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 God didn’t design ministry for just the few with seminary degrees. Here at Chicago First Nazarene we believe that everyone who attends our church is a minister. Through the SHAPE process, you’ll learn how God can use your Spiritual Gifts, Heart, Abilities, Personality and Experience to minister to others in need.
Spiritual Gifts: God gave you a special ability when you started following Him. We call this a spiritual gift. God gives us this gift to build up our church family and reach out to the world with Christ’s love.
Heart: God gives each of us a unique passion for particular activities, subjects and circumstances. God uses those things we feel deeply about to show us where we can serve without quickly burning out.
Abilities: You have abilities, given to you before you accepted Christ, that God can use. Those abilities will help you in a ministry.
Personality: God can use your personality. God can use all of us, whether we’re extroverts or introverts; we enjoy routine or variety.
Experience: God has placed a multitude of experiences in your life to help mold you for ministry. God can use many of our experiences in our background to help heal hurts in our church and in our community.
We offer an "introductory" SHAPE assessment which is primarily a checklist that covers all 5 of the SHAPE areas. It will require less time to complete than the in-depth assessments.
To find out what your SHAPE is, fill out the SHAPE forms, and start the process of becoming all that God intended for you to be! A personal interview with a Gifts Mentor is available if you would like to learn more about how you can use your gifts. Contact our U-Serve Coordinator by calling 708-349-0454 / Ext. 27 or
click here to contact us by e-mail.
Introductory SHAPE Assessments - [Click Here] to take the quicker overview SHAPE assessments. You will be asked to complete all 5 assessment areas.
• Click on the following link to take all of the "in depth" assessments in
succession. Use this version only if you intend to take all 5 assessments in
a single session.
In-Depth SHAPE Assessments - [Click Here] to take all 5 SHAPE assessments in a single session (only requires one entry for personal information) - Time estimate 45 min.
• Click on any of the following one at a time to complete the in-depth
assessments individually. You can take one or more of the individual
assessments now and come back later to finish the others. Your personal
information will be required on each assessment.
Spiritual Gifts – Estimate 20 min.
Heart – Estimate 5 min.
Abilities – Estimate 5 min.
Personality – Estimate 10 min.
Experience – Estimate 5 min.
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