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Answering Tips

January 4th, 2021
Our aim is to answer the specific questions asked with the truth of God's Word. That being said, the gospel, of course, is always relevant. If a gospel presentation fits naturally into any given response you are preparing, please feel free to include it. It's best when the presentation flows along with the response rather than it coming as a large addendum or a seemingly abrupt change of topic. So please don't force it or feel you need to always tack it on. However, there are a lot of ways to share the truth of . . .

Bible Version in Responses

November 29th, 2019
Due to the diversity of questioners we interact with, we strongly suggest using a Bible version that will be easy to understand for most people who speak and write English. Many of our questioners are non-native English speakers and teens. We also have questioners who are unfamiliar with the Bible as a whole. We want our responses to be as accessible and clear as possible—it's important for people to know God's truth, so we try to give it to them in language they can comprehend. This means we would ask you to refrain from using the KJV. If you . . .

YouTube Channel

April 2nd, 2018

We're continually expanding our YouTube channel with new videos. If you've not seen them, you can check them out here: https://www.youtube.com/user/gotquestionsorg.
The majority of our videos are linked to our articles, but we thought there was room for a little fun, too … This video features some epic auto-correct fails in the Q&A system: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Od4hRdw3_x4&feature=youtu.be. Enjoy!
We also have a new Got Questions Ministries informational video in the works. So please be praying for that. We'll let you know when . . .

15th Anniversary Training Sessions

July 7th, 2017

We had a great time at our 15-year anniversary celebration in late June. Thank you so much for your prayers for the event! Thank you, too, to all who came; it was wonderful to meet you! And thank you to those who participated via Facebook; it was great to have you present from afar. For those who were unable to attend, know you were missed and that we are grateful to you as well. We're always happy to meet our volunteers, so if you ever find yourself in Colorado Springs, please come say hello.

If you are interested in any of the training sessions, . . .

Reminders on Answering Questions

June 2nd, 2017

Just a few things to remember as we head into summer:
- Summer brings about travel, out of town guests, and stay-cations for many. If you will be unavailable to answer questions for any reason, please be sure to let us know so we can mark you out.
- If you receive a question that you will not have time to answer, do not know how to answer, or do not want to answer, please request reassignment as soon as possible. The due dates on questions do not change, so we need to reassign them as soon as possible to give the next writer enough time to respond . . .

Overdue Questions Policy

March 7th, 2016

GotQuestions.org volunteer writing team,

First, I want to thank you for your service. You all are a tremendous blessing to us. The Q&A aspect of the ministry would not exist without you. We truly are grateful for the time you put into answering questions.

Second, I wanted to remind you of how the system works. When people submit questions to us, they are promised an answer within 2 to 7 days. We refer to the end of the 7-day period as the “commitment date.” When we assign you a question, the due date is 4 days from the submission date. . . .

Got Questions and Google Search Engine Optimization

September 16th, 2015

RECENT ACTIVITY

Kristi-Joy Matovich

September 16, 2015

You may or may not know that Got Questions spends a lot of time tailoring our content to be easily found by search engines, and to match what people are searching for. Some of our articles may seem odd or irrelevant, but they're actually aimed at a topic that is commonly searched. That lets us reach demographics that would otherwise never see our site!

This article from Relevant Magazine displays the sort of theological questions Google is helping answer . . .

Important Safety Reminder

September 7th, 2015

Shea Houdmann
September 4 at 9:26am

IMPORTANT! - Please do not give your full name, email address, or phone number in your answers. It is unsafe and unwise to do so. A question you answer is sent with the statement "Answered by: First name" - and that is sufficient. There is no need to give your full name.

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