God calls people to ministry
He also designs how they are motivated to serve.
MCode For Ministry reveals the Motivations God gave each person, so you can let your blessings shine, match people to roles where they flourish, reduce burnout, increase retention, and build teams that advance His Kingdom with joy instead of exhaustion.
The people problem ministry leaders face
When people serve in roles that drain them instead of energize them, no matter how gifted or faithful they are, burnout becomes inevitable. And when ministry leaders don’t understand what motivates their team, they can unintentionally create the very problems they’re trying to solve.
Whether it’s the worship leader who comes home early from the mission field because they never found their sweet spot, or the volunteer coordinator who could be a powerful advocate but never gets plugged in correctly, or the pastor pushing water uphill, unable to connect with the congregation, you can’t fix what you can’t see.
And motivation? It’s been invisible until now.
“A group of our volunteers took the assessment, and we all agree that we now ‘know’ each other. One older woman said, ‘I’ve been in church for a long time, but this is the first time I feel seen!’ The assessment was spot on and finally allowed us to articulate things about ourselves that we’ve known for years. As their pastor, I feel more equipped to shepherd them according to their God-given design.”
Torrey Fingal, Senior Pastor
Empowerment Church NOLA
The insight MCode For Ministry reveals
Forget personality tests that box people into types and strengths assessments that tell you what someone’s good at but not why they do what they do. MCode For Ministry shows you what they miss: The God-given intrinsic motivations that drive human behavior and make each person unique.
When ministry leaders understand what motivates someone, they can stop making decisions based on:
- Who’s available….
- Who said yes last time…
- Who “should” be able to handle it…
Instead, they can start making decisions based on how God wired them to serve, because they know:
- Who will truly thrive and shine bright in a role.
- What energizes a person versus what drains them.
- How to set people up for sustainable, long-term faithfulness.
This isn’t about squeezing more hours out of people. It’s about honoring how God made them and blessed them for Kingdom impact.
Make an impact with motivation
Churches, ministries, missions teams, para-church organizations, and BAM teams all face the same core challenge: People are their greatest resource, and leading them well requires understanding what God built into each one of them. MCode For Ministry gives leaders at every level the insight to place people wisely, reduce burnout, and create environments where faithful service is sustainable, whether you’re leading a congregation, deploying missionaries, or building a business that advances Kingdom purposes.
Here are three ways MCode helps…
MCode For Ministry assessment
Discover how God wired you to serve and make an impact with a personalized ministry-focused MCode report that reveals your motivational makeup, where you thrive, and where burnout starts, and how you show up in ministry contexts. Gain clarity that helps you serve in ways that honor how He made you.
MCode For Ministry team workshops
Turn individual insight into team transformation with facilitated Ministry Team Workshops led by a Certified MCode For Ministry Coach. Your team will discover how to communicate more effectively, assign roles that energize instead of drain, and build a culture of grace where people flourish in their calling.
MCode For Ministry certification
Equip a leader within your church, ministry, or missions organization to facilitate workshops and guide others through the motivational insights in their MCode For Ministry reports. Certification offers internal capacity to build a culture where people are seen, understood, and valued for how God created them.
God wired you to serve
Burned-out leaders can’t shepherd well, exhausted volunteers don’t stick around, and when people serve out of obligation instead of genuine calling, your people suffer and Kingdom work suffers. MCode For Ministry prevents your people challenges from ever getting that far, by ensuring people feel seen, understood, and valued.
Ministry Leaders
at their best
When ministry leaders understand what God wired into them, they lead with greater confidence, clarity, and compassion — making wiser decisions about people, roles, and the direction of their organization.
Church Staff
at their best
Staff members who serve in roles aligned with their Motivations show up energized, engaged, and committed. They collaborate more effectively, communicate with grace, and sustain their faithfulness.
Volunteers
at their best
Volunteers placed in roles that match how God made them stop serving out of obligation and start serving out of genuine joy. They engage deeply, inspire others to get involved, and stay longer by choice.
Missionaries
at their best
Missionaries who understand their motivational wiring thrive in cross-cultural contexts, navigate pressure with resilience, and build teams that complement rather than compete with each other.
BAM Leaders
at their best
When BAM leaders know what drives each person on their team, they can build businesses with the right motivational DNA to achieve both financial sustainability and meaningful church-planting outcomes.
Certified Coaches
at their best
Certified MCode For Ministry coaches multiply their influence across churches, ministries, and missions organizations — helping more people discover how God designed them to serve His Kingdom.
Ministry teams who use MCode For Ministry experience transformation
Understanding what motivates your people is the fastest way to build a healthier, more effective ministry team with minimal friction and no burnout.
For ministry executives and lead pastors:
MCode shows you who’s wired for the specific challenges of your context — paid staff and volunteers alike. You’ll see where people will naturally excel, where motivational differences will create friction, and how different makeups will interact before tension ever surfaces. The result? Teams where people genuinely complement each other’s God-given strengths.
For church staff and volunteer coordinators:
MCode reveals the eight motivational languages people speak — and why your message may be falling flat with some congregation members. When you communicate using someone’s motivational language, they lean in, connect deeply, and step up to serve with joy.
For missionaries and field leaders:
MCode gives you the roadmap for building missionary teams that complement each other’s motivational strengths, rather than competing with them. Understanding your team’s motivational makeup transforms how you assign roles, resolve conflicts, and support each other across cultures.
For business-as-mission (BAM) leaders:
MCode reveals whether your team is energized by direct entrepreneurship, community development, strategic partnerships, or operational excellence. This enables you to build BAM teams with the right motivational DNA to achieve true profitability, sustainability, and church-planting outcomes, instead of burning out gifted people in misaligned roles.
