Our church uses the Choleric-Sanguine-Melancholy- Phlegmatic model of temperament evaluation as a tool to help people understand how different we all are. It’s a fun interaction during our Discovery Group process. I stumbled across an online tool today that is well done at 4marks.com. Check it out.

You can view my results here.

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Shelley June 18, 2007 at 8:06 pm

I am choleric………..
Imagine that?? hahahah

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TJ June 18, 2007 at 9:15 pm

We use this evaluation as well in our church. My wife actually teaches a class on it. It’s a really great way to learn people. I find it funny to meet people and say “phlegmatic!” or “Sanguine!”. So many times you can tell after a few minutes of conversation or just by watching them interact with others.

I tested Plegmatic/Sanguine. I have a hard time with these tests. I’ve tested Plegmatic/Sanguine the first time, and this time taking the test. This test says 96% phlegmatic, and 4% sanguine. In between, I tested Melancholy/phlegmatic. I guess the Melancholy was the 4% in that instance.

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Jeff June 18, 2007 at 9:59 pm

Shelley… no surprise there! ;)

TJ, this is the first time I’ve not tested as a Choleric/Sanguine. However, I think it’s the first time I’ve taken the test since beginning Journey.

I find it interesting that perhaps your life situation may change what your temperament “flexes” into. There’s a lot more need for organization and details as a leader of a church than there was as the leader of a campus ministry. I was pretty happy-go-lucky as a campus minister (thus, the sanguine…).

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Lou June 19, 2007 at 6:46 am

I took it and was melancholy/choleric. Michael says I am more choleric. I find it funny how people view you differently than you view yourself.

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K.T. June 21, 2007 at 4:01 pm

I found this in my archives

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Claire July 10, 2007 at 4:46 pm

Hey, do you know any free
online sources that tell about communicating with different personality types?

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Jeff July 10, 2007 at 6:21 pm

Not off hand, Claire. However, I’d encourage you to check out Xenos Church’s site (xenos.org). They have a lot of online resources available and at one time were using this same temperament test.

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Mandy October 23, 2007 at 4:05 pm

Hmmm.. on this test I was choleric-sanguine… but on the one I did for Discovery I was Melancholy-choleric… (I think? lol) This description did seem fitting.. but they all can really!

Mandy’s last blog post..Sammy Sam at 4 months

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Dustin October 24, 2007 at 8:03 am

Choleric-Phlegmatic, pretty much what I expected. Neat test.

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PAT April 7, 2008 at 7:40 pm

I AM MELANCHOLY-PHLEGMATIC!!!!!!!!!!!

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