Sharing your testimony: Tips, tools & resources to share your faith
Sharing your testimony is one of the most powerful tools you have to show God’s love, grace, and power. When written well, a clear testimony can encourage believers and point people to Jesus.
Many Christians want to share what God has done, but struggle to organize their thoughts.
If you are feeling uncertain, overwhelmed, or unclear how to start, you’re not alone!
There are so many questions that come up when it comes to sharing your testimony that I wrote a whole book on it!
This guide gives breaks gives you a quick and simple overview about:
Preparing your testimony
Resources and tools
And more!
Resources: How to craft a Christian testimony
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1. Our guide to how to prepare your testimony
I created this five-step framework to help you create an engaging, narrative-style testimony that focuses on your relationship with God and how it’s changed. It created it as a free guide for Christians interested in sharing testimonies and faith stories with others.
➡️ How to write a testimony framework
2. Download our free testimony worksheet
Use this testimony worksheet to easily organize and write your personal testimony into three sections: Before, middle with change, and resolution. This simple structure helps you know what to include in your testimony, which should be grounded in a specific moment in time.
➡️ Download free testimony structure worksheet
3. Is your testimony honoring God? Use this checklist
I created the Faith Story Guardrails to help write their testimony and focus narrowly on their relationship with God, not other people. Reviewing these guardrails will keep your story safe for you, the people in your story, and the people receiving your story.
➡️ Read the Faith Story Guardrails
4. Quiz: Take this before you prepare a Christian testimony
Many Christians feel overwhelmed by the magnitude of their story, while others feel uncertain if they even have a story to share. If you’re uncertain about whether you have a testimony, this quiz will help you identify your God-given storytelling strengths and provide tips for two distinct approaches for crafting a Christian testimony.
➡️ Take the storytelling strengths quiz
5. Free writing prompts (70+) to start your faith story
Use these Christian writing prompts for adults to break through writer’s block, reflect deeply on God’s work in your life, and start crafting a powerful personal Christian short story and testimony grounded in a specific moment in time.
➡️ Get started with free Christian writing prompts
6. The best book for how to tell your testimony
If you’re looking for more depth, grab my book “Faith Storytellers: Unleash the Power of Your Story.” I put everything I know about writing, crafting, and revising real-life Christian stories and testimonies into this book! I’ve also included 40 testimony examples. One reader told me they loved it so much, they read it twice! It includes a chapter on sharing your faith without fear.
➡️ Grab this book on writing your testimony
7. Join our newsletter if you love Christian testimonies
Seeking a community of Christian storytellers? Join our newsletter to receive testimonies from people like you — believers who have an amazing God story to share and have taken the time to learn how to craft their story well. Our newsletters go out twice a month and include discussion/ journaling prompts related to the story we share. We also include Christian books, movies, and gifts. Many readers enjoy forwarding these stories to friends and family.
Resources for sharing your testimony
1. Public speaking tips for sharing a testimony
I’ve coached and led testimony classes that help everyday Christians with no previous speaking experience share a testimony from memory in front of a live audience. These public speaking tips are based on my own experience and the experience of my students.
➡️ Read public speaking tips for sharing a testimony
2. Share your testimony online
Join our community of Christian storytellers by submitting your testimony to be considered for publication here on Faith Storytellers. Writers have the most success when they:
Read our submissions guidelines (including what we do and don’t publish)
Read a few testimony examples that have already been published
Use our five-step writing framework to craft a 900-1,200-word narrative story
If you’re wondering whether to share your testimony online, consider this an invitation!
➡️ How to submit your Christian story or testimony
3. Sharing testimonies during a worksheet or event
If your church or organization would like to learn about sharing testimonies, consider hosting Christian author and editor of Faith Storytellers for an event. Organizations have found that hosting a storytelling night is valuable to both the church members who are giving their testimony and friends and family who attend the live storytelling night.
➡️ How to host an event for sharing your testimony