Call For True Stories and Testimonies

We are compiling stories to be included in a ministry book entitled “Women of Passions” in which we focus on the three primary passions in our lives—God, family, and ministry. These are the topics we basically teach on in our conferences and seminars. Providing a book with personal testimonies or stories will be an added blessing and ministry outreach tool to women struggling with maintaining proper balance in life or feeling inadequate, something familiar to us all.

We are looking for women’s personal true stories or testimonies using the following topics.

1. Passion for God ~ A woman’s passion for God grows from relationship with Him through worship, through instruction in the Word, through prayer, and through obedience. For instance…
* How has your passion for God grown in these areas?
* Has seeking God first according to Matthew 6:33 changed your life? If so, how?

2. Passion for Family ~ A woman’s passion for her family grows from her relationship with God, learning to walk in her role as wife and mother and/or daughter from sound Biblical instruction. For instance…
* How has keeping family priorities in order impacted your life?
* How have you as a younger woman been mentored or trained by an older woman (Titus 2:4-5), or the other way around—you as an older woman training or mentoring a younger woman?
* How have your proper priorities impacted your family?

3. Passion for Ministry ~ We are all called to a ministry of reconciliation (2 Corinthians 5:18) to passionately share the love of Christ with others so they, too, may be reconciled to God through Jesus Christ. A woman’s passion for ministry exudes from a heart that is in right relationship with God. For instance…
* Share a testimony of the circumstances of your calling to ministry.
* How has God used your life to lead others to Christ?
* How have you learned to balance your life to not allow ministry to consume you?

We believe God takes the ordinary and performs the extraordinary through them. All He requires is a yielded vessel. God has given gifts to us that lie dormant because we become so distracted in our imbalanced lives. The key to unlocking these gifts is pursuing a balanced life with priorities in line. And, in so doing, we will become more effective Christians fulfilling our calling to build and strengthen the Kingdom of God.

Please keep your submission around 1,000 words (more or less—the word limit is not absolutely firm). We are also looking for well-crafted poetry that fits the topics listed above. Be sure your article is proofread and checked for spelling and grammar errors.

Please send your submission(s) to jan@janross.org. The deadline for this project is November 15th.

By submitting your article, you give us the right to publish your article. If your submission is chosen to become part of this publication, you will receive a free copy of the book and the right to purchase a limited number of copies at cost. There will be no other compensation. If you wish, we will be pleased to include a short paragraph with your personal information, other writing credits, education, training, and/or awards in the back.

Please only submit original content. Although we encourage you to submit new work, feel free to use your own previously published content to which you hold the rights with the understanding that you release to us the rights to use your submission even if you have it copyrighted.

We are excited to include you in this project and look forward to reading your submissions. Feel free to submit more than one article. Also, feel free to share this opportunity with other Christian writers.