Write For Us!
What type of content we are looking for
Are you interested in theology, mission or writing your testimony? This could be the publication for you!
About THE CO-MISSION
First, the name The Co-mission is a pun. It’s intended to convey that the focus of the publication is the Great Commission at the end of Matthew. But it’s also that this mission is done together, but more importantly with God’s power.
The aims of the publication are to
- glorify God through highlighting His mission across the world
- encourage those who are making Christ known as they participate in God’s mission
- discuss missional practice and the gospel in a Biblically grounded and accessible manner.
Content We’re Looking For
These are the different sections the publication currently has. With each section, there are some ideas of what we could add.
This is not a complete list. If you have other ideas, please submit them.
Faith
- Bible Studies with a mission focus
- Creative retellings of Bible Stories
- Personal testimonies of God at work
- Advice about living with a Biblical and missional focus
- Differences in how faith is practiced in different parts of the world
- Encouragements for missionaries
- Biblical reasoning for missions
- Articles that encourage others into mission
To submit an article for this section, make sure you put ‘Faith’ as a tag.
Culture
- Advice and information about different cultures of the world
- Anthropological insights
- Living cross-culturally
- Working with other cultures
- How culture and spirituality intersect
- Contextualisation in a specific context
- Descriptions and advice about different religions and religious worldviews
To submit an article for this section, make sure you put ‘Culture’ as a tag.
Gospel
- Bible Studies with a focus on the gospel
- Presenting the gospel in different contexts
- Testimonies of people coming to faith
- Personal testimonies, especially if you come from a country/area where Christianity is still very much a minority
To submit an article for this section, make sure you put ‘Gospel’ as a tag.
Church Planting
- Advice about church planting
- Personal experiences as a church planter
- Testimonies of church planting
- Historical stories of church planting
To submit an article for this section, make sure you put ‘Church Planting’ as a tag.
Leadership
- advice on leading mission teams (long-term and short-term)
- personal experiences of leading
- funny stories
- summaries of leadership research and how it might benefit missions
- collections of articles, etc. and how they might benefit missions
To submit an article for this section, make sure you put ‘Leadership’ as a tag.
Missionary Life
- Advice for missionaries (e.g. those looking to join an agency, those preparing to move to another country, those who have been missionaries for a while, etc.)
- Advice about aspects of missionary life (e.g. language learning, learning about culture, productivity hacks for missionaries, dealing with a new climate, etc.)
- Member Care resources and advice
- Funny Stories
- Encouragements
- Resources for missionary life
To submit an article for this section, make sure you put ‘Missionary Life’ as a tag.
Research
- Summaries of books, articles, journals, videos, podcasts, etc.
- Links to research on a particular topic
- Your own research about strategies, culture and church planting.
To submit an article for this section, make sure you put ‘Research’ as a tag.
What we believe
Writers for The Co-Mission believe
- God exists eternally as three persons: the Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
- The Bible is God’s perfect word.
- God created the earth and humanity. Humans were intended to be God’s perfect image bearers and partner with Him in paradise.
- Due to sin, the relationship between God and humanity has been broken.
- God, through the life, death and resurrection of His Son, Jesus Christ and the work of the Holy Spirit in the hearts of people, is bringing people back into relationship with him.
- God’s people is the global church. This transcends denominational backgrounds, ethnicity, race and nationality.
- Love and unity are crucial and integral characteristics of the global church.
- God invites us to participate in his mission of restoring people back into relationship with him.
- This restoration is transformative. It transforms the lives of individuals, societies, countries and the world.
- Sharing the gospel is integral to the church’s purpose and work on earth.
These are just the basics. There are other things that we believe too!
How to Become a Writer
For now, just write a comment saying “Please add me as a writer!” This lets us know you want to write for us and that you agree with our beliefs above.
After that, I will
- look at your profile and read some of your articles.
- decide whether they reflect the aims of the publication or not.
- add you or decide to ignore your comment.
Some tips to aid this process
- follow The Co-Mission (it proves some level of interest)
- engage with articles through comments and claps (we love enthusiastic people)
- have at least one article that exhibits your faith and/or interest in global missions (it will make my life easier)
How to Submit an Article
- Write your article.
- Add some pictures.
- Make sure you have one of our tags (see above).
- Run it through Grammarly.com or another grammar and spelling checker.
- Submit it to The Co-Mission
Other helpful steps are to pray and to listen to God for inspiration. But I can’t check that!
Requirements
The most important requirements are that the article
- is encouraging, supportive and respectful in tone
- has good spelling, grammar and structure
- has an appropriate image
- uses titles and headings
- cites quotations (such as Bible verses) well
- follows Medium requirements and guidelines
There are no other requirements. You may want to
- make use of kickers and subtitles
- use short paragraphs and headings to allow for easy reading
The articles can be of any length.
Be Blessed
I hope that your involvement with the publication encourages you and blesses you.
