lives or circumstances? 114. Have you seen God answer your prayer for a miraculous healing on several occasions? 115. Without knowing the language, are you sometimes able to interpret a message publicly spoken in tongues? 116. Are you able to identify and meet the needs involved for a task in the Lord s work? 117. Is praying together with and for other Christians very meaningful to you? 118. Do you desire to teach God s Word regularly? 119. Can you provide a gracious place to stay for guests without a great hassle? 120. Do you usually take the leadership role in a group where none exists? 121. Do you believe God s promises to a greater degree than your Christian friends? 122. Is planning easy for you? 123. Do you share joyfully how Christ has brought you to Himself in a way that is meaningful to non-believers? 124. Do you have a strong desire to see people of other cultures won to the Lord, and would you like to help? 125. Do people you recommend for positions regularly prove to be good selections? 126. Have people involved in ministry sought you out to assist them in some way? 127. Do you feel deeply moved to give and do you give when confronted with urgent financial needs for God s work? 128. Do you accurately sense when an individual exhibits destructive actions that promote division in the body? 129. Are you able to restore persons who have wandered away from their Christian community? 130. Do you enjoy verbally encouraging the wavering, troubled or discouraged? 131. Do you regularly acquire and master new facts and principles from your own study of the Bible? 132. Do you feel strongly that the church should care for those who are hurting and you d like to help? 133. Do you stimulate others to use Scriptural principles in their personal / professional and their public / private decisions? 134. When you pray in tongues, are you edified and able to more faithfully serve the church? - 6 -
135. Do pastors and church leaders seek and follow your counsel for their ministries? 136. Have you been used by God to do supernatural acts which authenticated the message of Christ? 137. Have others affirmed power in your faith and prayers to see suffering people healed? 138. When someone is speaking in tongues, are you able to interpret God s message? 139. Would you enjoy being called upon to do special jobs around the church that no one else will do? 140. Do people regularly share prayer requests with you because they know you will pray for or with them? 141. Has anyone ever told you that you ought to be teaching on a regular basis? 142. Do you enjoy having strangers in your home? 143. Do you usually think about long-range goals rather than short-range goals? 144. Have you regularly visualized great things for the future of God s work and seen them accomplished? 145. Do you like the responsibility for the success or failure of a group or organization? 146. Has God used you to lead others to a decision for salvation through faith in Christ? 147. Do you make friends easily with people from different cultures? 148. Are you able to perceive and apply biblical truth to the specific needs of the church? 149. Do you sense great satisfaction for helping someone else be successful? 150. Do you give things or money cheerfully and sacrificially to the Lord s work? 151. Do you warn others against being led astray by false teachers or cults who appear to be Christian? 152. Have you been effective in helping needy Christians by guiding them to relevant portions of the Bible and praying with them? 153. Do people seek you out in order to get God s solution to their problems? 154. Do you have the ability to accurately discover new truths from the Bible for yourself? 155. Are you patient to spend time with someone who is physically suffering, rather than wanting to leave as soon as you can? 156. Have people told you that you have communicated timely and urgent messages which must have come directly from the Lord? 157. Do you speak in tongues for personal worship and praise? - 7 -
158. Are you concerned to take part in starting a new church or Care Group? 159. Have people believed in Jesus because of the miracles you have done in His Name? 160. Through your prayers, have you been able to see emotionally confused people experience peace, understanding and healing? 161. Have the messages in tongues that you interpreted come directly from God, despite human imperfections and personality? 1. Follow the directions given on the Spiritual Gifts Discovery Chart (next page) for scoring the questionnaire. 2. After filling in your scores on the Spiritual Gifts Discovery Chart, refer to the Gift Definitions and Scripture References on the following pages. Then transfer the name of the spiritual gifts to their corresponding rows in the chart. The order in which the gifts appear is identical on the two listings. 3. Next, using the results of the Spiritual Gifts Discovery Chart, enter below the three highest rated gifts, according to numerical score. This will give you a tentative evaluation of what your gift(s) may be. 1. 2. 3. - 8 -
SPIRITUAL GIFTS QUESTIONNAIRE SCORING CHART 1. Place the numerical value of each answer next to the number of each question. 2. Now add up the seven numbers in each row, placing the sum in the total column. 3. Capital letters before the Gift Listing on the following pages correspond to Rows A - W. Enter gift name in gift column. Value of Answer Total Gift Row A 1 24 47 70 93 116 139 Row B 2 25 48 71 94 117 140 Row C 3 26 49 72 95 118 141 Row D 4 27 50 73 96 119 142 Row E 5 28 51 74 97 120 143 Row F 6 29 52 75 98 121 144 Row G 7 30 53 76 99 122 145 Row H 8 31 54 77 100 123 146 Row I 9 32 55 78 101 124 147 Row J 10 33 56 79 102 125 148 Row K 11 34 57 80 103 126 149 Row L 12 35 58 81 104 127 150 Row M 13 36 59 82 105 128 151 Row N 14 37 60 83 106 129 152 Row O 15 38 61 84 107 130 153 Row P 16 39 62 85 108 131 154 Row Q 17 40 63 86 109 132 155 Row R 18 41 64 87 110 133 156 Row S 19 42 65 88 111 134 157 Row T 20 43 66 89 112 135 158 Row U 21 44 67 90 113 136 159 Row V 22 45 68 91 114 137 160 Row W 23 46 69 92 115 138 161-9 -
