Churches are offering congregants personality tests to help determine their gifts

‘We live in a spiritual world, and if someone is not following God, then it’s possible that their ideas could come from negative sources,’ says Kate Orton, as she considers the roots of personality tests.

Some churches are offering their congregation personality tests in order to determine their gifts, for helping in church, as well as more widely in life. But are personality tests actually biblical?

As an ex-new ager I have a strong conviction not to do any kind of personality test. It came after reflecting on the way that labels; such as star signs or ‘human design’ (another new age modality) can lead us to focus more on self, and less on others. It also tends to limit us, and put us in a box.