Spiritual Gifts Categories

Prior to reading this blog entry, take the free spiritual gifts assessment. Take some time to also ask others who know you well what gifts they see/affirm in you. Look for places of overlap. These are likely your top spiritual gifts.

In general, the spiritual gifts found in Scripture can be categorized into five areas: 

·         Speaking/leadership gifts

·         Inventive gifts

·         Sustaining gifts

·         Awareness/understanding gifts

·         Curative/authenticating gifts.

On the following list, find your top 3-5 gifts, based on your scores and the affirmation of others.

Speaking/ Leadership Gifts

·         Administration

·         Apostleship

·         Evangelism

·         Leadership

·         Prophecy

·         Shepherding

·         Teaching

Inventive Gifts          

·         Artistic Expression

·         Craftsmanship

Sustaining Gifts

·         Exhortation     

·         Faith   

·         Giving 

·         Helps  

·         Hospitality

·         Intercession

·         Mercy 

Awareness/Understanding Gifts

·         Discernment

·         Knowledge

·         Wisdom

Curative/ Authenticating Gifts       

·         Healing

·         Miracles

·         Tongues

·         Interpretation of Tongues

Do you spot any sort of pattern?  Are most of your gifts in one or two of the above categories?  What might this say about your role in the Body of Christ?

Shirley Giles Davis, author of the God. Gifts. You. Your Unique Calling and Design workbook, Your Unique Design Class Guide, Your Unique Design Facilitator Guide, and Gifts-Calling-Purpose blog, is a consultant, coach, facilitator who has worked with faith-based organizations, nonprofit agencies, and leaders in a diversity of fields for over 30 years. She has also been Catalyst for Equipping at her 1,200 member church since 1999.

Photo © Shirley Giles Davis.