> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.thefaithapp.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Gifts find open serving needs

> Churches can shape discernment instruments that keep member results private, invite trusted mentor affirmation, and connect strong gifts to real opportunities.

# Gifts find open serving needs

Discipleship now helps a church move from reflection to a real serving next
step without treating a score as a permanent label or exposing private member
answers to instrument authors.

## Shaped by each church

Admins and teachers can customize the introduction, response scale, gift or
temperament areas, questions, weights, serving-skill links, and dormant-gift
timing. Publishing creates a fixed version, so later edits do not rewrite an
earlier member result.

Volunteer opportunity editors can now assign the serving skills each open need
uses. Member recommendations include only active, available opportunities and
name the gift that explains each match.

## Private first, shared by choice

Answers and results are encrypted and private to the member. A member may
choose an active assigned staff mentor to see one result. Only that mentor can
open it and add a shared affirmation, and the member can revoke access later.

## From pattern to practice

Members can join an opportunity or request approval directly from the result.
If a strong gift has not found a serving rhythm after the church's chosen
period, the app gently resurfaces it for another look or a mentor conversation.

Read the [Discipleship product guide](/product/discipleship) to connect gift
areas, serving skills, and open opportunities.