ASSESSMENTS
biblical gift and leadership value.
An essential part of your journey as a leader is knowing who you are and how you operate. The WIML Cohort utilizes three specific assessment tools to support this process. Although many personality tests are available on the open market, Dr. Marion prefers to focus on Biblical gift assessments and leadership values assessments.
ROMANS 12 GIFT ASSESSMENT | Discover the seven gifts in Romans: Perceiver. Server. Teacher. Exhorter. Giver. Administrator. Compassion. Please plan to complete this assessment before the September monthly Zoom session. (Included. Required)
APEST (EPHESIANS 4) ASSESSMENT | Discover the five gifts in Ephesians: Apostle. Prophet. Evangelist. Sheperd. Teacher. (Included. Not Required.)
MERIT PROFILE ASSESSMENT | Discover ten leadership values: Maximizers. ($45 Fee. Not Required.)
overview of biblical gifts.
romans 12.
In the early 1990s, Dr. Marion Ingegneri was privileged to meet Don and Katie Fortune, the authors of the Discover Your God-Given Gifts Books. Her initial meeting led to a long and beautiful relationship, which continued until their passing (Don | 2015—Katie | 2020). During the decades of their relationship, Marion was personally trained by the Fortunes. Before her passing, Katie spoke to several WIML Cohorts.
Dr. Marion strongly encourages you to take a good coffee break and sit with the Lord, perhaps accompanied by a good friend or family member, to answer the assessment questions. You may already be aware of the gifts mentioned in Romans 12. Either way, the evaluation will help you discover how God uniquely designed you.
The Romans 12 gift assessment is a required part of your Cohort process. Your coaches, counselors, and mentors will all reference your results. We need you to complete this required assessment before the September monthly Zoom session.
Please use the link provided to report your results to the WIML admin team! Thank you!
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PERCEIVER | EYE OF THE BODY
Declares the will of God
Meets spiritual needs in the body.
Keeps us centered on spiritual principles.
Truth Speaker. One who speaks the truth as one perceives it to be without fear of others.
“But blessed are your eyes for they see, and your ears for they hear; for assuredly, I say to you that many prophets and righteous men desired to see what you see, and did not see it, and to hear what you hear, and did not hear it.” Matthew 13:16-17
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SERVER | HANDS OF THE BODY
One who helps others by meeting their practical, physical needs.
Renders physical service.
Meets practical needs in the body.
Keeps the work of the ministry moving.
“She extends her hand to the poor, Yes, she reaches out her hands to the needy.” Proverbs 31:20
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TEACHER | MIND OF THE BODY
One who thinks from a logical and analytical perspective and communicates from that rational.
Researches and teaches God’s Word.
Meets the mental needs in the body.
Keeps us studying and learning God’s Word.
“These were more fair- minded than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness, and searched the Scriptures daily to find out whether these things were so.” Acts 17:11
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EXHORTER | MOUTH OF THE BODY
One who is an encourager.
Encourages personal growth and progress.
Meets physiological needs in the body.
Keeps us applying spiritual truths.
"And after the reading of the Law and the Prophets, the rulers of the synagogue sent to them, saying, “Men and brethren, if you have any word of exhortation for the people, say on.” Acts 13:15
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GIVER | ARMS OF THE BODY
One who shares financial and material wealth with people or ministries in need.
Shares material assistance and support.
Meets the material needs of the body.
Keeps us sharing and provides for specific needs.
“Lord, who has believed our report? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?” John 12:38
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ADMINISTRATOR | SHOULDERS OF THE BODY
One who thinks from a managerial perspective and who likes to coordinate and direct activities to reach a common goal.
Gives leadership and direction.
Meets the functional needs of the body.
Keeps us organized and increases our vision.
“For unto us a Child is born, Unto us a Son is given; And the government will be upon His shoulder.” Isaiah 9:6
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COMPASSION | HEART OF THE BODY
One who identifies with and shares in the sorrows of others for the purpose of comforting them.
Provides personal and emotional support.
Meets the emotional needs of the body.
Keeps us in right attitudes and relationships.
“Now may the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God and into the patience of Christ.” 2 Thessalonians 3:5
romans 12 (part 1) gifts “in” you.
romans 12 (part 2) gifts “in” you.
ephesians 4.
