Your Testimony (#1-3)

The Second Best Practice for evangelizing is writing out and refining your testimony. Your testimony should include four elements: 1) An opening statement that sets the stage for your testimony. For example – “I’ve gradually come to know that Catholicism is the most reasonable and rational of all worldviews.” 2) Why you’re Catholic. This should be personal and not scholarly. 3) Your life after being a Catholic and the great benefits of your decision. And finally, 4) an offer to your listener. Challenge them to look for themselves: “I urge you not to take my word for it but go read the Church Fathers and pick up books that outline what the early Church was all about.” When you first write out all the reasons why you embrace the Catholic faith it could run to a couple or even several pages. Periodically, say once a week, you will want to refine it so that it is concise, clear and contained in a single page, or less. [If you want an example of a testimony, I can send you mine if you submit a request via the comment link below.] The Third Best Practice is to start an Evangelization Notebook. It can be hard copy or digital. The primary purpose is to record questions that you consider likely to come up in evangelizing that you want to have a response for. More on your Evangelization Notebook next time. In Christ...