Message is a bi-monthly religious journal. They love captivating comeback stories, inspirational profiles, well-crafted features and insightful Biblical analysis. They also consider financial, professional, health and relationship stories that have a strong Biblical foundation. They pay $75 to $300 per article. More information can be found on their submission guidelines page
America Media provides “editorial content for thinking Catholics and those who want to know what Catholics are thinking”. They accept select unsolicited, unpublished pieces for their print, web and other digital formats. Payment reports suggest that they pay $0.25 to $0.38 per word. To find out more, visit this page.
Focus on the Family Magazine is a bimonthly publication that discusses marriage and parenting from a Christian point of view. Most of their articles are about the needs of families that have 4 to 12 year-olds in their homes. They also consider articles about parenting preschoolers and teens. They generally pay $50 per article. Further details can be found on their writers' guidelines page.
Liguorian Magazine a Catholic magazine, bills itself "a redemptorist pastoral publication." They publish articles, personal essays, and fiction. They pay 12 to 17 cents per word. They offer a free sample copy
–– just send them a stamped envelope. To learn more, read their submission
guidelines.
Providence is "a journal of Christianity and American foreign policy." They publish articles on the intersection of Christianity and national security, foreign policy, political theory, etc.
They pay $100 for 500-1,000
word articles on their website. They pay up to $1,000 for print articles. To learn more, read their submission guidelines.
Today’s Christian Living is a bimonthly magazine designed to encourage and engage Christians of all ages. It contains inspirational stories about how lives of people (famous and ordinary) have been touched in a unique way by the Lord. Editors look for story-based and testimonial freelance submissions. Editors purchase all rights to original articles. They do not consider reprints. Payment is $150 (1,200-1,800 words), $100 (801-1,199 words), and $75(650-800 words). To learn more, read the writers’ guidelines: http://todayschristianliving.org/writers-guidelines/.
Bible Advocate Online publishes articles on Christian living that follows the doctrine of the Church of God (Seventh Day). Their topics include personal experience, book studies, current social and religious issues, and more. They pay $25-$65 depending on length, and writers can submit to both the print and digital editions. To learn more, read their submission guidelines.
Touchstone is a Christian journal that publishes articles with a professional, polished voice that speak to Protestant, Catholic, and Orthodox readers. They accept freelance submissions for their Features, Views, and Communiqués departments. They pay $125 per published page. To learn more, read their submission guidelines.
The Quiet Hour publishes devotionals on a quarterly basis. Each devotional features an anecdote that leads into a Scripture-based insight and closes with a prayer or quotation. Writers are assigned contracts for seven devotionals each quarter, and for each contract, they pay $115 and up, based on experience. For more information, read their submission guidelines.
The Christian Courier is a bi-weekly publication that speaks from a Reformed perspective (although writers do not need to be Reformed). They describe their content as “an eclectic boutique of styles, opinions and flavors,” and it falls under three categories: News, Opinion, and Features. They pay $40-$70, depending on length. To learn more, read their submission guidelines.