The Alan Hirsch organization created the Ephesians 4 (APEST) assessment. Your WIML cohort experience includes this assessment. This assessment is not required, but we kindly ask that if you choose to take it, you consider doing so early in your cohort process. The results are helpful to your coaches, counselors, and mentors. The APEST assessment is a profiling instrument designed to help you discover your ministry function described in Ephesians 4. Your results from the APEST are automatically sent to our team.
Apostle. Prophet. Evangelist. Shepherd. Teacher.
APEST measures an individual’s current expression in ministry settings. As a result, APEST leads to new areas of learning and integration, fostering increased engagement in ministry.
Check out Alan Hirsch's videos on this topic in our video library.
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APOSTLES extend the gospel. As the “sent ones,” they ensure that the faith is transmitted from one context to another and from one generation to the next. They always think about the future, bridging barriers, establishing the church in new contexts, developing leaders, and networking trans-locally. Focusing solely on initiating new ideas and rapid expansion can leave people and organizations wounded. The shepherding and teaching functions are needed to ensure people are cared for rather than used.
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PROPHETS know God's will. They are particularly attuned to God and his truth for today. They bring correction and challenge the dominant assumptions we inherit from the culture. They insist that the community obey what God has commanded. They question the status quo. Without the other types of leaders in place, prophets can become belligerent activists or, paradoxically, disengage from the imperfection of reality and become other-worldly.
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EVANGELISTS recruit. These infectious communicators of the gospel message recruit others to the cause. They call for a personal response to God's redemption in Christ and also draw believers to engage in the wider mission, growing the church. Evangelists can be so focused on reaching those outside the church that maturing and strengthening those inside is neglected.
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SHEPHERDS nurture and protect. Caregivers of the community focus on the protection and spiritual maturity of God's flock, cultivating a loving and spiritually mature network of relationships and making and developing disciples. Shepherds can value stability to the detriment of the mission. They may also foster an unhealthy dependence between the church and themselves.
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TEACHERS understand and explain. Communicators of God's truth and wisdom help others remain biblically grounded to discern God's will better, guide others toward wisdom, help the community remain faithful to Christ's word, and construct a transferable doctrine. Teachers can fall into dogmatism or dry intellectualism without inputting the other functions. They may fail to see the personal or missional aspects of the church's ministry.
Ephesians 4 gifts “to” you!
1 corinthians 12.
We do not offer an assessment of the gifts of the Spirit in 1 Corinthians 12. However, we do encourage you to discover more about these powerful gifts that are yours to use in life and ministry. The descriptions provided are designed to offer a quick highlight and overview of the gift. Take a quick peek and listen in as Pastor Marion provides a high-level understanding of the gifts of the Spirit.
The nine gifts are typically categorized into three groups.
REVELATION GIFTS: Word of Wisdom. Word of Knowledge. Discerning of Spirits.
POWER GIFTS: Faith. Workings of Miracles. Gifts of Healings.
VOCAL GIFTS: Prophecy. Tongues. Interpretation of Tongues.
Position Yourself
In his book, Positioned for the Gifts, Dr. Jerry Stott provides a guide to help us position ourselves to receive and move in the spiritual gifts.
Be in a position to hunger for the things of God.
Be in a position to receive from the Word of God.
Be in a position to serve God.
Be in a position of praise.
Be in a position of prayer.
Be in a position of asking.
Be in a position of waiting.
Be in a position to receive or give an impartation
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A message or communication that you give to another that is filled with supernatural wisdom. This is not wisdom you gain from age and experience, but rather wisdom you receive from God.
“The word of wisdom might be defined as a supernatural revelation of the mind and purpose of God communicated by the Holy Spirit. It is God’s wisdom imparted to man…When the Lord specifically reveals His purpose to an individual, that person possesses a word of God’s wisdom.” Howard Carter*
*Quote taken from Positioned for the Gifts by Dr. Jerry Stott
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The word used here is “logos gnosis” which means a message of knowlege. Like in the word of wisdom, this is not something you know but something God reveals to you.
Dr. Stott in Positioned for the Gifts says it this way, “It is a supernatural revelation of knowledge, not acquired through natural means.” He also offers this warning, “It is not given to disseminate knowledge or prove one’s spirituality, but is given to produce fruit.”
