Understanding Your Results

AVP Diagnosis Guide

A comprehensive breakdown of what your assessment score reveals about your volunteer health and spiritual commitment.

How the Scoring Works

Assessment Structure

  • ✓35 questions total
  • ✓Each rated 1-5 (Strongly Disagree to Strongly Agree)
  • ✓Divided into 4 parts

Score Range

  • ✓Minimum: 35 points
  • ✓Maximum: 175 points
  • ✓Your total determines your diagnosis

The Four Parts of Assessment

Part 1

9 questions

Identity & Foundation

Who you are in Christ, your spiritual identity, and foundational beliefs that shape your service.

Part 2

9 questions

Motivation & Loyalty

Why you serve, what drives your commitment, and your loyalty to God's calling and church leadership.

Part 3

9 questions

Emotional & Wellness

Your spiritual health, emotional stability, financial stewardship, and overall wellbeing in service.

Part 4

8 questions

Community & Accountability

Your support system, accountability structures, and how you engage with your church community.

Diagnosis Categories

Your total score places you in one of four categories, each representing a different stage in your volunteer journey.

Conditional Volunteer

35-79 points

Your service is heavily influenced by external factors, circumstances, and conditional commitments. You may be struggling with foundational issues that prevent unconditional dedication.

Common Characteristics:

  • • Service dependent on recognition, position, or reward
  • • Easily discouraged by criticism or lack of appreciation
  • • May struggle with spiritual identity and purpose
  • • Limited accountability or spiritual support system
  • • Prone to burnout and inconsistency

Lukewarm Volunteer

80-104 points

You're growing but still dealing with significant conditional elements. Your commitment fluctuates based on feelings, situations, or personal benefit. There's awareness but inconsistent action.

Common Characteristics:

  • • Serves when it's convenient or comfortable
  • • Understands biblical principles but struggles to apply them
  • • Motivated by mixture of faith and personal gain
  • • Developing but unstable spiritual disciplines
  • • Some accountability present but not fully embraced

Inconsistent Volunteer

105-139 points

You're on the right track with moments of genuine unconditional service, but you still experience periods of conditional thinking. You're maturing but need strengthening in certain areas.

Common Characteristics:

  • • Generally stable but occasional setbacks
  • • Strong foundation with some gaps
  • • Growing in loyalty to calling over circumstances
  • • Active in community but could deepen accountability
  • • Transitioning from performance to purpose-driven service

Unconditional Volunteer

140-175 points

You demonstrate revealed dedication and unconditional commitment to your calling. Your service flows from identity in Christ rather than external circumstances. You're experiencing the fullness of joyful ministry.

Common Characteristics:

  • • Serves from overflow of relationship with God
  • • Strong spiritual identity and clear sense of calling
  • • Consistent regardless of recognition or circumstances
  • • Healthy accountability and community support
  • • Living the Apostle Peter Commitment Level (Matthew 16:17)—where "flesh and blood did not reveal this to you, but my Father in heaven"

What Happens After Your Diagnosis?

Understanding your diagnosis is just the beginning. The book A Volunteer's Perspective provides a complete roadmap for moving from wherever you are now to unconditional, joyful service.

1

Identify Your Barriers

Discover the specific conditional elements holding you back from breakthrough.

2

Build Your Foundation

Strengthen your identity, discipline, and accountability structures.

3

Break the Yoke

Apply the Genesis 27:40 principle to break free from conditional service.

4

Live Unconditionally

Experience revealed dedication and leave a lasting ministry legacy.

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