Definitions & Scripture References A. SERVICE ~ The gift of service is the special ability that God gives to certain members of the Body of Christ to identify the unmet needs involved in a task related to God s work, and to make use of available resources to meet those needs and help accomplish the desired goals. (Rom 12:7; I Cor. 12:28) B. INTERCESSION ~ The gift of intercession is the special ability that God gives to certain members of the Body of Christ to pray for extended periods of time on a regular basis and see frequent and specific answers to their prayers to a degree much greater than that which is expected of the average Christian. (Biblically exampled but not in one of the Spiritual Gift Lists). C. TEACHING ~ The gift of teaching is the special ability that God gives to certain members of the Body of Christ to explain and clarify truth, especially biblical truth. It involves communication to affect both health and ministry of Christians. (Rom 12:7; I Cor 12:28, 29; Eph 4:11) D. HOSPITALITY ~ The gift of hospitality is the special ability that God gives to certain members of the Body of Christ to provide an open house and warm welcome for those in need of food and overnight stays. (I Pet 4:9-10) E. LEADERSHIP ~ The gift of leadership is the special ability that God gives to certain members of the Body of Christ to set goals to others in such a way that they voluntarily and harmoniously work together to accomplish those goals for the glory of God. (Rom 12:8) F. FAITH ~ The gift of faith is the special ability that God gives to certain members of the Body of Christ to look ahead to something God promised and act as if it were already happening. (Rom 12:6; I Cor 12:9) G. ADMINISTRATION ~ The gift of administration is the special ability that God gives to certain members of the Body of Christ to understand clearly the short and long-range goals of a particular unit of the Body of Christ and to organize, staff, delegate, communicate, control and evaluate ways to reach those visualized and measurable goals. (I Cor 12:28) H. EVANGELIST ~ The gift of evangelist is the special ability that God gives to certain members of the Body of Christ to share the gospel with not-yet Christians in such a way that people become spiritually born and start growing in a Christian life style. (Eph 4:11) I. MISSIONARY ~ The gift of missionary is the special ability that God gives to certain members of the Body of Christ to use whatever other spiritual gifts they have in a cross-cultural ministry.(biblically exampled but not in one of the Spiritual Gift Lists) J. MESSAGE OF WISDOM ~ The message of wisdom is the special ability that God gives to certain members of the Body of Christ to know the mind of the Holy Spirit in order to give insight and illumination in the deep things of God. (I Cor 12:8) K. HELPS ~ The gift of helps is the special ability that God gives to certain members of the Body of Christ to invest the talents they have in the life and ministry of other members of the Body, thus enabling the person helped to increase the effectiveness of his or her spiritual gifts... lending a hand in a practical way. (Biblically exampled but not in one of the Spiritual Gift Lists) L. CONTRIBUTING ~ The gift of contributing is the special ability that God gives to certain members of the Body of Christ to give their material resources to the work of the Lord with liberality, cheerfulness and single-mindedness. (Rom 12:8) M. DISTINGUISHING SPIRITS ~ The gift of distinguishing spirits is the special ability that God gives to certain members of the Body of Christ to discern with assurance whether certain behavior or message that is purported to be of God is in reality divine, human or demonic. (I Cor 12:10) N. SHEPHERDING (PASTOR) ~ The gift of shepherding (pastor) is the special ability that God gives to certain members of the Body of Christ to assume a long-term personal responsibility for the spiritual welfare of a group of Christians. (Eph 4:11) O. ENCOURAGEMENT ~ The gift of encouragement is the special ability that God gives to certain members of the Body of Christ to come along another to comfort, challenge, elate and give counsel. (Rom 12:8) P. MESSAGE OF KNOWLEDGE ~ The message of knowledge is the special ability that God gives to certain members of the Body of Christ to obtain information from the Holy Spirit about someone or something that could not be known from any other source. (I Cor 12:8) Q. MERCY ~ The gift of mercy is the special ability that God gives to certain members of the Body of Christ to feel genuine empathy and compassion for individuals, both Christian and non-christian, who suffer distressing physical, mental or emotional - 10 -
problems, and to translate that compassion into cheerfully done deeds that communicate Christ s love. (Rom 12:8) R. PROPHECY ~ The gift of prophecy is the special ability that God gives to certain members of the Body of Christ to receive and communicate an immediate message of God to His people through a divinely-anointed utterance. (Rom 12:28) S. TONGUES ~ The gift of tongues is the special ability that God gives to certain members of the Body of Christ (a) to speak to God in a language they have never learned and/or (b) to receive and communicate an immediate message of God to His people through a divinely-anointed utterance in a language they have never learned. (I Cor 12:10, 28) T. APOSTLE ~ The gift of apostle is the special ability that God gives to certain members of the Body of Christ to assume and exercise general leadership over a number of churches with an extraordinary authority in spiritual matters that is spontaneously recognized and appreciated by those churches. (Eph 4:11) U. MIRACULOUS POWERS ~ The gift of miraculous powers is the special ability that God gives to certain members of the Body of Christ to serve as human intermediaries through whom it pleases God to perform powerful acts that are perceived by observers to have altered the ordinary course of nature. (I Cor 12:10) V. HEALING ~ The gift of healing is the special ability that God gives to certain members of the Body of Christ to serve as human intermediaries through whom it pleases God to cure illness and restore health apart from the use of natural means. (I Cor 12:9, 28, 30) W. INTERPRETATION OF TONGUES ~ The gift of interpretation of tongues is the special ability that God gives to certain members of the Body of Christ to translate the message of one who speaks in tongues. (I Cor 12:10) - 11 -