life sketch Who am I? This portion of the review will help give a detailed look at how you are wired by first assessing your personality, and then your areas of primary spiritual giftedness. Personality For this section, first complete the personality test through this link, and then fill in your results below: Extroverted Introverted iNtuitive Sensing Feeling Thinking Judging Perceiving Spiritual Gifts Rate how often each statement is reflected in your life:1. I enjoy working with others in determining ministry goals and objectives.Rarely Often2. I have a strong desire to start or be involved in a new ministry.Rarely Often3. I delight in telling lost people about what Christ has done for them.Rarely Often4. It bothers me that some people are hurting and discouraged.Rarely Often5. I have a strong ability to see what needs to be done and believe that God will do it.Rarely Often6. I love to give a significant proportion of my resources to God’s work.Rarely Often7. I have a strong capacity to recognize practical needs and to do something about them.Rarely Often8. I have a clear vision for the direction of a ministry.Rarely Often9. I always feel strong compassion for those in difficult situations.Rarely Often10. I have a strong desire to nurture God’s people.Rarely Often11. I spend a significant portion of my time each week studying the Bible.Rarely Often12. I am motivated to design plans to accomplish ministry goals.Rarely Often13. I prefer to create my own ministry problems than to inherit others.Rarely Often14. I have a strong attraction to lost people.Rarely Often15. I am very concerned that more people are not serving the Lord.Rarely Often16. I have a strong capacity to trust God for the difficult things in life.Rarely Often17. I am eager to financially support ministries that are accomplishing significant things for God.Rarely Often18. I enjoy helping people meet their practical needs.Rarely Often19. I find that I have a strong capacity to attract followers in my ministry.Rarely Often20. I am always motivated to sympathize with those in the midst of a crisis.Rarely Often21. I am at my best when leading and shepherding a small group of believers.Rarely Often22. I have strong insight into the Bible and how it applies to people’s lives.Rarely Often23. I feel significant when developing budgets to accomplish a good plan.Rarely Often24. I am motivated to minister in places where no one else has ministered.Rarely Often25. I find that unsaved people enjoy spending time with me.Rarely Often26. I have a strong desire to encourage Christians to mature in Christ.Rarely Often27. I delight in the truth that God accomplishes things that seem impossible to most people.Rarely Often28. God has greatly blessed me with life’s provisions in order to help others.Rarely Often29. I enjoy making personal sacrifices to help others.Rarely Often30. I prefer to lead people more than to follow them.Rarely Often31. I delight in extending a hand to those in difficulty.Rarely Often32. I enjoy showing attention to those who are in need of care and concern.Rarely Often33. I am motivated to present God’s truth to people so that they better understand the Bible.Rarely Often34. I am at my best when creating an organizational structure for a plan.Rarely Often35. I am definitely a self-starter with a pioneer spirit.Rarely Often36. I derive extreme satisfaction when lost people accept Christ.Rarely Often37. I have been effective at inspiring believers to a stronger faith.Rarely Often38. I am convinced that God is going to accomplish something special through me or my ministry.Rarely Often39. I am convinced that all I have belongs to God, and I am willing to use if for his purposes.Rarely Often40. I work best when I serve others behind the scenes.Rarely Often41. If I am not careful, I have a tendency to dominate people and situations.Rarely Often42. I am a born burden-bearer.Rarely Often43. I have a deep desire to protect Christians from people and beliefs that may harm them.Rarely Often44. I am deeply committed to biblical truth and people’s need to know and understand it.Rarely Often45. I delight in staffing a particular ministry structure.Rarely Often46. I am challenged by large goals to accomplish what some believe is impossible.Rarely Often47. I feel a deep compassion for people who are without Christ.Rarely Often48. I have the ability to say the right things to people who are experiencing discouragement.Rarely Often49. I am rarely surprised when God turns seeming obstacles into opportunities for ministry.Rarely Often50. I feel good when I have opportunity to give from my abundance to people with genuine needs.Rarely Often51. I have a strong capacity to serve people.Rarely Often52. I am motivated to be proactive, not passive, in my ministry for Christ.Rarely Often53. I have the ability to feel the pain of others who are suffering.Rarely Often54. I get excited about helping new Christians grow to maturity in Christ.Rarely Often55. When I teach a Bible class, the size of the group usually increases in number.Rarely Often56. I am good at using a ministry’s resources in solving its problems.Rarely Often57. I gain deep satisfaction from creating something out of nothing.Rarely Often58. Training and helping others to share their faith is high on my list of priorities.Rarely Often59. People who are struggling emotionally or spiritually say I am an excellent listener.Rarely Often60. I delight in trusting God in the most difficult of circumstances.Rarely Often61. I have the capacity to give of myself as well as my possessions to help others.Rarely Often62. I am good at doing seemingly insignificant tasks to free people up for vital ministries.Rarely Often63. Most people place a lot of trust in me and my leadership.Rarely Often64. I have a desire to make a significant difference in the lives of troubled people.Rarely Often65. I enjoy being around believers and encouraging them to trust Christ for their circumstances.Rarely Often66. I have a desire to search the Bible for truths that apply to my life and the lives of others.Rarely Often67. I like monitoring plans that accomplish ministry goals.Rarely Often68. I am a risk-taker when it comes to developing new ministries.Rarely Often69. Over the years I have prayed much for my non-Christian