When you are a new believer, you want to share your faith with others and you are not knowledgeable in apologetics or the Scripture yet, as more mature believers are. So below are some ideas on how you can share your testimony which shares the gospel, and a few other ideas and tips.
Preparation
First you need a written testimony before you can articulate your conversion story with others, and share the gospel through it.
Once you have a final draft of it, ask a couple mature believers (who share the law and sin when discussing the gospel with people), to review your testimony and ask for feedback. Make any changes you think are appropriate, and finalize it.
Once that is completed, spend time memorizing it.
Ideas and Tips for sharing your Testimony
1. Consider telling your testimony on video. This is helpful and useful for many opportunities.2. If you were not baptized yet, you can use that opportunity to invite people you know to attend this important event in your life.
*Mail rsvp cards and plan for
A: a refreshments afterwards at your home if it is in the evening, or B. a light lunch at your place or a banquet hall if you get baptized right at the end of service, if it is after church service.
*Make sure the pastor allows for a time just prior to your baptism to give your testimony, and make sure you have it memorized.
If a light gathering time at your home, think of ideas for the refreshments gathering. It doesn't have to be much, nor last very long. Just a fellowship kind of time.
*You can provide a table or tv tray a set of tracts, maybe a copy of several of a book, and maybe a business card with a QR code that goes to the gospel at needGod.com.
*Or include those as thank you gifts in a lil party bag to hand out to everyone when they are leaving [>>maybe set someone by the door to hand those out for you].
*You could have a couple people from church tell a few stories about you that point towards godly living and maybe a friend give testimony to/share about how they noticed your radical change.
If it is a light lunch after church or at a banquet hall you can consider this baptism event idea.
3. If you were already baptized consider something similar by throwing a born again birthday party for yourself and invite everyone you know over. You do not need to tell them what kind of event it is other than inviting them over for your birthday party. As part of the event consider
*either saying or showing a well made video of your testimony, and then
*stand up and share the gospel in 1 to 2 minutes.
*Then ask someone (a pastor or a mature believer you know) to step over (acting as a quick MC) and ask everyone to close their eyes for a minute, Offering that anyone who would like to get saved or make sure they are right with God to pray to him right now. After the silent prayer minute say, if you prayed to God, please let (your name) know sometime today, she/he would love to know and of course celebrate with you. And if you have any questions or need some guidance or prayer just text or call her/him, right now or any time.
*Plan it as a nice event, but it doesnt need to be a expensive one, it can even be at your home.
4. You can post your testimony in a document and email it off to everyone with a short note. *Make sure you title the email something eye catching like "I wanted you to know" or "There's something I have been meaning to tell you" or "I thought it was time I told you..."
5. You can post your testimony video on youtube or Godtube and email it off to everyone with a note
6. You can post the video on your social media page (such as facebook) and redirect others to it from your other social media pages via the link in bio or in linktree.
7. You can share the link to the testimony or the video when you are talking with people online as a new believer if there is opportunity for you to talk about Christianity being true and truth, and that you experienced radical transformation all believers do at the miracle of your conversion.
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