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Oftentimes, people say, “I have the gift of discernment.” But, the gift here is the “Discerning of Spirits.” A simple way to understand this is that there are three spirits in operation.
God’s Spirit
Human Spirit
Demonic or Evil Spirit
If you possess this gift, you can discern which spirit is at work. Dr. Stott in Positioned for the Gifts states it this way, “Simply, this gift allows the believer to distinguish the origin of the words and actions of an individual - are they from man, God, or Satan?”
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Faith in this context is supernatural faith and as 19th century evangelist, George Muller, puts it, “Faith does not operate in the realm of the possible. Faith begins where man’s power ends.”
The word used in 1 Corinthians 12 is “pistis,” which means firm persuasion. One should consider the gift of the faith given by the Holy Spirit as a divine impartation to trust fully in God.
This kind of supernatural faith only occurs when we turn our life over to God in the most impossible situations.
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When we consider workings of miracles we are talking about God and man working together to produce the supernatural. Working of miracles is different than a miracle. In a miracle, God acting alone to perform the miracle. In “working of miracles” God is the power but He includes us as an instrument to bring about the miracle.
Two examples of the working miracles where God partnered with someone to perform the miracle are listed below.
Moses using his staff to part the Red Sea.
Jesus turning water into wine.
Two examples of sovereign miracles are listed below:
Creation.
Donkey Talks.
In the gift of “working of miracles,” we get to partner with God! We are invited into the process of supernatural power that overcomes evil and moves beyond the natural.
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This amazing gift is the “God-given” ability to heal people from sickness and disease. As in the workings of miracles this is when God invites us to participate in the healing. The person does not become the healer but rather the partner with God in the healing.
Gifts of healings are the many different ways in which God partners with us to heal others.
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“For you can all prophesy one by one, that all may learn and all may be encouraged. 1 Corinthians 14:31 (NKJV)
In Romans 12 the Bible explains the motivational gift of prophecy, “if prophecy, let us prophesy in proportion to our faith.” In Ephesians 4 the apostle Paul is speaking of the person given to the body of Christ as a prophet in function. But, in 1 Corinthians 12 this is about the gift of the Spirit that can and should be used by all people.
Peter Wager explains 1 Corinthians 12 this way, “The gift of prophecy is the special ability that God gives members of the Body of Christ to receive and communicate an immediate message of God to his people through a divinely anointed utterance.”
Katie Fortune says it this way, “an anointed proclamation of God through an individual to encourage, exhort, or comfort.”
Rick Walston says it this way, “a supernatural speaking of God’s Word in the common language, for the purpose of edification, exhortation, and comfort.”
The apostle Paul says it this way, “But he who prophesies speaks edification and exhortation and comfort to men.” 1 Corinthians 14:3 (NKJV)
What is helpful to consider is that much of what we have seen in the arena of prophesy might have a style we are uncomfortable with or that is not even necessary. They important key here is that you hear a word from God and communicate it in the best and most reasonable form possible to allow the person or persons who will hear it to receive it.
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“The Greek word for tongue is glossa, and the Greek word for speak is lalia. Thus, glossolaalia is to speak in tongues. The gift of speaking in tongues is a supernatural speaking in another language for the purpose of edification, exhortation, and comfort, or speaking to God in prayer and/or worship.” Rick Walston
Katie Fortune adds that these are “languages directed by God, given to the believer by the Holy Spirit but not learned or understood by the speaker.”
Jerry Stott says it this way, “An utterance that is spontaneous, yet inspired by the Holy Spirit, using one’s own voice, but where the words and/or syllables are not previously learned by the speaker.”
Jack Hayford adds this to the conversation, “While we may not understand the words we are speaking, spiritual language is not meaningless or gibberish; it is begotten by the Holy Spirit. The Bible says, ‘There are…so msny kinds of languages in the world and none of them without significane.”” 1 Corinthians 14:10
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Most focus is on the self-edification nature of tongues as a heavenly prayer language. But, tongues used in a public setting such as a pulpit or gathering of Christians is followed by a supernatural interpretation of the message in tongues.
Randy Clark says this, “Interpretation of tongues is a gift that always operates together with a public message gien in tongues. It is a supernatural ability to understand the message and to proclaim it in a language understood by the listeners, so that all can be built up.”
