For 10 years, we have been helping individuals and church ministries go through a self-discovery process to define their spiritual gifts and life ministry. We also hold workshop training to leverage each individual's God-given skills and talents.

It is our pleasure and honor to come along individuals and church ministries to help them define their skills and talents. We know it enriches each individual's life, as well as those all around them. But don't just take our word for it, read for yourself.

Below you'll find a sampling of testimonials discussing the difference we've been able to make in their personal life or church ministry.

"Lots of people have told me that they wanted to take this PLACE class as a means of being able to better position themselves in the marketplace. It's been very enlightening to see how these principles have been reaching them. I've seen how many people are a lot more confident when they are in their right spot. It's a win-win-win for the individual, the church and the Body of Christ as a whole."
Malcolm Marshall
Houston First Baptist Church
Houston, TX

"We had 450 church members volunteer for church ministry following our first PLACE Ministries workshop! Using PLACE resources gives me the ability to correctly match church ministry opportunities with each person's unique personality, skills, passions and life experiences resulting in more effective ministry and happier volunteers."
John Rushing
Sugar Creek Baptist Church
Sugarland, TX

"After much research, I found PLACE Ministries to be a good 'fit' for us in so many ways. We have hosted 3 workshops in the past 7 months and 'placed' over 130 people in our church ministries. How exciting to see people for the first time in their lives to succeed and be fulfilled because of the discovery process of PLACE."
Stan Stone
Minister of Education
Centreville Baptist Church
Centreville, VA

"I am delighted to recommend PLACE Ministries. All too often congregations overlook the importance of enabling their members to know and use their spiritual gifts. PLACE addresses this issue by providing a wide array of excellent resources."
David Noble
Building Healthy Churches
Kansas City, MO

"We have conducted 2 PLACE workshops thus far and have 4 more scheduled this year."
Jeff Sukup
Davis Islands Baptist Church
Tampa, FL

"Our church has found that PLACE Ministries resources changes lives by helping people discover who they are in Christ. We are thankful for the power of these resources."
Jennifer Hembree
Eagle's Landing First Baptist Church
McDonough, GA

"I've seen and used lots of gift assessment tools and feel this is one of the better ones."
Mike Motsko
Spotsylvania Presbyterian
Fredericksburg, VA

"PLACE workshops provide the process that enables church ministry leaders to effectively match ministry volunteers to ministry opportunity. We have used PLACE for several years."
Blake Paul
Christian Temple Assembly of God
Houston, TX

"I had taken several different types of a personality assessment and spiritual gifts inventory tests prior to attending the PLACE workshop. PLACE is the FIRST to actually help me understand the connection between my personality characteristics, abilities, passions and life experiences, and how it better equips me for more effective ministry."
Debbie Steicher
Abiding Presence Lutheran
Burke, VA

"PLACE Ministries and Jay McSwain are making a profound impact on the ministry of First Baptist Church. We are fully embracing the PLACE program for connecting people to church ministry and we greatly appreciate the integrated approach of PLACE to examine a person in a multifaceted manner before providing feedback and ministry direction."
Richard Gaia
First Baptist
Hendersonville, TN

"It is essential as members of the body of Christ that we find our PLACE in Him (Jesus). PLACE Ministries is a vital part of that process in helping us achieve our purpose."
Rev. Dwayne DeShields
Pastor of Ministry Development
Bethel Deliverance International Church
Philadelphia, PA

"I have found the JOY that only comes with knowing and serving HIM through serving others in the PLACE ministry. I'm re-energized and blessed every weekend when I walk through the doors of Springcreek and see so many faces filled with the joy and peace of making a difference in someone's life. If God were ever to move us from Springcreek, my ministry would be to facilitate PLACE workshops wherever He might choose to send us. I just can't imagine serving in any other capacity. PLACE is that important to me."
Linda Dannis
Springcreek Community Church
Garland, TX

"My concern is for seeing individuals use their God-given gifts and talents to minister in the local church, on their jobs, in their communities in a focused and intentional manner, with all deliberate speed, without excuse. As an educator, PLACE is the tool that has addressed many of the reservations to serve from a Biblical standpoint. PLACE creates for the individual a level of confidence and self assurance that may have been lacking, but needed, in order to do ministry.
Dr. Marie Harris Aldridge
The Pennsylvania Avenue Baptist Church
Washington, DC