Take Action, Then Tests

When someone says that they want to serve at your church, do you help them take action, or take a test? We’ve all seen the tests, and many of us have taken them: spiritual gifts tests, personality tests, and skills tests that are supposed to help you find out where you should be serving. But, how many tests have you ever taken that tell you what you should be doing, rather than how you’ve done? In school, we take action first by learning, then studying, and then finally taking a test. Compare those tests to the ones that tell us what our profession should be but are often never right. So, why is it that the church believes that a test will tell us what gifts God has given us, rather than taking action and letting Him show us by what He does through us?

As ministry leaders, let’s help our next generation of volunteers to make an impact, not a test score!

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