GUIDELINES
FOR SUBMITTING TESTIMONIES TO VOICE MAGAZINE
About our magazine
Full Gospel Business Men's Voice is a 32 page, digest size, four color testimonial
magazine designed for evangelistic outreach to men. Its circulation is currently
approximately 300,000 throughout the world. Single copies are available for reference upon
request. Only first person testimonies of men are published. We do not accept poetry,
fiction, or "how to" nonfiction articles.
Submitting your manuscript
Type your manuscript on good white standard bond, 8'/2 x 11 inches, double
spaced, on one side only. Margins should be at least one inch on all sides,
or email to voice@fgbmfi.org. Testimony
should not exceed 1,500 words in length, unless specific agreement is first
obtained from Voice editor. Type your name at the upper left corner of
each page, and follow it with the number of the page. If the testimony
is not your own, enter the name of the person whose testimony it is; in
addition, supply the entire name, address and telephone number of that
person with the manuscript.
Please provide the name, address and telephone number of an officer of Full Gospel
Business Men's Fellowship who is acquainted with the person giving the testimony and who
is familiar with the experience being related. In addition, if there are special
circumstances in the testimony which may be verified by special persons, such as medical
experts, etc., those references will be welcomed. Only those testimonies accompanied by a
self addressed envelope and adequate return postage will be returned. All submissions are
prayerfully considered and we attempt to respond to all manuscripts within 60 days. We can
assume no responsibility for unsolicited material.
Photographs
VOICE is a full color magazine. When you send photos remember that the articles'
appearance is directly related to the quality of the photos you send. Send a selection, of
yourself, family, business and anything related to the testimony, that will help in a
powerful presentation. Your photos will be returned (please send a SAE) It is always
better to send too many than not enough, we don't have to use them all.
Preparing your manuscript...
Voice is designed to appeal to the unsaved. Open with a "grabber". Avoid
preachiness and ecclesiastical language. Use the Scriptures with discretion. Quote brief
Bible passages exactly; double check; and include both the reference and the version of
the Bible being quoted.
Involve the reader. He must be able to identify with the problem. Then through an
honest witness. he must be encouraged to believe that God can be the answer to his
personal need. Description is important! Let him see the sights, smell the smells, and
hear the sounds. Let him experience the emotions of the central character in the situation
Be honest. God is able! He does not need our exaggeration to help Him. Check the facts.
Beware of fish stories that grow with the telling.
Keep a healthy balance of content. Guard against that type of verbal testimony which
spends fifty minutes wallowing in the sordid past and ten minutes telling how wonderful
Jesus is. The following proportion is worth considering:
•25% of the manuscript: "Before I met Jesus'
•25% of the manuscript: "How I met Jesus'
•50% of the manuscript: "The difference Jesus has made in my life since I met
Him"
Such a balance will help to prevent giving the false impression that "Full Gospel
Business Men are saved, baptized in the Holy Spirit, problem free and live happily ever
after!" Full Gospel Business Men's Fellowship International has been used of God to
build bridges between nations. denominations and cultures, and its membership includes men
in almost every church institution. It is important that no statement be made which could
be interpreted as deprecatory to any Christian organization.
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