"And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All
power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.
Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of
the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:
Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you:
and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen"
(Mathew 24:18-20)
Carrying out "The Great Commission"
requires more than presenting God's Plan Of Salvation.
Preparing souls to receive Jesus involves giving care, comfort,
encouragement, assurance, counsel and healing.
God has blessed all of us with spiritual gifts
such as Prophecy, Helper, Teaching, Exhortation, Giving, Administration,
Mercy Shower, Evangelism, and Shepherding. Each of us have
one or more gifts for which we may be better suited.
An excellent assessment tool for
determining your spiritual gifts has been developed by Dr. Elmer
Towns. Dr. Towns has dedicated considerable time and effort
to the study of personal habits and traits that can help us know more
about ourselves and our individual talents.
To assist you in discovering your special God given
spiritual gifts, please click here to complete
Dr. Towns's Spiritual Gifts Questionaire. All
results are yours only and will not be saved so please be sure to print
the results of your test.
If you would like to study more about the
biblical foundation of spiritual gifts please click
here.
Dr. Elmer Towns prefers to be known as a college
and seminary professor, he is an author of popular and scholarly works
(the editor of two encyclopedias), a popular seminar lecturer, and
dedicated worker in Sunday School (he has developed over 20 resource
packets for leadership education). He began teaching at Midwest Bible
College, St. Louis, Missouri, for three years and was not satisfied with
his textbooks so he began writing his own (he has published 70 books
listed in the Library of Congress, 4 listed in the Christian Booksellers
Best Selling List; several becoming accepted as college textbooks. He is
also the 1995 recipient of the coveted Gold Medallion Award awarded by
the Christian Booksellers Association for writing the Book of the Year,
The Names of the Holy Spirit.)
He was President of Winnipeg Bible College for
five years, leading it to receive American Accreditation and Provincial
authority to offer degrees (1960-1965). He taught at Trinity
Evangelical Divinity School, in greater Chicago, Illinois, in the
field of Religious Education and Evangelism (1965-1971).
He is co-founder of Liberty
University, with Jerry Falwell, in 1971, and was the only full-time
teacher in the first year of Liberty's existence. Today, the University
has over 5,500 students on campus and he is the Dean of the School of
Religion.
Dr. Towns has given theological lectures and
taught intensive seminars at over 50 theological seminaries in America
and abroad. He holds visiting professorship rank in five seminaries. He
has written over 2,000 reference and/or popular articles and received
two honorary doctoral degrees. Two doctoral dissertations have analyzed
his contribution to religious education and evangelism.
His personal education includes a B.S. from Northwestern
College in Minneapolis, Minnesota, a M.A. from Southern
Methodist University in Dallas, Texas, a Th.M. from Dallas
Theological Seminary also in Dallas, a MRE from Garrett Theological
Seminary in Evanston, Illinois and a D.Min. from Fuller
Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California.
