Field Storywriter for Donor Communications

Christian Career; United States; On-site; USD 25,000 - 50,000; Part time

Job summary

unfoldingWord is seeking a Staff Writer to craft donor-facing narratives that humanize ministry data and stories from the field. You will collaborate with the Managing Editor to shepherd content from capture to publication across print, digital, and appeal channels.

The role begins part-time with potential growth to full-time as the relationship and work develop, emphasizing editorial workflows, deadline discipline, and alignment with the global church mission.

Qualifications

• Active background in Christian journalism, evangelical ministry communications, or donor-facing narrative writing.
• Proven portfolio of long-form narrative features.
• Experience writing donor communications: appeals, newsletters, and annual reports.
• Line editing, substantive editing, and proofreading; proficient with the AP Style Manual.

Responsibilities

• Write brief narrative feature stories (400-700 words) profiling the people, partnerships, and moments at the center of unfoldingWord's global work.
• Gather stories through interviews, field travel when needed, team reports, and all unfoldingWord communications channels.
• File, tag, and markup captured content by date, region, format, and readiness; re-categorize as needs evolve.
• Produce Brand Book-compliant copy for prayer calendars, thank-you letters, newsletters, appeals, infographics, annual reports, and website content weekly and monthly.
• Edit and proofread all the above per the unfoldingWord Style Guide, including AI-assisted copy editing and review of content from digital marketing contractors and colleagues.
• Move content through RACI editorial channels to meet publication deadlines.

Skills

Reporter at Heart

Mission-Driven

Partner-Centric

Collaborative & Deadline-Oriented

Curious & Systematic

AI writing tools

Remote team collaboration

Tools

Claude AI

Job description

unfoldingWord is seeking a Staff Writer to craft donor-facing narratives that humanize ministry data and stories from the field. You will collaborate with the Managing Editor to shepherd content from capture to publication across print, digital, and appeal channels.

The role begins part-time with potential growth to full-time as the relationship and work develop, emphasizing editorial workflows, deadline discipline, and alignment with the global church mission.