CHARISMs

Spiritual Charisms

Spiritual charisms are gifts of grace given by the Holy Spirit to build up the Church, serve others, and reveal God's love in the world.

Charisms of Understanding Gifts that help us understand God, ourselves, and the world.

Knowledge

Diligent, prayerful study and intellectual inquiry that enables us to better understand God, ourselves, and the universe.

Wisdom

Extraordinary insight that enables a person to come up with original or creative solutions to specific problems and to make sound decisions.

Discernment of Spirits

Accurately senses whether behaviour, teaching, a movement, or an atmosphere is originating from God, helping to avoid deception or alignment with evil.

Creative Gifts that express God's goodness through creativity and beauty.

Craftsmanship

Being a channel of God's goodness to others through sacred or secular artistic creativity that beautifies and brings order to the physical world. This can include working with paint, clay, wood, food, plants, cloth, digital media, filmmaking, embroidery, coding, and architecture.

Music

Writing music and performing music for others in praise of God.

Writing

Using words to create works of truth or beauty that reflect the fullness of human experience and bring glory to God.

Lifestyle Gifts that empower distinctive ways of living and serving God.

Celibacy

Empowers someone to be most fulfilled by remaining unmarried for the sake of Christ, experiencing the freedom this provides for service.

Extraordinary Faith

Empowers a person to be effective through a radical trust in God's love, provision, and power, giving them the freedom to act in trust.

Missionary

Empowers someone to be a channel of God's goodness to others by joyfully and effectively using their charisms in a second culture.

Voluntary Poverty

Empowers a person to be a channel of God's love by living a life of simplicity and poverty in order to identify with Jesus and the poor.

Healing Gifts through which God's compassion and restoring power are made known.

Healing

Being a channel of God's healing and restoration, through which God brings healing from illness and restores health when recovery would otherwise be unlikely.

Intercessory Prayer

Empowers a person to offer powerful, sustained prayer for others as a means by which God's love and deliverance reach those in need.

Communication Gifts that communicate truth and help others grow in faith.

Evangelism

Sharing the Christian faith with others in a way that draws them to intentionally follow Jesus.

Prophecy

Being a channel of divine truth by communicating a word or call from God through inspired words or actions.

Teaching

Enables others to learn information and skills that help them reach their spiritual potential.

Organizational Gifts that mobilize people and resources to accomplish God's purposes.

Leadership

Sharing a new, compelling vision of a better future and directing the efforts of a group to make it happen.

Giving

Giving money and material things with extraordinary generosity and love.

Service

Recognizing logistical gaps or unmet needs that could prevent good things from happening, and personally taking action to bridge those gaps rather than simply delegating the work.

Pastoral Gifts that nurture relationships, strengthen community, and demonstrate God's personal care.

Encouragement

Empowers a person to be a channel of God's love by strengthening individuals through personal words, wise counselling, advice, or affirmation.

Helps

Being a channel of God's love by using personal skills and talents to empower others to serve God. Like iron sharpening iron, this gift delights in helping others succeed.

Hospitality

Warmly welcoming and caring for those in need with shelter, food, and friendship, making a place for others.

Mercy

Hands-on, practical deeds of compassion that relieve the distress of those suffering loss, hopelessness, rejection, or abandonment.

Pastoring

Building Christian community by nurturing relationships, encouraging spiritual growth, and caring for others.