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CFBC Temperament & Ministry Profile

A sixty-statement self-assessment for believers, students, and ministry teams

This profile helps you see how God wired you — the natural bent you were born with, the strengths that flow from it, and the weaknesses that will follow you into ministry unless the Holy Spirit deals with them.

It measures temperament, not spirituality. There is no superior temperament and no disqualifying one. Scripture puts every type to work: the outgoing evangelist, the driven leader, the deep thinker, and the steady peacemaker are all on the same page of the New Testament.

Temperament is the raw material you were given. Character is what the Spirit builds out of it. Personality is what other people finally see. This instrument addresses the first so you can cooperate with God on the second.

How to take it

  1. 01Read all sixty statements. For each one, score yourself honestly on a 0–3 scale: 0 = rarely true of me, 1 = sometimes true, 2 = usually true, 3 = almost always true.
  2. 02Answer as you actually are, not as you wish you were and not as you behave only at church. Your first instinct is usually the accurate one.
  3. 03Add the scores for each of the four lettered columns. The highest total is your primary temperament; the second highest is your secondary. Together they form your blend.
  4. 04A gap of 6 points or more between first and second means a strong primary. A gap of 3 or fewer means a true blend — read both descriptions as equally yours.
  5. 05Take the profile again after ninety days of intentional growth. Temperament will not change; the way you manage it should.

Step one — your email address

Your results are delivered by email, so we need your address before you begin. One profile is recorded per email address.

The sixty statements

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  1. 01

    I start conversations easily with people I have never met.

  2. 02

    I make decisions quickly and rarely second-guess them.

  3. 03

    I notice details in a room that other people walk right past.

  4. 04

    I stay calm when everyone around me is upset.

  5. 05

    I would rather tell the story than listen to it.

  6. 06

    I naturally take charge when a group has no clear leader.

  7. 07

    I want a plan on paper before I begin a project.

  8. 08

    I avoid arguments even when I believe I am right.

  9. 09

    People describe me as warm, expressive, or animated.

  10. 10

    I am more concerned with results than with feelings.

  11. 11

    I am moved deeply by music, art, or beauty.

  12. 12

    I am rarely in a hurry.

  13. 13

    I forget names, dates, and where I put things.

  14. 14

    I get impatient with people who work slowly.

  15. 15

    I hold high standards for myself and am hard on myself when I miss them.

  16. 16

    I am the one others come to when they need to be talked down.

  17. 17

    I enjoy being the center of attention.

  18. 18

    I am willing to be disliked in order to get something done.

  19. 19

    I think through a decision for a long time before making it.

  20. 20

    I put off tasks I find unpleasant.

  21. 21

    My mood shows on my face before I say anything.

  22. 22

    I see the obstacle and immediately start solving it.

  23. 23

    I remember offenses long after they happen.

  24. 24

    I work well with almost any kind of personality.

  25. 25

    I interrupt people because I am excited about what I want to say.

  26. 26

    I find it hard to admit I was wrong.

  27. 27

    I am cautious about new friendships until trust is proven.

  28. 28

    I would rather keep the peace than push my preference.

  29. 29

    I make promises in the moment that I struggle to keep later.

  30. 30

    I set goals and measure my week by what I accomplished.

  31. 31

    I get discouraged when a project falls short of what I pictured.

  32. 32

    I have a dry sense of humor that surprises people.

  33. 33

    I lose interest once the exciting part of a task is over.

  34. 34

    I am comfortable confronting someone face to face.

  35. 35

    I prefer depth with a few friends over breadth with many.

  36. 36

    I need to be pushed before I will step into leadership.

  37. 37

    I cheer people up without trying.

  38. 38

    I have strong opinions and state them plainly.

  39. 39

    I analyze my own motives, sometimes too much.

  40. 40

    I am dependable and consistent day after day.

  41. 41

    I talk more than I intend to.

  42. 42

    I can keep working long after others have quit.

  43. 43

    I finish what I start, exactly the way I said I would.

  44. 44

    I dislike change and prefer a settled routine.

  45. 45

    I am optimistic almost to a fault.

  46. 46

    I have little patience with excuses.

  47. 47

    I sense when someone in the room is hurting.

  48. 48

    I listen far more than I speak.

  49. 49

    I am undisciplined with time, money, or food.

  50. 50

    I would rather lead a project than join one.

  51. 51

    I need time alone to recharge after being with people.

  52. 52

    I keep my real opinion to myself in a group.

  53. 53

    I make friends anywhere — the store, the waiting room, the parking lot.

  54. 54

    I struggle to show tenderness even when I feel it.

  55. 55

    I am self-sacrificing to the point of neglecting myself.

  56. 56

    I resist being rushed into a decision.

  57. 57

    I recover from setbacks quickly and move on.

  58. 58

    I am comfortable making a decision no one else wants to make.

  59. 59

    I am often dissatisfied with my own work even when others praise it.

  60. 60

    Very little rattles me.

The four temperaments

The Sanguine

Warm · Expressive · People-centered

Biblical portrait — Peter

You live outwardly. Rooms warm up when you enter them, strangers become friends in minutes, and your natural optimism carries other people through discouragement. You feel deeply and quickly, and you show it. Your danger is not coldness; it is shallowness — beginning much and finishing little.

The Choleric

Driven · Decisive · Goal-centered

Biblical portrait — Paul

You were built to move things. You see the objective, decide fast, and carry others with you by sheer force of will. You are not afraid of opposition and you do not need approval to act. Your danger is that people become instruments — useful when they help the goal and invisible when they do not.

The Melancholy

Deep · Analytical · Standard-centered

Biblical portrait — Elijah

You are the gifted one: analytical, faithful, sensitive to beauty and to people's pain, and unwilling to do sloppy work. You finish what you start and you finish it right. Your danger is the inward turn — perfectionism that becomes criticism, sensitivity that becomes self-pity, depth that becomes depression.

The Phlegmatic

Steady · Diplomatic · Peace-centered

Biblical portrait — Abraham

You are the easiest person in the room to be with: calm, dependable, quietly humorous, and unshaken by things that undo everyone else. People trust you because you never overstate. Your danger is not conflict; it is absence — watching from the edge of a work God has called you into the middle of.

No temperament is a spiritual verdict. Every one of the four has strengths God intends to use and weaknesses that will hurt other people until they are surrendered. The goal of this profile is not a label but a prayer list.

Take your three highest weaknesses and write them out. Ask God this week to begin producing the opposite fruit of the Spirit in each one. Then ask one mature believer to check on you in thirty days.

Temperament tells you where you start. The Holy Spirit determines where you finish.