“You will be my witnesses … to the ends of the earth.”
(Jesus Christ’s words in the Bible, Acts 1:8 NIV)

“This is to my Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit,
showing yourselves to be my disciples.”
(Jesus Christ’s words in the Bible, John 15:8 NIV

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Gloriscope welcomes personal Christian testimonies about God’s grace in our lives and in the lives of other people. They are a great way to praise the glory, love, and life-transforming power of God.

May your testimony bless many people around the world, to God’s glory! God works in many ways and your testimony may touch the heart of people you could not even dream of. God honors a honest testimony that glorifies Him. Remember what the Bible says about the Samaritan woman in John 4:39: “Many of the Samaritans from that town believed in him [Jesus Christ] because of the woman’s testimony.”

GUIDELINES FOR PERSONAL TESTIMONIES

ORIGINAL, UNPUBLISHED TESTIMONIES
Your testimony must be unpublished and original, that is, you must be the only author of the text and photos of your testimony. If it was published before in a church bulletin or anywhere on the Web, it counts as published. Nevertheless, you can make a new, unpublished version of the same testimony if you rewrite your text in some significant ways.

SUBJECT MATTER
You are free to write about your conversion or anything else in your present or past life that gives glory to Jesus Christ, the Holy Spirit, or to two or all Persons of the Holy Trinity.

IT MUST BE ABOUT YOUR OWN EXPERIENCE
You should write about something that you yourself witnessed or experienced. (If you want to submit or alert us to somebody else’s testimony, you are welcome to e-mail us about it, too, but the editorial treatment may be different.)

For articles called “From My Heart,” that are not testimonies of your experiences but express your inner hope or yearnings, please click here.

BIBLE QUOTATIONS
Your testimony must include at least one Bible quotation or Bible reference, either because the quotation was part of your experience, or because it gave you an insight about the events that you describe, or because it is one of your favorite verses. In short, you should integrate at least one Bible quotation or reference into your text.

LENGTH
Between 300 and 1,000 words.

LANGUAGE
Your testimony should be in English. We may edit any testimony for grammar, punctuation, style, length, and legal concerns. If English is not your native language, we will edit your text to proper grammar and spelling.. If you are not writing American or British English, it’s OK to write in another regional version of English (Indian, South African, etc.) – it may add to the authenticity of your testimony.

INFORMATION ABOUT YOURSELF:
We need to publish your real full name and country of residence, as a minimum. We do make an exception for missionaries and other Christians living in or witnessing about countries where Christians are persecuted – in those cases, we may publish anonymous testimonies or use changed names of persons or locations, or both.

Normally, however, we will publish your full name and country of residence. You have an option to include the name of your city and State or province, your age, and your occupation (e.g. university student, teacher, pastor, “mother of three children” – you can follow the format in MySpace, Facebook, your blog profile, etc.) You may also add a few words about your spiritual and worldly interests. If you wish to add the name and/or website address of the church, ministry or missionary organization that you attend or are involved in, you’re welcome to do so and we’ll be glad to publish it along with your testimony.

PHOTOS
We welcome one to three small photos about yourself and/or the events, persons or locations described in your testimony. The photos should be e-mailed to us NOT in an attachment, but by inserting them into the body of your e-mail message, after the text. Preferably, one picture should be of you alone, others can include your friends or family, or show locations, objects, or events described in your testimony. We may contact you in case there are some privacy problems.

HOW TO SEND IT
Please e-mail your testimony to: editor(at)gloriscope.com. Please include your photos into the body of your e-mail, not in an attachment.

YOUR CONTACT INFO
If we publish your testimony, we will not publish your e-mail address. If we need to talk with you about some things regarding your text or photos, we may e-mail you to send us your phone number by e-mail, so that we can call you.

PRIVACY AND LEGAL CONCERNS
Please protect other people’s privacy – when in doubt, choose not to include other people’s sensitive information in your testimony . We will check your text for privacy and legal concerns (to avoid libel, for example) and may need to contact you by e-mail or phone to resolve any issues. If you or we want to change names and/or locations in order to protect other people’s privacy, you and/or we will have to tell our readers that names and locations have been changed in the text for privacy reasons. Please tell us in your e-mail if some names have been changed, and, if so, which ones. If we need to change names in your testimony, we will never do so without asking you by e-mail for a permission to do.

EDITORIAL CHANGES
No personal testimony will be published without the author’s prior approval of the exact text to be published. If we need to make any editorial changes in your text – in language, length, deleted or changed names, whatever – we won’t do so without getting your consent by e-mail. If we decide to publish your testimony in the form you sent, we’ll let you know, too.

COPYRIGHT
You, the author, own the full copyright to your testimony and any of your original photos you may send us. If you send us your text and photos, your copyright will NOT get transferred to us. You remain the owner of the copyright. What happens, when you send us your original text and photos, is that you automatically grant us a non-exclusive, worldwide license for electronic rights (not printing rights) to use your submitted text and photos in Gloriscope and any other existing or future publications of 4T4C News Corp. (our company which publishes Gloriscope). You can find further details about copyright in our Terms of Service for Gloriscope.com.

PUBLICATION FEES
At present, we do not pay authors any fees for publication of their faith testimonies.

THE USUAL DISCLAIMERS
We do not guarantee that any testimony text and/or photos received will be published. We disclaim all responsibility and liability regarding your submitted text and photos. (For full details, please see our Terms of Service.)

WE THANK YOU for your willingness to share your testimony about God’s wonderful works of grace and we thank you for your time in reading these guidelines. May your testimony be to the glory of God and an inspiration and blessing to many people!

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TO GOD BE ALL THE GLORY!

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