friends.Rarely Often70. I spend a significant amount of time exhorting believers to make Christ Lord of their lives.Rarely Often71. I am able to trust God in situations when most others have lost all hope.Rarely Often72. Friends worry that some people take advantage of my generosity with my possessions.Rarely Often73. I am motivated to accomplish tasks that most people consider insignificant.Rarely Often74. People are confident in my abilities to help them accomplish their ministry goals.Rarely Often75. Suffering people are attracted to me and find me comforting to be around.Rarely Often76. I have the ability and courage to confront Christians about sin in their lives.Rarely Often77. God has given me unusual ability to explain deep biblical truths to his people.Rarely Often78. I prefer that a ministry’s affairs be conducted in an orderly and efficient manner.Rarely Often79. I want to accomplish great things for God but in my own way.Rarely Often80. I am deeply motivated to address the doubts and questions of lost people.Rarely Often81. I have the ability to confront disobedient Christians and see them change.Rarely Often82. I am motivated by people who dream big dreams for God.Rarely Often83. People regularly come to me with requests for help in meeting their financial needs.Rarely Often84. I look for opportunities to serve the practical needs of God’s ministries.Rarely Often85. I am happiest in a ministry when I am able to exert a strong influence in the group.Rarely Often86. People close to me believe that I allow “down and outers” to take advantage of me.Rarely Often87. Christians often seek me out for counsel regarding important decisions in their lives.Rarely Often88. I have a strong desire to study and explain the truths of the Bible in depth.Rarely Often89. I am convinced that paying attention to detail is very important.Rarely Often90. I believe we must create new ministry structures for the new ministries we start.Rarely Often91. I feel a strong attraction toward evangelistic ministries.Rarely Often92. I could easily spend much of my time encouraging people in their walk with Christ.Rarely Often93. I am frustrated by people who never take risks.Rarely Often94. I find it difficult to understand why Christians do not give more help to those with real needs.Rarely Often95. I prefer to remain behind the scenes helping people with practical matters.Rarely Often96. I have a strong desire to take charge in most situations.Rarely Often97. I delight in visiting people in hospitals or nursing homes.Rarely Often98. I pray constantly for people who look to me for care.Rarely Often99. I have observed that people who sit under my teaching experience changed lives.Rarely Often100. I have a strong desire to see people work together to accomplish their goals.Rarely Often101. I am convinced that the future of any country lies in starting fresh ministries.Rarely Often102. I get extremely frustrated when I cannot share my faith.Rarely Often103. I find great satisfaction in reassuring Christians of their need to walk with Christ.Rarely Often104. People are amazed at my ability to trust God to provide in the most difficult situations.Rarely Often105. When I give significantly to help others, I do not expect anything in return.Rarely Often106. I am convinced that no job is too menial if it truly helps people.Rarely Often107. In meetings, people look to me for the final opinion regarding a matter.Rarely Often108. I believe strongly in giving those who fail a second and even a third chance.Rarely Often109. I enjoy visiting people in their homes and when they are in the hospital.Rarely Often110. I am greatly challenged by people’s questions about the Bible.Rarely Often Spiritual Gifts Scores Top 3 Spiritual Gifts from Spiritual Gifts Survey Note: click the 'see/update results of survey' button above if these 3 results are empty. 1. 2. 3. How am I doing? This portion of the review will help give understanding of what how things are going for you spiritually. Eight Qualities Survey For this section, first complete the spiritual inventory through this link, and then fill in your results below: Surrendered to God’s Supremacy Engaged with Scripture & Prayer Reflecting the Fruit of the Spirit Devoted to What’s Good & Right Faithful in Stewardship Committed to Biblical Community Involved in Serving Others Evangelistically Bold Spiritual History 1. Do you believe that Jesus died for your sins? When did you first trust Christ as your Savior? 2. How would you rate or evaluate your personal level of biblical and theological knowledge? 3. Have you ever been and are you currently involved in a small group (Flock group, Sunday School, Bible study)? Briefly describe the group(s). 4. Have you ever been and are you currently involved in serving in churches you attended? If so, in what role(s)? 5. Have you ever been and are you currently involved in any form(s) of outreach/evangelism/mission to non-believers? If so, what type(s)? Spiritual Health 1. How does your love for God and others influence the following areas? Family: Job/School: Extracurricular/Sports/Hobbies/Community: Movies/TV: Social Media: 2. Roughly, how much time do you spend in the following areas in a typical week? (provide an estimated number of hours for each) Family: Job/School: Extracurricular/Sports/Hobbies/Community: Movies/TV: Social Media: 3. What is God currently teaching you? Have you seen Him working in your life or others'? If so, how? 4. Are you currently trusting Him for something? If so, what? 5. How do you think you’re currently doing in your personal devotional time with God (bible reading, prayer, etc.) and in weekly corporate worship? What do your personal time with God look like? 6. Are you currently leading others to grow as disciples of Christ? If so, how? All done! Thank you for taking this first step in your Disciple Life Review by completing your Life Sketch! A copy will be emailed to you as well as to the BCBC pastors. You will be paired with a pastor or elder who will contact you in the hopefully not too distant future to begin the Mentorship process and discuss how to develop a Life Plan to help you grow in your personal discipleship journey with Jesus. Your Name: Your Email Address: I am a spam bot if I fill in the following field: