Revive Ministry uses the Arno Profile System to educate and guide individuals on understanding their God-given temperament and meeting their unique temperament needs. The APS, a clinical assessment tool developed by the National Christian Counselors Association, assesses an individual's inherent temperament. This approach greatly helps clients increase self-awareness and enables us to better engage with each person.
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Overview & History of the Arno Profile System
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Drs. Richard and Phyllis Arno are the founders of the National Christian Counselors Association. In 1983, they began conducting research and developing a scripturally based therapeutic procedure that would produce effective, positive, and more immediate results with those needing guidance/counsel.
During this time of research, the Arnos worked with more than 5,000 individuals. The purpose of this research was to develop an accurate, clinical, testing procedure for initial identification of the counselee’s inborn, God-given tendencies/ temperament.
In-depth studies were conducted, during this same time, on all of the current psychological tests and/or behavioral inventories. For many reasons, Drs. Arno selected the FIRO-B, which was developed by Dr. Will Schutz, as their initial measuring device or questionnaire.
Presently, over 3,000 Christian leaders, ministers and professional Christian counselors rely on the Arno Profile System to aid them in their counseling efforts. The accuracy rate is over ninety-percent (90%) in identifying an individual’s inborn, God-given temperament.
The Arno Profile System does not measure a person’s behavior; it identifies a person’s inborn, God-given temperament. Who God created us to be (temperament) and who we become (through learned behavior) can be entirely different. We need to find out who we really are, and find ways to become the person God wants us to be (the true self) instead of the person we have learned to be (the masked self).
Drs. Arno also identified a fifth temperament. Traditionally, there have been four temperaments, Melancholy, Sanguine, Choleric, and Phlegmatic. The fifth temperament, that was identified by the Arnos’ research , is called the Supine. This identification area describes a person who is a servant and feels that he or she has little or no value.
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The Arno Profile System, was developed and continues to be taught by Drs. Richard and Phyllis Arno is highly recognized, accepted, very professional, and a tremendous asset to all Christian counselors, coaches, and pastors.