Enneagram​

In this 15-session blog series (taken from A Journey into 3-C Christian Discipleship), we invite you to know yourself better, introducing you to nine unique personality types, using an ancient tool called The Enneagram

It’s been my personal experience that as I have become much more aware of the uniqueness of my personality type (The Helper – Enneagram #2), I’ve been able to bring the good/the bad/and the ugly of my personality to Jesus, allowing Him and His empowering work of grace to lift me from practicing the very worst traits of the Enneagram #2 to what some Enneagram teachers call the redemptive, or mature characteristics of The Helper.

While it’s true that many people outside the Christian faith use the Enneagram to help them grow in this life, maturing their personality in positive ways, I’m personally convinced that the Enneagram and its benefits are best utilized when it’s practiced in the context of a larger Christ-centered, biblically-based approach to mature discipleship. That’s why I like to call the redemptive lift found within the Enneagram being Christ-actualized.

As I see it, it’s Jesus who becomes the real teacher when working with the Enneagram, inviting us to come alongside Him, maturing and growing under His tutelage and care. My mentor, John Wimber, used to pray it this way…

“Lord, help me to grow up before I grow old!”   

I hope and pray that the abbreviated material we give you here will assist you in that “growing up” in Christ we all want to see in this lifetime!