{"id":744,"date":"2009-07-13T15:30:50","date_gmt":"2009-07-13T19:30:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mintools.com\/blog\/?p=744"},"modified":"2026-10-28T13:58:39","modified_gmt":"2026-10-28T17:58:39","slug":"spiritual-gifts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mintools.com\/blog\/spiritual-gifts.htm","title":{"rendered":"Spiritual Gifts a Fad or Ongoing Reality in the Church?"},"content":{"rendered":"

I regularly check the statistics for the MinTools.com site.\u00a0 What I have found through the years continues to hold true.\u00a0 The primary keywords people use to find this site are some form of “spiritual gifts.”\u00a0 Actually, the phrase “spiritual gifts test” is at the top and the online spiritual gifts test<\/a> is the highest hit page on the site followed by the spiritual gifts list<\/a> page.<\/p>\n

Spiritual Gifts Need to be an Ongoing Reality in the Church<\/h2>\n

I’m glad to see the consistency in these stats because there for a while I was concerned that spiritual gifting had become just the latest church fad.\u00a0 Key Christian leaders wrote books on spiritual gifts<\/a>.\u00a0 Web sites with content on spiritual gifting grew in number.\u00a0 All that was good for a “shot in the arm” but God’s design for the growth of the Church is the ongoing emphasis and use of spiritual gifts wherein everybody does their part.<\/p>\n

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From the beginning, teaching on spiritual gifts<\/a> has been a part of the MinTools.com site.\u00a0 It is the hub around which the rest of the site has been built.\u00a0 How can a site designed to equip believers for ministry not include a major emphasis on spiritual gifts? (Click image to learn about downloadable spiritual gifts curriculum and resources.)<\/em><\/p>\n

What’s the Emphasis on Spiritual Gifting in Your Church?<\/h2>\n

What about in your church?\u00a0 Is attention to spiritual gifting just a fad or sporadic teaching emphasis or is it an ongoing reality and priority?\u00a0 There are \u00a0key factors to operating within the sphere of gifting<\/a> that tend to be present if it is a part of a church’s culture, one of which is that you consistently recruit based on spiritual gifts<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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