The Values Based Spiritual Gift Maturity Survey
A Call to Action
Businesses and consultants, colleges and universities, marriage and family counselors all use a similar tool: personality and aptitude tests. We should do the same to discover and provide more avenues and outlets of our spiritual gifts. There should be something to measure our progress, and evaluate our maturity. The following survey is just that tool.
The Values Based Spiritual Gift Maturity Survey is a tool to help you evaluate where you are in identifying and utilizing your spiritual gifting potential. It is an instrument to bring to light those areas of maturity, and to expose your need for maturing transitions. It is deliberately written in non-Christian language. It is not designed to help you discover your gifts (for you have more than you will ever utilize!). It is designed to challenge, prod, and encourage you toward maturity in view of those gifts measured against your personal values.
The results of the Survey are stated in terms of values. The values influence our decisions and actions at every stage in life. They reflect our current understanding of our spiritual gifts. As we make stage shifts through our maturation process our spiritual gifts have opportunity to blossom and flourish. The values are related to the descriptions and definitions of spiritual gifts explained in this booklet. Although not determinative, we include a chart to only help you correlate your values to your spiritual gifts. Accompanying the output of your results are discernment or discipleship questions. These questions are designed to probe into your gifts and values to look at what lies behind your current level of Christian maturity. They are for you to reflect upon your own journey and progress in Christ. We hope you take the survey, and thoughtfully reflect upon its output.
