Creative Communication

Description:

The gift of Creative Communication is the divine enablement to communicate God's truth through a variety of art forms.

Distinctives:

People with this gift...

  • Use arts to communicate God's truth
  • Develop and use artistic skills such as drama, writing, art, music, etc.
  • Use variety and creativity to captivate people and cause them to consider Christ's message
  • Challenge people's perspective of God through various forms of the arts
  • Demonstrate fresh ways to express the Lord's ministry and message

Traits:

  • Expressive
  • Imaginative
  • Idea-oriented
  • Artistic
  • Creative
  • Unconventional
  • Sensitive

Cautions:

People with this gift...

  • Need to remember that art is not for art's sake, but it's to glorify God and edify others
  • Could find evaluation and constructive criticism difficult to accept
  • Might be uncooperative (because of ego, pride, or individualism) and need to work at being a team player

References:

Definition taken from Network: Participants Manual, p. 76.