There's no compensation, just exposure to a lot of eyeballs and hearts and the satisfaction of knowing you've helped encourage other worshipers around the world as we all seek to live out the gospel in our lives.  If you're interested, take a few minutes to get to know us and to understand our Statement of Faith and Mission.

Then, read through the volunteer opportunities below.  If you are in agreement with our Statement of Faith and believe you're qualified, please email us at editors(-at-)worship.com and tell us what you'd like to do.  Please make the subject of your email "VOLUNTEER."

Regretfully, due to the high volume of email we receive, we can only respond to those in whom we have an interest. 

General Qualifications:

• Must agree with our statement of faith.  
• Must understand our ministry perspectives are shaped also by our mission and agree not to undermine them in any way where you may disagree.
• Must have something to say of value to a large readership.  This is generally not the place for daily thoughts and musings (those are fine for your personal blog) no one would be interested in outside of your family.
• Must be gifted to write and possess the ability to properly (though not perfectly) construct English sentences and paragraphs, using good grammar, punctuation and spelling.  
• Must be theologically grounded and not a baby Christian.  This doesn't mean you have a seminary degree but does mean you've been a Christian for more than a year and have been through a form of discipleship training in which you have learned the fundamentals of the Christian faith.  
• Must be a member in good standing of a Bible-based church.
• Must be gracious.  This is not the place to criticize and nitpick others or to be hateful, argumentative and rude, even when confronting heresy or expressing opinions on matters of style and personal preference.  There are times where we publish something controversial but we try to do so with grace and kindness.  We do not try to generate controversy for the sake of controversy.  We'd rather have gracious commentary and drive-by readers than bitter commentary and a lot of comments.
• Must be willing to work within our editor's preferences.  You may or may not agree with our editor's decisions of what to publish and what not to publish.   You should also understand that just because we choose not to publish something does not necessarily mean there is something wrong with it.  It may just not be appropriate for our audience in our view.  There may also be other subjects beyond the scope of this posting that we will prefer not to debate or discuss, and we reserve the sole right to make those determinations as they arise.

• General contributor.  General contributors compile and post links to other blogs, website articles, commentaries, YouTube videos, MP3 downloads, and other newsworthy items that may be of interest to our audience.   Commentary is brief but should be well written, concise, and pertinent, not too cute and not too staid.  You'll probably post no more than once or twice a week, or maybe just a few times a month.
• Content contributor.  Content contributors post content periodically that is original to them.  Writer's maintain copyright ownership of their material but grant worship.com the right to publish the material on our blog or website.  Material must be original (though it can also have been published at your own blog or website).   You'll probably post once a month, though some will post once a week if the material is well-written.  While some academic treatises can be appropriate if not too lengthy, more conversational writing is preferred.  Topics can include:

  • Reviews: Review books related to worship, culture, ministry, or worship CDS or other CCM music that may be of interest to our audience.  Note: we generally do not post NEGATIVE reviews.  If a book or CD is that bad, we prefer to ignore it except in rare instances.  Instead, we prefer to bring good books and music to the attention of our audience with either a neutral review (here it is, here is what it is about) or a positive review (here it is, here is what it is about, and here is why you should read it or listen to it).  Note that most of the CD's our audience is interested in is worship oriented.  That can be either music that can be sung congregationally or "rock worship" that generally cannot be.   Also note that you should not review bands or authors you have a relationship with unless you disclose it to us in advance as well as in your review.
  • Worship Leading "helps".  Maybe you are a worship leader and you'd like to periodically comment on some things you've learned that work...some do's and don'ts.
  • Cultural Engagement.  Are you involved in missional ministry, seeking to reach a contemporary audiences without compromising the truth of the gospel?  Teach others what you have learned.
  • General Insights and Observations.  Some people are just gifted to write about their observations and experiences in a winsome, interesting manner, relating God to everyday life.
  • Special Areas of Interest.  Maybe you have a passion for adoption, so a few times a year you would post something that relates adoption to worship.  Or maybe you have a passion for missions...keyboards...guitars...youth...campus ministry.  What's your passion?
  • Podcast alerts: There are a number of podcasts who sometimes feature series or episodes on worship and culture related issues.  Do you have a favorite podcast, and if so, perhaps you would be interested in periodically reporting when key episodes are airing, or summarizing their content when they do air?
  • Technical: Maybe you're an expert on guitars, keyboards, drums, or other musical instrument.  Or maybe you know how to run sound.  If so, maybe you'd like to provide periodic advice on selecting instruments and equipment.
  • Anything else come to mind?:  Have an idea not found here?  Feel free to float it by us.

• Recording Artists Commentary.  Established song writers, worship leaders and recording artists can comment periodically to introduce songs they have written that are getting good feedback in worship venues.   "Hey, here's a great new song, click here and see what you think at my myspace" is not what we're looking for.  On the other hand, substantive commentary about a song...how it was written, what it is about, what it means, etc., followed by a link to an audio sample at myspace or a band site is acceptable.  Note that this is probably not for  aspiring or budding songwriters, but for established songwriters and worship artists who already have a demonstrated gifting in this area.  This is not about giving the artists publicity as much as it is networking worship leaders around the country with worship songwriters and worship artists to give them an early look at some new songs music that's already been proven at some congregational level.

Roughly 50% of our content is related to worship music and worship leading.  Another 20% or so is related to the theology of worship, and another 20% or so centers around various issues related to living a life of worship while engaged in culture and ministry.  The next 10% is a mix of miscellaneous material that may be offbeat or unusual.

So, since worship is a way of life, most subjects tie into worship in some form or fashion. 

You'll also be listed among our contributors, with a link to a brief bio on worship.com which will also contain a link to your personal website.  We'll also ask that you link back to us from your own site as well, if possible.