Sample Report

A look inside the Ministry Playbook

This is a real example of the personalized report each volunteer receives after completing their personality and spiritual gifts assessments. No sign-up needed to explore it.

Sarah M.·ENFJ·Encouragement, Leadership, Mercy, Hospitality

Sarah is a warm, people-oriented leader who naturally draws others in and helps them feel seen. Her combination of visionary encouragement and relational depth makes her a catalyst for building belonging — she thrives where she can both cast vision and walk alongside people in their growth. Leaders should invest in her development while being mindful of her tendency to carry others' emotional weight.

How You May Thrive

You come alive in environments where people are the priority — where you can build meaningful relationships, name what you see God doing in others, and help them take their next step. You flourish with a clear sense of mission and the relational freedom to pursue it. You do best when you have both a team to encourage and a leader who invests in you personally.

Where You May Serve Best

You may serve best in roles that blend people-development with visible leadership — welcoming teams, small group leadership, mentoring, or care ministries. You're naturally drawn to the person on the margins. Roles that let you both organize and pastor tend to fit well, especially where relational warmth is valued over pure task execution.

What to Watch For

Be mindful of absorbing others' emotional weight without an outlet for your own. Your desire to say "yes" to every need can quietly lead to burnout. You may also struggle to confront directly when relational harmony feels at stake. Build in rhythms of rest and honest community where you can be cared for, not just the one caring.

Your Next Growth Step

Your next growth step is learning to lead through others rather than carrying every relational need yourself. Consider inviting one or two people into shared ownership of a ministry area, and practice naming your own limits out loud. Growth for you will often look like doing less, more strategically — trusting that empowering others multiplies your impact rather than diluting it.

The Four Pillars

Encourage

How to affirm and support them well

Name what you see in Sarah specifically — she values being known, not just appreciated. Affirm the way she notices and draws in the person others overlook. Remind her that her warmth is not just "niceness" but a genuine leadership gift. Let her know when her encouragement has shifted the temperature of a room or team — she may not realize how much impact she carries. Invest in her personally; she gives most freely when she is also being filled.

Utilize

Where they may serve best

Place Sarah where she can both lead relationally and develop people — welcoming and assimilation ministries, small group coordination, mentoring pipelines, or care teams. She's a natural connector who helps new people find belonging quickly. She also shines in one-on-one discipleship. Avoid isolating her in behind-the-scenes or purely administrative roles for long stretches; her energy comes from people.

Guard

What to watch for and avoid

Watch for signs of emotional overload — Sarah will rarely say she's tired before she's already running on empty. Protect her from being the default counselor for every hard situation without a support structure. Help her distinguish between bearing with someone and carrying for them. Encourage healthy boundaries and make sure she has a leader pouring into her, not just pulling from her.

Develop

Their next growth step

Help Sarah grow in delegation and shared leadership — her instinct is to personally meet every need, which limits both her capacity and others' growth. Give her a stretch opportunity to build and release a small team rather than doing the work herself. Consider a leadership cohort or coaching relationship that develops her ability to have hard conversations directly rather than softening them. She's ready for more strategic influence, not just relational output.

Ministry Fit Recommendations

These are guidance tools — confirm in community, discuss with a ministry leader.

Best Fit

Strong alignment with gifts and personality

  • Welcoming & Assimilation
  • Small Group Leadership
  • Mentoring & Discipleship

Good Potential Fit

Worth exploring — confirm in conversation

  • Care & Visitation
  • New Believers Follow-up
  • Women's Ministry Coordination

Trial Fit

Try a short-term role to test fit

  • Event Hospitality
  • Prayer Team

Use Cautiously

May not align well — observe over time

  • AV & Tech Production
  • Facilities & Setup

Reflection Questions

  • 1.

    Where do you currently feel most alive in ministry — and what does that tell you about how you're designed?

  • 2.

    Who is pouring into you right now, and who might you invite into that role?

  • 3.

    What would it look like to release one responsibility you've been carrying alone?

  • 4.

    Where have you been softening a hard conversation that actually needs to be had directly?

  • 5.

    How might your gift of encouragement become more intentional and less reactive?

Prayer & Discipleship Prompts

  • Ask God to show you one person this week who needs to be drawn in — and the courage to go to them.
  • Pray for wisdom in knowing what to carry and what to release.
  • Invite God to deepen your identity in being known by Him, not just useful to others.
  • Pray for the person who feels overlooked in your church — and your role in seeing them.

Recommended Resources

  • Strengthening the Soul of Your Leadership — Ruth Haley Barton (a guide to leading from a rested soul)
  • The Way of the Heart — Henri Nouwen (on solitude, silence, and compassionate presence)
  • Boundaries — Cloud & Townsend (practical help for giving without over-giving)

This playbook is a guidance tool — not a final verdict. It's meant to support discernment, conversation, and real ministry experience. Discuss these insights with a ministry leader and confirm fit through practice and community.

Ready to see reports for your people?

Start a free trial — no credit card required. Complete the assessments and generate a personalized playbook for every volunteer.