Mission-Driven Staff Writer for Global Outreach

Christian Career Center; Orlando (FL); On-site; USD 24,797,000 - 46,838,000; Part time

Job summary

unfoldingWord exists to make the Bible available in every language and to see the global church resourced to take the gospel to every people group. The Staff Writer works alongside the Managing Editor to produce and steward donor-facing communications, from raw story capture through final published copy, across print, digital, and appeal channels.

This is field reporting in service of the global church. This role begins as part-time with the intention to grow into a full-time position as the

Qualifications

• Active background in Christian journalism, evangelical ministry communications, or donor-facing narrative writing required, with preferred WJI training or equivalent faith-based journalism formation.
• Demonstrated portfolio of long-form narrative features (not news briefs, SEO articles, or academic writing).
• Proven track record writing donor communications: appeals, newsletters, and annual reports.
• Line editing, substantive editing, and proofreading; ability to match brand voice across formats; AP style familiarity.
• Experience with digital publishing, CMS, or social media publishing is a plus.
• Background in global missions, Bible translation, or cross-cultural ministry preferred.
• Experience writing for web with working SEO understanding a plus.
• Experience analyzing writing for ROI/ROA is a plus.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

Reporter at Heart

Mission-Driven

Partner-Centric

Collaborative & Deadline-Oriented

Curious & Systematic

Tools

Content management systems

AI writing tools

Job description

unfoldingWord exists to make the Bible available in every language and to see the global church resourced to take the gospel to every people group. The Staff Writer works alongside the Managing Editor to produce and steward donor-facing communications, from raw story capture through final published copy, across print, digital, and appeal channels.

This is field reporting in service of the global church. This role begins as part-time with the intention to grow into a full-time position as the