VOICE UP BUILDING CARING FAMILIES Intern Creative Arts & Faith Leadership Part-Time 100% Remote All Academic Semesters ABOUT VOICE UP MINISTRIES Voice Up Ministries is a next-generation faith leadership and creative arts ministry preparing emerging leaders to communicate hope, purpose, and healing in a rapidly changing, AI-influenced world. Built on a global platform that organically surpassed one million plays across multiple countries on a budget of $16 per month, we combine demonstrated creative reach with deep mission roots. OUR FOUNDATION Every aspect of the internship is grounded in three foundational biblical pillars: Pillar One: God’s Love and Salvation (John 3:16 17, NLT) For this is how God loved the world: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life. God sent his Son into the world not to judge the world, but to save the world through him. Every person has value, purpose, and dignity. The ministry exists to guide people toward healing, restoration, and purpose not judgment. This pillar shapes our commitment to compassion over condemnation and dialogue over division. Pillar Two: The Fruits of the Spirit (Galatians 5:22 23, NLT) But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against these things! Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control serve as our leadership ethics, communication standards, and character development framework. Technical ability alone is insufficient for lasting impact. Pillar Three: Love-Centered Leadership (1 Corinthians 13, NLT) Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful or proud or rude. It does not demand its own way. It is not irritable, and it keeps no record of being wronged. It does not rejoice about injustice but rejoices whenever the truth wins out. Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance. 1 Corinthians 13:4 7 Knowledge without love is empty. Talent without love is incomplete. Love is not weakness it is the highest form of leadership. This pillar governs how we lead, create, communicate, and engage technology. MISSION STATEMENT Voice Up Ministries exists to train the next generation of faith leaders through creative arts, purpose-driven communication, spiritual formation, and ethical engagement with emerging technologies rooted in the love of God, the Fruits of the Spirit, and the transformational power of love-centered leadership. WHAT YOU WILL DO Develop creative content across music, spoken word, podcasting, visual arts, or written media Explore and evaluate AI tools through an ethical, faith-grounded lens Support workforce development, research, and curriculum projects Assist with community outreach and international partnership activities Participate in structured mentorship and leadership development programming WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR Current undergraduate or graduate student, or community leader in development Personal faith commitment or sincere interest in faith-based leadership Creative interest or developing skill in at least one arts or media discipline Curiosity about ethical leadership in an AI-driven world Collaborative spirit, humility, and genuine desire to serve Prior professional experience is not required. A teachable spirit and desire to serve are the most important qualifications. WHAT YOU WILL GAIN A personal leadership philosophy grounded in faith, love, and purpose Practical competency in creative arts and/or digital communication Experience applying ethical frameworks to emerging technologies Mentorship from mission-driven ministry leadership Eligibility for academic credit through your institution COMPENSATION AND TERMS This is an unpaid internship. Stipend-eligible placements are available for select positions. Interns may receive academic credit through their home institution; coordination is the responsibility of the intern. This position is 100% remote. Undergraduate, graduate, and community leadership tracks are available for semester, summer, and extended terms. HOW TO APPLY Submit the following materials to Voice Up Ministries on a rolling basis: Personal statement (250 500 words) describing your faith background, creative interests, and what draws you to Voice Up Ministries. Current resume or curriculum vitae. One creative work sample writing, recording, design, artwork, or other project (optional but encouraged). One professional or academic reference (name and contact information). Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis. Contact Voice Up Ministries directly to submit materials or for questions about available tracks and placement terms. The future will not simply belong to those who understand technology. It will belong to those who understand people through the love of God. Voice Up Ministries None of this was accomplished through a large budget. Most of it was accomplished through conversation. FIVE PRINCIPLES, CARRIED CAREFULLY The architecture of Voice Up rests on five principles, and it is worth pausing over each one not because they are unusual, but because of the seriousness with which they are held and practiced. These are not values posted on a wall. They are the operating system. 1. Collaboration All are welcome 2. Humility We all have much to learn 3. Precision All the details matter 4. Patience We all need forgiveness 5. Empathy We must understand your why The principle of humility runs through everything Voice Up does and says. There is no triumphalism in how the organization describes itself. Even in its most formal documents, Voice Up acknowledges that its model was, in Fuller's words, discovered "by accident" that the depth of young people's hunger for purpose-centered conversation was something the organization stumbled into rather than predicted. This is not false modesty. It reflects a genuine epistemological stance: the belief that the most important things are often found by those paying close attention rather than those who arrive with predetermined answers.