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GQM Values – Quality and Tact

February 3rd, 2025
We’ve made it to the final values in our GQM Values series! I’ll be giving periodic reminders, though, so keep staying tuned … We explain our value of quality as “producing well-crafted, thorough, and concise resources for seekers and believers alike.” We explain tact as “thoroughly presenting God's Word with clarity and humility, embracing nuance and complexity when necessary.” What does that mean for your responses? In short, keep doing the good work you do! Here are some specific tips: Directly answer the question asked.Pay . . .

GQM Value Spotlight: Gospel Centered

January 2nd, 2025
We explain this value as “Upholding and proclaiming the life-transforming good news of the gospel as the ultimate solution to every spiritual question.” We’re only here because of the amazing truth of salvation, and we want to share this good news liberally with questioners. Here are some practical ways to do so: Be on the lookout for times a gospel reminder or presentation fits naturally into a response. It’s best when sharing the truth about salvation is part of the writing flow and not an add-on. Often, a question arises due to a basic . . .

GQM Value – Compassion for People

December 2nd, 2024
We explain this value as, "Serving and ministering to all people with gentleness and respect and communicating the truth in love." The Q&A system has the unique capacity to serve people one-on-one, and it is thus a crucial avenue for living out this value. Every questioner you interact with is created in the image of God and in need of His love and truth. You all do an excellent job of caring for questioners. Here are some reminders of what that looks like: Pray for questioners. Ultimately, each questioner needs what the Lord has for them . . .

GQM Value Spotlight – Integrity to God’s Word

November 4th, 2024
GQM VALUE — INTEGRITY TO GOD'S WORD: It will come as no surprise to you that a core value for GQM is integrity to God's Word. Our tagline says, "Got questions? The Bible has answers. We'll help you find them." Every response is intended to be grounded in, and specifically point to, the truth of God's Word. We explain this value as, "Upholding the truth of God's Word by providing biblically and theologically sound content in a clear and understandable manner." What does that look like for Q&A? Be sure to include specific verses in . . .

GQM Value Spotlight – Discipleship

October 1st, 2024
As a ministry, we've been thinking through and discussing our values. In the next months, I'll be highlighting some of those values and providing specific tips for answering questions. So keep an eye out for that. This month, we'll talk about discipleship. DISCIPLESHIP: For us, this means providing content that encourages spiritual growth and pointing users toward resources, tools, and opportunities for ongoing spiritual growth and real-world engagement in Bible-believing church communities. Every question you receive is an opportunity . . .

Volunteer Writers’ Handbook

June 2nd, 2023
Thanks to your feedback and the efforts of Jeff Laird, we now have an official Got Questions Q&A System Volunteer Writers' Handbook! We'll send out a separate email with more information. In short, the goal is to better equip you for the work of ministry by providing guidelines, writing tips, and general information on ministry functionality. You can download it here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/h6vrmzlubx3b0n9/Volunteer%20Handbook%201.2%20%2820230530%29.pdf?dl=0 . . .

Writing Tips for October 2022

October 4th, 2022
When answering questions, it's helpful to give a direct answer up front and then build it out with more background information, explanation, and application points. This helps the questioner focus in on the main points to better digest them as well as assures the questioner that their question will be answered. We want to make the information as accessible as possible. When answering questions, it can also be helpful to provide succinct definitions for any terms that people use in slightly nuanced ways that make . . .

Answer Reminders

August 1st, 2022
Please be sure to answer the posed question directly. It is often helpful to address underlying questions as well, but we always want to make sure to answer the actual question, too.Please use Scripture to support your answer. Our answers should be grounded in God's Word, and we want to demonstrate to questioners how to use the Bible appropriately. Please feel free to model to questioners how to study the Bible on one's own. In giving an answer, you can also show how you arrived there.  Please err on the side . . .

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