Spiritual Gifts

  • Administration
    The divine enablement to understand what makes an organization function, and the special ability to plan and execute procedures that accomplish the goals of the ministry.

  • Apostleship
    The divine ability to start and oversee the development of new churches or ministry structures.

  • Craftsmanship
    The divine enablement to creatively design and/or construct items to be used for ministry.

  • Creative Communication
    The divine enablement to communicate God’s truth through a variety of art forms.

  • Discernment
    The divine enablement to distinguish between truth and error. It is able to discern the spirits, differentiating between good and evil, right and wrong.

  • Encouragement
    The divine enablement to present truth so as to strengthen, comfort, or urge to action those who are discouraged or wavering in their faith.

  • Evangelism
    The divine enablement to effectively communicate the gospel to unbelievers so they respond in faith and move toward discipleship.

  • Faith
    The divine enablement to act on God’s promises with confidence and unwavering belief in God’s ability to fulfill his purposes.

  • Giving
    The divine enablement to contribute money and resources to the work of the Lord with cheerfulness and liberality.

  • Healing
    The divine enablement to be God’s means for restoring people to wholeness.

  • Helps
    The divine enablement to accomplish practical and necessary tasks which free up, support, and met the needs of others.

  • Hospitality
    The divine enablement to care for people by providing fellowship, food, and shelter.

  • Intercession
    The divine enablement to consistently pray on behalf of and for others, seeing frequent and specific results.

  • Interpretation
    The divine enablement to make known to the body of Christ the message of one who is speaking in tongues.

  • Knowledge
    The divine enablement to bring truth to the body through a revelation or biblical insight.

  • Leadership
    The divine enablement to cast vision, motivate, and direct people to harmoniously accomplish the purposes of God.

  • Mercy
    The divine enablement to cheerfully and practically help those who are suffering or in need, having compassion that is moved to action.

  • Miracles
    The divine enablement to authenticate the ministry and message of God through supernatural interventions which glorify him.

  • Prophecy
    The divine enablement to reveal truth and proclaim it in a timely and relevant manner for understanding, correction, repentance, or edification.

  • Shepherding
    The divine enablement to nurture, care for, and guide people toward ongoing spiritual maturity and becoming like Christ.

  • Teaching
    The divine enablement to understand, clearly explain, and apply the word of God, causing greater Christlikeness in the lives of listeners.

  • Tongues
    The divine enablement to receive a spontaneous message from God in public worship and to speak it in an unknown language that is then made known to the church through the gift of interpretation.

  • Wisdom
    The divine enablement to effectively apply spiritual truth to meet a need in a specific situation.