Missional Journalism & Creative Writing

This 10-week internship is designed to help you grow and fall in love with Jesus in every area of life as you use your gifts, skills, and passions for the advancement of His Kingdom. 

Come thrive in community housing, holistic spiritual formation, and practical ministry experience working alongside our team based in western Chicagoland and reaching around the globe. 

Our mission: To activate young adults to exalt Christ and advance His Gospel to the multitudes, by awakening hearts to Jesus, inspiring dreams for the Kingdom, and engaging hands in the Great Commission. 

Missional Journalism & Creative Writing Internship Responsibilities:

• Write a wide variety of pieces from research and synthesis articles compelling people to pray (see an example at www.prayercast.com/india), to telling personal stories of missionaries and people on the field, to journalistic articles about what God is doing in the ministry.
• Report on the various ministries and partners of OWM through creative writing
• Collaborate with other media ministries of OWM to generate new Kingdom-themed media content (music, spoken word, video, photography etc. collaborative projects)
• Build, design, and update websites and blogs for the various ministries of OWM.
• Travel with different teams of OWM both locally and internationally to photograph, record, and creatively communicate the stories and information gathered from the work and ministries local and abroad. 
• Assist in public relations and marketing messages for the ministry, working with development and various ministry projects. This includes research, scheduling meetings, in the field audio and video recording sessions, developing email and social media outreach programs and the presentation and collateral materials to support the development and partnership activities of OneWay Ministries.

Qualifications: (Requirements)

Experience and strong ability in one or more of the following: writing/journalism; editing, reporting, interviewing, interpersonal skills, Adobe CreativeCloud programs; HTML coding and website creation (familiarity with Wix and/or WordPress); photography; poetry ability; strong creative and collaborative skills; intimate & growing relationship with Christ

Timeframe: 2024 Summer Internship and Discipleship Program is from May 25- August 3 . This is a full-time, residential program.

Housing: All interns live & work together in community housing in the Chicagoland area; secured and provided by OneWay Ministries. 

Finances: Summer housing and activities cost a total of $2,000 (this includes your rent, a team retreat, community meals, events materials, etc.). Our team will help you support raise that cost and make up any difference if necessary, so nothing comes out of your pocket. Plus, anything you raise past the $2,000 (up to $6,000) goes directly to you as a stipend for your work!