RULES OF ENGAGEMENT:
(last updated: 14th December 2020)

 

Multiple Choice Questions preliminary to sending us your testimony

What does it mean to be a Christian?

 

What are the benefits of becoming a committed Christian?

 

What is the hallmark of the Christian God?

 

Can we trust the Old Testament accounts?

 

How did the Universe and all life on Earth come about?

 

Then what:

Once you have completed the tick box questionnaire accompanying these questions, and provided your answers satisfy certain in-built criteria you will be asked to provide a few details about yourself which will be held in confidence. This includes, your name, title of story, your location (e.g. Poole), your place of worship, and your email address. Once this is complete you may email us your story in MS Word format, or rtf format (rich text format). You can add photographs or video, and the layout, style, etc. will be left to your discretion. You must state the date of your submission and sign at the bottom e.g. John S for John Smith. If you wish to remain anonymous you could sign as John X, for example. You may also wish to give the name of your Church. You could also state your geographical location.

 

Your task is to describe as succinctly as possible what led you to becoming a Christian, bearing in mind that the majority of people in our Country if asked about their faith would claim to be a Christian, without necessarily appearing to have made any serious life changing commitment to Christ. Your conversion may have occurred over night as it were, or to have happened gradually over a longer period of time. Alternatively you can choose to describe some significant part of your journey that strengthened your faith. We reserve the right to check the authenticity of testimonies with the declared place of worship, although we will not routinely do so. A third option is to provide a statement with explanation to declare your belief in the Bible account of origins. This may take the form of a joint declaration from a group of like minded individuals in your Church.

 

We will read your story and provided it acts as a source of encouragement to others and sounds plausible we will publish it on the website. We all have different skills and you may prove at least as good as us at describing your life changing journey, and impacting others with its message. It is OK however to get a friend, for example, to compile your story for you from your spoken account if you feel that their writing skills are superior to your own. The likely impact of your testimony is what counts. Try to keep it reasonably short and as succinct as possible.

 

You may wish to update your story at a later date in which case you will need to email it to us again as you did in the first instance. You may wish, for example, to update your story by including a photograph, or you may wish to add a sequel. You can also add a podcast or Youtube video clip to your submission. You can also email us with a request to have your story removed at any time.

For those using iPads: The Microsoft Office apps are free to download from the App Store (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook) to any iPhone or iPad user running iOS 12 or later. You can create, edit, view and print documents, presentations and spreadsheets in the Office apps for free. If you are unable to use MS Word, or rtf format, you may send your story to us as a simple email and we will migrate it to the format in use for you. In this case please send any images as an attachment to the email, also include any preferences on layout with the email.


Visitor's access:

The very fact that your are reading this means that you are a visitor, either:

1) This is your first visit and you are wondering what we are all about

2) You are considering giving us your treasured testimony

3) You have come to view our database of testimonies

In any event thank you for taking the time to visit and we hope that you will derive encouragement from the experience. First time visitors are required to answer a set of basic questions before viewing access is granted. These questions are designed to ensure that you are not just a casual visitor that is surfing the Internet for entertainment but someone with a genuine interest in what we are all about. Once you have successfully completed the questionnaire you will be issued with an easy to remember returners password that provides immediate viewing access next time you visit.

Future developments:

You may email us suggestions as to how the resource could be improved from your perspective using
office@givemystory.com
We will carefully consider your ideas, and may make changes based on them, as the site is in an early stage of development. Thank you.