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Spiritual Gifts are special abilities given by the Holy Spirit and distributed to every believer according to God's design and grace for the common good of the body of Christ. GraceServe is designed to focus on 18 particular Spiritual Gifts.
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While the Bible lists more gifts than these, the GraceServe portion of our website is designed to focus on placing people with these gifts in fruitful volunteer service. Other spiritual gifts are best placed in service by a different means than GraceServe.
SPIRITUAL GIFTS LIST
ADMINISTRATION
The gift of Administration is 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.
CRAFTSMANSHIP
The gift of Craftsmanship is the divine enablement to creatively design and/or construct items to be used for ministry.
CREATIVE COMMUNICATION
The gift of Creative Communication is the divine enablement to communicate God's truth through a variety of art forms.
DISCERNMENT
The gift of Discernment is 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 gift of Encouragement is 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 gift of Evangelism is the divine enablement to effectively communicate the gospel to unbelievers so they respond in faith and move toward discipleship.
FAITH
The gift of Faith is the divine enablement to act of God's promises with confidence and unwavering belief in God's ability to fulfill his purposes.
GIVING
The gift of Giving is the divine enablement to contribute money and resources to the work of the Lord with cheerfulness and liberality. People with this gift do not ask "How much money do I need to give to God?" but, "How much money do I need to live on?"
HEALING
The gift of Healing is the divine enablement to be God's means for restoring people to wholeness.
HELPS
The gift of Helps is the divine enablement to accomplish practical and necessary tasks which free-up, support, and meet the needs of others.
HOSPITALITY
The gift of Hospitality is the divine enablement to care for people by providing fellowship, food, and shelter.
INTERCESSION
The gift of Intercession is the divine enablement to consistently pray on behalf of and for others, seeing frequent and specific results.
KNOWLEDGE
The gift of Knowledge is the divine enablement to bring truth to the body through a revelation or biblical insight.
LEADERSHIP
The gift of Leadership is the divine enablement to cast vision, motivate and direct people to harmoniously accomplish the purposes of God.
MERCY
The gift of Mercy is the divine enablement to cheerfully and practically help those who are suffering or are in need, compassion moved to action.
SHEPHERDING
The gift of Shepherding is the divine enablement to nurture, care for, and guide people toward on-going spiritual maturity and becoming like Christ.
TEACHING
The gift of Teaching is the divine enablement to understand, clearly explain, and apply the work of God, causing greater Christ-likeness in the lives of listeners.
WISDOM
The gift of Wisdom is the divine enablement to apply spiritual truth effectively to meet a need in a specific situation.
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