Not terrible at all. Better late than never, right? I have SO many ENFP’s in my life that I think I’ve studied that type more than my own! Challenges yes, but, wow, do you guys have so much to give! Feel free to email me if you have some questions.

Peace,
Jamie

That sounds VERY familiar, and luckily something that I realised a while ago now. I’m passionate about so many things and it’s tough to choose and prioritise. I think it’s only really the pregnancy crisis centre that has helped me focus as it’s been something I’ve been so deeply passionate and feel a real calling from God in and have done since I was a teenager. And it’s never gone away.

I’ve found that my ENFP ways can also get me in trouble because I often ‘think outside the box’ and sometimes it takes everyone else a while to ‘get there’ if that makes any sense? It can be very frustrating.

Thanks for sharing your experience. I am note sure where you would find such statistics, but head over the Adam’s blog (linked above) and ask him. He has done some very thorough research and could probably answer these questions better than I could. Also, you will find the book explores in more details which aspects of the Church are more extroverted (and which are not). I don’t think you will be disappointed with the book.

Peace,
Jamie

I found the first time I went through a MBTI workshop (about 20 years ago) to be an incredibly liberating experience, having been basically an extravert-in-introvert’s-clothing up to that point. In that workshop, which was run for people going to serve in short-term missions, we were told that most clergy/church leaders in Britain at the time were introverts (not sure which particular type), as were a lot of writers of books on spirituality. That made a lot of sense to me, having struggled with some of the spiritual epics that were almost required reading at the time.

Do you have any statistics on MBTI types amongst church leaders here in the USA? Your interview seems to imply that church leaders are more likely to be extravert.

Look forward to getting hold of a copy of the book – as an extravert in a church community that has acknowledge being made up predominantly of introverts.

Peace,
Jamie