CREATE ‘SCAFFOLDING’ FOR YOUR TESTIMONY
     1.Think through your story

     2.Outline it in bullet points

     3.Identify 3 – 5 words for the to keep you on track.

2-MINUTE TESTIMONY WORKSHOP

• Write Your Story J Use the following guidelines to write your personal testimony (the story of your experiences with God and the changes that have occurred in your life).
• Practice it with a friend. Once you have developed your two minute testimony you’ll be surprised how often you have a chance to share it.

Some guidelines to Remember when writing your Testimony:
(stolen/adapted from Power Evangelism, by John Wimber – p. 96):

Write out a clear account so that it can be read in less than five minutes.  Memorize the main ideas and bounce it off a Christian friend.  When you are telling it – it will run faster than when you are reading the whole thing.  The goal is to get it down to 2 minutes.

Keep clearly in mind what the content of the gospel is, especially focusing on the work of Christ on the cross.

Write in the 1st person using ‘I’ and ‘me’.

Write in such a way that others can identify with you

Offer enough details to arouse their interest

Try to use Scripture, quoting to illuminate something that happened to you.  Quote it from memory.

Don’t be too wordy.

Don’t focus on how bad you used to be.  The goal is to share the King and the Kingdom of God.

Don’t present your life now as a ‘bed of roses’.  Be honest.  If they know other Christians, they know that we are not perfect.

One other thing: 

• If you were saved as an adult, it makes the most sense to write a ‘chronological’ testimony. This tells what you were like before you came to Christ, how you were converted, and how your life has changed since believing in Christ.
• If you were saved as a child, the ‘thematic’ testimony is probably best. The thematic approach focuses on how Christ has made a difference with a problem or challenge in your life. The emphasis is on how Christ can meet our needs and give us purpose for living