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Spiritual Gifts Assessment Calculator

Rate yourself 0-10 in seven spiritual gift areas (teaching, serving, leadership, mercy, giving, exhortation, administration) to discover your gift profile and diversity.

Inputs

Results

Total score (out of 70)

35

Gift diversity index

100

Overall engagement %50%
Primary gift strength %50%
Teaching5
Serving5
Leadership5
Mercy5
Giving5
Exhortation5
Administration5
How to Use This Calculator
  1. Rate yourself from 1-10 on each of the seven spiritual gifts: Teaching, Serving, Leadership, Mercy/Compassion, Giving, Exhortation, and Administration.
  2. Review the Total Score and Overall Engagement %.
  3. Check the Gift Diversity Index and Primary Gift Strength % to identify your strongest gift.
  4. Review individual gift scores to discover areas to develop or share with a spiritual director.
  5. Use the results to find ministry roles that align with your top two or three gifts.

How the result changes with Teaching

TeachingTotal score (out of 70)Gift diversity index
13165
3.53491.3
6.53782.5
93965

What each input means

Teaching
Ability to explain and clarify Scripture and truth (Romans 12:7).
Serving
Joy in meeting practical needs and helping behind the scenes (Romans 12:7).
Leadership
Ability to guide, organize, and motivate others toward vision (Romans 12:8).
Mercy / compassion
Deep empathy and desire to comfort those who are hurting (Romans 12:8).
Giving
Generosity with resources and joy in supporting others financially (Romans 12:8).
Exhortation / encouragement
Ability to encourage, counsel, and spur others toward growth (Romans 12:8).
Administration
Skill in planning, organizing details, and managing logistics (1 Cor 12:28).

What each result means

Total score (out of 70)
Sum of all seven gift area self-ratings.
Overall engagement %
Your total score as a percentage of the maximum possible.
Gift diversity index
0-100 scale. Higher = more evenly balanced gifts; lower = more specialized.
Primary gift strength %
Your highest-rated gift as a percentage of the max score (10).
Teaching
Your teaching gift score.
Serving
Your serving gift score.
Leadership
Your leadership gift score.
Mercy
Your mercy/compassion gift score.
Giving
Your giving gift score.
Exhortation
Your exhortation/encouragement gift score.
Administration
Your administration gift score.

How this is calculated

Worked example, using the default values

  1. Identify Input Parameters
    4 parameters
    Teaching = 5, Serving = 5, Leadership = 5, Mercy / compassion = 5 = 7 input(s) provided
  2. Calculate Total score
    Total score
    35 = 35
  3. Calculate Gift diversity index
    Gift diversity index
    100 = 100
  4. Calculate Overall engagement %
    Overall engagement % = (totalScore / maxPossible) * 100
    50 = 50%
  5. Calculate Primary gift strength %
    50 = 50%

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