For those waiting to hear God's story
Are you passionate about playing a part in the great adventure of helping the gospel go forth to those who are waiting to hear about Jesus?
Join the StoryRunners® staff team and help us fulfill the Great Commission among unreached people groups in oral cultures. As a missionary staff member of the StoryRunners team, your unique talents will help local people develop oral Bible stories in order to launch church planting movements among unreached people in oral cultures.
A variety of roles are available to help us reach this vision; some positions require regular international travel while other professional roles can be done from our Orlando office at Lake Hart, the headquarters of Cru®.
All Cru missionary staff positions develop a team of ministry partners to fund their salary and ministry expenses.
Current available positions
Full Time
Direct StoryRunners US strategies including storytelling training, communications, marketing, events and digital strategies to increase awareness and recognition of StoryRunners and oral Bible storytelling with a view for invitations to engage with StoryRunners.
Equip local people in remote locations to produce oral Bible stories in order to launch church planting movements among unreached people who don’t have access to the Bible. Your exciting role will require you to travel internationally for a month at a time, up to four times per year, to far away locations.
When not traveling, you will serve in our Orlando office, helping fulfill the vision of StoryRunners to see followers of Christ in communities of faith among unreached people groups living in oral cultures.
Equip people from around the world to use oral Bible storytelling as a tool for evangelism and discipleship in their unique ministry contexts. As a Storytelling Trainer, you will facilitate both virtual and in-person training sessions where you will teach oral Bible stories and empower participants to implement them in their evangelism and discipleship efforts.
This role is based in the U.S. but may offer limited short-term travel opportunities. We have both full-time and internship positions available.
Build and lead a team of fund development staff that invite people to partner in what God is doing through StoryRunners. Your vital role will implement a variety of strategies to develop relationships and invite partners to invest in equipping people in unreached people groups to launch church planting movements through oral Bible stories.
Invite people to partner in what God is doing through StoryRunners. Your vital role will implement a variety of strategies to develop relationships and invite partners to invest in equipping people in unreached people groups to launch church planting movements through oral Bible stories.
Develop, implement and manage a marketing plan for StoryRunners that will attract potential ministry partners, staff, interns and volunteers to generate good will for the purpose of accomplishing the StoryRunners vision.
Writer – General Communications
Write communications pieces that help move StoryRunnners forward to see followers of Christ in communities of faith among unreached people groups living in oral cultures. Your role will capture StoryRunners voice through promotional materials, website content, marketing strategies and other communication pieces. You will educate and invite those outside of StoryRunners to be a part of equipping local people to develop oral Bible stories in order to launch church planting movements among unreached people who don’t have access to the Bible.
Writer – Partner Communication
Capture what God is doing through StoryRunners as you invite ministry partners to invest their time, talent and treasure in the mission. Your role will be to document how God is using StoryRunners to equip people in unreached people groups to launch church planting movements through oral Bible stories. Through the communication pieces you write, ministry partners will gain a vision of their vital connection to seeing followers of Christ in communities of faith among unreached people groups in oral cultures.
The candidate will work closely with experienced SOS team members to prepare new staff and interns to become story development coaches and assign team members to SOS language projects. The candidate should have a strong biblical knowledge to act as a direction setter for story development training and for the expansion of StoryRunners oral Bible story library.
To coordinate the partnership between StoryRunners and national ministry leaders (e.g. National Team Leader and Global Church Movements leader).
Support and promote all aspects of the Story Strategy in the country, including: the School of Storying (SOS), Multiplying Churches in Communities (MC2 workshops), national School of Storying teams and ongoing post-School of Storying story development to launch story movements of followers of Christ in communities of faith to fulfill the StoryRunners strategic plan.
Part time LDHR sub roles are also available such as Intern Coordinator, Sending Coordinator and Leadership Development and Training.
Part Time
Help fulfill the Great Commission among unreached people groups in oral cultures by equipping StoryRunners team members to be Christ-centered, fully funded and financially-faithful. Inspire and coach interns and staff members in the skills that enable them to successfully mobilize a team of financial ministry partners. Your ministry will ensure that your teammates are fully funded and, therefore, able to equip others in unreached people groups to launch church planting movements through oral Bible stories.
Help fulfill the Great Commission among unreached people groups in oral cultures as a social media specialist with StoryRunners! Your posts will invite the StoryRunners audience to consider the great need for oral Bible resources among unreached people groups. Create awareness while inspiring people toward their next steps in investing their time, talent and treasure in helping fulfill the Great Commission.
God is a work in you, and God is at work in StoryRunners. Contact us to see if your skills and talents may intersect with what God is doing through the StoryRunners team. If you have interest in another position that isn’t listed, please contact us.