Author Application - Added to the Church

Name

First

Last

Email

Phone

Address

Address Line 1

Address Line 2

City

State

Zip Code

When within the United States, authors receive a printed copy of The Mountain Messenger, which features them.

Name of Congregation

Why do you want to be an author for Added to the Church/The Mountain Messenger?

Max of 500 words.

What best describes you?

Resume Submission

Click or drag a file to this area to upload.

A resume submission is not required, but we wanted to allow potential authors a way to show their full experience.

Added To The Church, is very excited for every publication of The Mountain Messenger, and we are honored to receive your help! There are a few guidelines that we request of those wishing to donate their writings for The Mountain Messenger. Please confirm you agree to the below by checking each box

Added To The Church, reserves the right to reject all articles. The goal of this work is to further the Gospel and encourage faithful Christians. Added To The Church, will not depart from the doctrine of Christ (2 John 9). To ensure this, we will only publish what is in accordance with the Bible and what is truthful. All writers MUST be faithful members of the Lord’s church, commonly known today as The Church of Christ, and bear the name of Christian only. Added To The Church, accepts the God-given responsibility to not have fellowship with darkness (Eph 5:11).
All writings submitted to Added To The Church for publication in The Mountain Messenger must be the sole property of the submitting writer and original only to The Mountain Messenger. To avoid plagiarism, the writer must make every effort to cite any references properly. Any discovery of plagiarism by our editors can result in a permanent ban from publication in The Mountain Messenger.
We have the right to make minor changes to submitted writings. An example of “minor changes” would be mostly editing for grammar, punctuation, formatting, design, typos, mistaken references, spelling errors, and editing for space. Any writings submitted to Added To The Church for The Mountain Messenger that require major changes that would alter the substance or meaning of the writing will be rejected. Our editors will NEVER make major changes to a writing.
We are asking for writing only up to two pages, with normal margins and double-spaced. Please use any of the following Bible translations: King James Version, New King James Version, English Standard Version, American Standard Version, New American Standard Bible, and New Revised Standard Version.
By agreeing to this document and sending Added To The Church, your writing for publication in The Mountain Messenger. The writer agrees to give all rights associated with this writing to Added To The Church for the publication(s), selling, distribution, editing, and storing. It is also understood that all profits gained from The Mountain Messenger and submitted writings are the property of Added To The Church, LLC.
By submitting this completed form with my writing, I am stating that I am the writer and owner of this work and agree to all the above guidelines.

If you wish to view the full Writer’s Agreement in PDF form, we have made it available below.

Writer’s Agreement