Discover who God created you to be
within the body of Christ.

BODY LIFE LEADERSHIP

Raising up Multiplicative, Emerging Leaders

"And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds, and the teachers to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ, until we all attain to the unity of the faithand the knowledge of the Son of God... speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ, from whom the whole body, joined and held together by every joint with which it is equipped, when each part is working properly, makes the body grow so that it builds itself up in love."
Ephesians 4: 11-16
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​You are the body of Christ
and the parts of each other.
1 Corinthians 12:27
The church, the body of Christ, is the vehicle designed by God for his work upon the earth.  The image of a living body is one which reflects how the church ought to function and how we find our unique, God designed place within it. ​
Explore who God created you to be while developing body life teams and leadership.  Take your teams to mature levels of inter connectedness as you discover your significance in Christ.  Steward individuals and groups with healthy Biblical values.  Discover which cultural values are sabotaging your leadership.

The Grip-Birkman Approach

Discover who God created you to be within the body of Christ.  
The Grip-Birkman report combines two powerful personality, team building, and gift assessments into one all inclusive advanced assessment.  It incorporates both the natural and supernatural you by combining the Birkman Method and the Leadership Grip to paint a richer picture of who God designed you to be.

The Birkman Method

​Just like how TV screens have varying resolutions – standard definition, high definition, 4K – personality  assessments have different levels of detail as well. Birkman is at the far end of the spectrum, giving the highest level of insight into the motivations, perceptions, and behaviors of a person.
Birkman is the premier advanced assessment because ​it uncovers and interprets more data about behavior, motivations, and personality. Birkman feedback is presented in a way that is user-friendly and easy to segment.​

The Leadership Grip

​Your Leadership Grip is an assessment that gives the Christian leader a chance to identify his or her Spiritual Gifts from three different angles and three different assessments.
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Gifts Language 
Team Language
Body Building Language 
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The leader is also able to identify ​where he or she is weak and who is needed alongside to make a stronger team.   These assessments create a comprehensive understanding of our supernatural DNA.

The GRIP-BIRKMAN Approach:
​Two in One
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Fit & Flourish With In the Body of Christ.  The Grip-Birkman approach utilizes two powerful tools, THE LEADERSHIP GRIP and THE BIRKMAN METHOD, to help you find your fit and flourish within the body of Christ.  As leaders,  it is essential that you grasp your role as good steward of those whom God has brought around you.  He has brought to you, just whom He wants, for the purpose of fulfilling His Kingdom intentions.   Understanding your powerful strengths, God-given weaknesses, and underlying needs is very important.  Grasping who you are, who you are not, and what and who you need, will help you understand your fit in the body - and help others to their God-prepared functions.   Seeing how you fit on teams you build and are are a part of, and knowing how your gifts define your most powerful body-building roles, helps you and others fulfill the Christ life together as His body.
“Leadership is a series of functions
​carried out by a group of people.”
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MEASURES OF THE LEADERSHIP GRIP
​Your Leadership Grip is an assessment that gives the Christian leader a chance to identify his or her Spiritual Gifts from three different angles and three different assessments.
  • Gifts Language – identifies where God has made us strong.  Each Gift is described with a definition, characteristics, and even liabilities.  Through this comprehensive approach, we can more readily identify where God has made us powerful.  Foundationally, we will ask What is your supernatural identity?
  • Team Language – evaluates how our gifts function in a team setting. With four foundational types, we will look at the characteristics, the aligned Gifts language, and the potential liabilities we may bring to the team.  Fundamentally, here we ask What value do you supernaturally bring to the team?
  • Body Building Language – reveals how our gifts equip us to grow and expand the Body of Christ.  Here, our primary question is How do you contribute to the Great Commission?
MEASURES OF THE BIRKMAN METHOD
The Birkman Method measures many aspects of personality, including: 
  • Interests – Activities you enjoy and are motivated by in your work and personal life
  • Usual Behavior – Your effective and productive behavioral style for tasks and relationships
  • Underlying Needs – How you need to be or expect to be treated by other people and your environment
  • Stress Behavior – Your ineffective and unproductive behavioral style when your Needs are unmet
We all seek fulfillment in our lives . The Birkman Method is the only assessment that is able to get to the heart of an individual’s underlying Needs, which, when fulfilled, provide the comfort and motivation that enables us to thrive.  Having our Needs met is what keeps us motivated, productive, and satisfied in our careers and lives.
​God prepared the individual Christian to discover 
his or her ministry identity in a community of spiritually gifted believers.  

        We find ourselves in community, not alone.  
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SPECIFIC USES OF THE GRIP-BIRKMAN METHOD INCLUDE: ​​
  • Leader Development
  • Team Building
  • Career Exploration
  • Gift Exploration
  • Aptitude Selection