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Discover Your Spiritual Gifts
We strongly believe that everyone has been given unique Spiritual Gifts. At Sardinia UMC, we embrace and encourage these gifts, as they play an integral role in our community. Our Giftings include Administration, Discernment, Evangelism, Exhortation, Faith, Giving, Serving/Ministering, Mercy, Pastoring, and Teaching. We encourage our members to use their talents for the benefit of others and to further the Gospel. Our community is stronger because of the diverse gifts that we possess.
Fill out the survey below to let us know what your Spiritual Gifts are, which will help us in placing you in the right Serving role here at Sardinia UMC. If you aren’t sure what your Spiritual Gifts might be, you can click
HERE to take the Spiritual Giftings test.
Spiritual Gift Definitions
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Administration
This is the spiritual gift where the Spirit enables certain Christians to organize, administrate, and promote the various affairs of the local church's ministry to direct them effectively. A local church cannot grow beyond a certain point without the ministry of these individuals.
See I Corinthians 12:28 Romans 12:8, Titus 1:4-5
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Discernment
This is the spiritual gift where the Spirit enables certain Christians to know with without a doubt whether a statement or behavior is of God, Satan, or man.
See I Corinthians 12:10, Acts 5:3-6, Acts 16:16-18, I John 4:1
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Evangelism
This is the spiritual gift where the Spirit enables particular Christians to share the Gospel to unbelievers and burdens Christians about soul-winning. All Christians are called to witness for Christ whether they have this gift or not.
See Ephesians 4:11, Acts 8:5-12, Acts 21:8, Acts 8:26-40, Matthew 28:18-20
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Exhortation
This is the spiritual gift where the Spirit enables certain Christians to deliver challenging and encouraging words.
See Romans 12:8, Acts 11:23-24, Acts 14:21-22, Acts 15:32
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Faith
This is the spiritual gift where the Spirit provides Christians with great confidence to believe and expect great things from God.
See I Corinthians 12:9, Romans 5:1, Romans 12:3, Hebrews 11
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Giving
This is the spiritual gift where the Spirit enables certain Christians to accumulate and give large amounts of their finances to the glory of God.
See Romans 12:8, Acts 4:32-37, Galatians 4:15, Philippians 4:10-18, II Corinthians 8:1-5
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Helps/Serving/Ministering
This is the spiritual gift where the Spirit empowers certain Christians to render practical help in both physical and spiritual matters. Serving one another, like evangelism, is a calling of all Christians, but there are some who have a special desire to serve, and receive great blessing from it.
See Romans 12:7, I Corinthians 12:28, Galatians 6:1-2
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Mercy
This is the spiritual gift where the Spirit enables certain Christians to minister to and have compassion for those who are suffering or afflicted.
See Romans 12:8, Luke 10:30-37
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Pastor/Teaching
This is the spiritual gift where the Spirit enables certain Christians to preach and teach the Word of God and to take responsibility for the spiritual welfare of a body of believers.
See Ephesians 4:11, I Peter 5:1-11
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Teaching
This is the spiritual gift where the Spirit enables particular Christians to communicate and clarify the details and truths of God's Word for others to learn.
See Romans 12:7, Ephesians 4:11