1. I feel closest to God when I’m surrounded by what he has made – the mountains, the forests, or the ocean.

2. I feel cut off if I have to spend too much time indoors, just listening to speakers or singing songs. Nothing makes me feel closer to God than being outside.

3. I would rather worship God by spending an hour beside a small brook than by participating in a group service.

4. If I could escape to a garden to pray on a cold day, walk through a meadow on a warm day, and take a trip by myself to the mountains on another day, I would be very happy.

5. How much does the following statement resonate with you? Naturalist: let me be outdoors.

6. Seeing God’s beauty in nature is more moving to me than understanding new concepts, participating in a formal religious service, or participating in social causes.

1. I feel closest to God when I’m in a church that allows my senses to come alive - when I can see, smell, hear, and almost taste his majesty

2. I enjoy attending a “high church” service with incense and formal Communion or Eucharist.

3. I’d have a difficult time worshiping in a church building that is plain and lacks a sense of awe or majesty. Beauty is very important to me, and I have a difficult time worshiping through second-rate Christian art or music.

4. I’m naturally drawn to museums and concerts more than I’m inclined to take a walk in the woods, work in a soup kitchen, or read a book by myself.

5. How much does the following statement resonate with you? Sensate: let me experience.

6. I would really enjoy using drawing exercises, icons, or classical music playing in the background to improve my prayer life.

1. I feel closest to God when I’m participating in a familiar form of worship that has memories dating back to my childhood. Rituals and traditions move me more than anything else.

2. I begin to feel closest to God when I lay something on the altar, sacrificing it for him.

3. The words tradition and history are very appealing to me.

4. Participating in a formal liturgy or “prayer book” service, developing symbols that I can place in my car, home, or office, and developing a Christian calendar for our family to follow are activities I would enjoy.

5. How much does the following statement resonate with you? Traditionalist: let me remember.

6. I would really enjoy developing a personal rule (or ritual) of prayer.

1. I feel closest to God when I am alone and there is nothing to distract me from focusing on his presence.

2. I would describe my faith as more “internal” than “external.”

3. The words silence, solitude, and discipline are very appealing to me.

4. Taking an overnight retreat by myself at a monastery where I could spend large amounts of time alone in a small room, praying, studying God’s word, and fasting for one or more days are all activities I would enjoy.

5. How much do you resonate with the following statement: Ascetic: let me be alone.

6. I believe I would particularly benefit from acts, such as night watching, taking a short vow of silence, or simplifying my life.

1. I feel closest to God when I am cooperating with him in standing up for his justice: writing letters to government officials and newspaper editors, picketing at a place of injustice, urging people to vote, or becoming informed about current issues.

2. I get very frustrated if I see apathetic Christians who don’t become active. I want to drop everything else I’m doing and help the church overcome its apathy.

3. The terms courageous confrontation and social activism are very appealing to me.

4. Activities such as confronting a social evil, attending a meeting of the local school board to challenge the new curriculum, and volunteering on a political campaign are important to me.

5. How much do you resonate with the following statement: Activist: let me conquer.

6. I would rather stand in the rain for an hour to confront an evil than sit in a room by myself for an hour and pray, take a walk through the woods, or spend an hour reading a book.

1. I feel closest to God when I see him in the needy, the poor, the sick, and the imprisoned. I feel God’s presence most strongly when I am sitting quietly by the bed of someone who is lonely or ill or when I am taking a meal to someone in need. You can count on me to offer a ride or to volunteer for helping activities.

2. I grow weary of Christians who spend their time singing songs while a sick neighbor goes without a hot meal or a family in need doesn’t get help fixing their car.

3. The words service and compassion are very appealing to me.

4. I sense God’s power when I am counseling a friend who has lost a job, preparing meals for or fixing the car of a family in need, or spending a week at an orphanage in Mexico.

5. How much does this statement resonate with you, caregiver: let me care.

6. I would rather nurse someone to health or help someone repair their house than teach an adult Sunday school class, go on a prayer and fasting retreat, or take a lonely walk in the woods.

1. I feel closest to God when my heart is sent soaring and I feel like I want to burst. I want worship God all day long, and shout out his name. Celebrating God and his love is my favorite form of worship.

2. I feel most energized when I take a spiritual risk on behalf of God or see God move in a supernatural way. Tradition and ritual put me to sleep; I serve a supernatural God and am excited to see him move in unexpected ways.

3. The words celebration and joy are very appealing to me.

4. I would enjoy attending a workshop on learning to worship through dance or a worship session with contemporary music. I expect that God is going to move in some unexpected ways.

5. How much do you resonate with the statement, Enthusiast: let me celebrate.

6. I spend more money on music and worship downloads than on books.

1. I feel closest to God when my emotions are awakened, when God quietly touches my heart, tells me that he loves me, and makes me feel like I’m his closest friend. I would rather be alone with God contemplating his love than participating in a formal liturgy or being distracted by a walk outside.

2. The most difficult times in my faith are when I can’t feel God’s presence within me.

3. The words lover, intimacy, and heart are very appealing to me.

4. I really enjoy having thirty minutes of uninterrupted time each day to sit in quiet prayer and “hold hands” with God, writing love letters to him and enjoying his presence.

5. How much does the following statement resonate with you; contemplative: let me feel.

6. When I think of God, I think of love, friendship, and adoration more than anything else.

1. I feel closest to God when I learn something new about him that I didn’t understand before. My mind needs to be stimulated. It’s very important to me that I know exactly what I believe.

2. I get frustrated when the church focuses too much on feelings and spiritual experience. Of far more importance is the need to understand the Christian faith and to have proper doctrine.

3. The words concepts and truth are very appealing to me.

4. I feel close to God when I participate in a time of uninterrupted study - reading God’s word or good Christian books and then perhaps having an opportunity to teach of participate in a discussion with a small group.

5. How much does the following statement resonate with you? Intellectual: let me think.

6. I spend more money on books than music.