“I wish you all spoke with tongues, but even more that you prophesied; [a]for he who prophesies is greater than he who speaks with tongues, unless indeed he interprets, that the church may receive edification.” 1 Corinthians 14:5 (NKJV)
1 corinthians 12 gifts “through” you.
merit profile.
Dr. Ron Jensen wrote a book entitled Achieving Authentic Success, in which he cogently describes ten character competencies known as the MAXIMIZERS principles. Those principles became the foundation for the assessment elements of the MERIT Profile survey, which measures character.
Dr. Marion Ingegneri became acquainted with Dr. Ron Jenson after reading his book and having a mutual leadership acquaintance. In her first meeting with Dr. Jenson, Marion knew that Dr. Jenson's work was worthy of inclusion in her leadership development processes. Your discovery of the ten character competencies (Maximizers) will become an excellent foundation for your ongoing leadership development.
The Merit Profile, which is the assessment for the ten Maximizers, is not required for your participation in the WIML Cohort.
There is a fee of $45 if you decide to proceed with this assessment. Ordering the assessment is easy, but it is also a process.
Once our team receives your request, they will order the merit profile within one week.
Please watch for an email from noreply@remotelink.com. If you do not see it within one week, please check your spam folder.
If you do not receive your merit profile within a week, please get in touch with WIML@ministryleader.net.
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Teaches how to be mission-minded in all areas of life. It addresses how to achieve the goals and vision reflected in a person’s ultimate desire. Research over the years has documented a clear sense of mission as vital for personal wellness and preventing mental and physical illness. People lose hope when they don’t have a sense of vision for their lives.
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Teaches how to balance priorities, attitudes, and goals in all areas of life. When individuals get out of balance and lose control, they become highly susceptible to distress, anger, fear, depression, and even burnout. There is a deep need to rebuild personal balance for individuals to maximize their productivity, overall job performance, and personal contribution to the team.
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Teaches how to embrace challenges and turn them into opportunities. This principle addresses what a positive attitude is and how to cultivate it in multiple areas of life. Negative emotions and attitudes can cause stress that can seriously handicap an individual’s performance. Runaway stress and emotions managed properly can be turned into positive energy as long as one can identify the weaknesses exposed and then strive to overcome them.
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Teaches how to drive your actions by your values. Learning to build a value system around foundational principles is crucial. Without such alignment the constant inner turmoil of wanting to do the right thing but not being able to do it becomes stressful mentally, emotionally and physically.
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Teaches how to be mission-minded in all areas of your life. This principle addresses how to achieve the goals and vision that are reflected in a person’s ultimate desire. A clear sense of mission has been documented by research over the years as vital for personal wellness and preventing mental and physical illness. People lose hope when they don’t have a sense of vision for their lives.
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Teaches how to balance priorities, attitudes and goals in all areas of life. When individuals get out of balance and lose control they become highly susceptible to distress, anger and fear, depression and even burnout. There is a deep need to rebuild personal balance for individuals to maximize their productivity, overall job performance and personal contribution to the team.
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Teaches how to maintain unity in all relationships. Research studies are quite clear, unhealthy relationships are highly stressful and lead ultimately to mental, emotional and physical illness. Clearly, the development of relational skills such as listening, empathizing, resolving conflict, anger management and encouraging others is essential to overall health and productivity.
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Teaches how to live a centered character-based lifestyle. People need to get back to this taproot principle of cultivating their character. As true character is developed an individual becomes “in sync.” Our outward behavior begins to flow from our inward character. That is what constitutes true “integrity” in a person.
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Teaches how to accept change and make mid-course corrections. Most people are constantly trying to prove the illusion that “life is supposed to be easy.” This principle teaches people how to face the obstacles and difficulties of life and how to make appropriate mid-course corrections. This learning process mitigates the emotional stress created by the fear of the unknown. We can’t predict the future, but we can have a strategy for coping with it.
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Teaches how to remain focused on what is important and never give up. The American Management Association has indicated that the most universal Character Competency of successful leaders is that they just don’t quit. Those who succeed at creating healthy, dynamic lives personally and professionally will fail occasionally, but they fail forward. They learn to stick with it and persist, focusing on the roots of building right principles into their lives.