Testimony writing: How to share your story of God’s work in your life
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, reach the lost, and bring glory to Jesus.
Many Christians want to share what God has done but struggle to organize their thoughts. Real examples help: one woman wrote how God healed her anxiety after years of panic attacks through surrender in prayer; another shared deliverance from addiction after crying out to Jesus in a jail cell.
This guide gives you simple steps, proven templates, and real Christian testimony examples so you can craft an honest, concise story that impacts lives.
Testimony writing resources
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1. Our guide to how to start writing a testimony
I create 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’s appropriate for Christians writing a testimony about how they came to believe in Jesus as well as believers who want to share a short God story about a particular moment in their life.
➡️ 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. Feeling overwhelmed or stuck when writing?
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 provides tips for two distinct approaches for crafting a Christian testimony.
➡️ Take the storytelling strengths quiz
5. Free writing prompts (70+) to help you start
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 powerful 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 writing 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! Want a sample?
➡️ Grab this book on writing your testimony
➡️ Want a sample? Download my chapter on testimony writing
7. Join our newsletter if you love Christian stories
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. Newsletters go out twice a month and also include journaling prompts and recommendations on Christian books, movies, and gifts.
Testimony sharing resources
1. Public speaking tips for sharing a testimony
I’ve coached and lead 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. Submit your story to Faith Storytellers
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 published
Use our five-step writing framework to craft a 900-1,200 word narrative story
➡️ How to submit your Christian story or testimony
3. Hold a testimony workshop or live testimony night
If your church or class would like to hold a testimony workshop to craft a narrative style story to share, this is something that is tremendously valuable both to the church members participating in the class and their friends and family who attend the live storytelling night.
➡️ Explore our workshop offerings