Worship Musician

What Worship Musician does

Worship Musician Magazine is a free, digital-only monthly publication founded in 2014 and headquartered in Seattle, Washington, serving worship leaders, worship musicians, and church technology teams across North America. The company's core product is a monthly digital magazine featuring artist interviews, gear reviews, and contributor columns, distributed through the Joomag publishing platform and amplified by a digital marketing collective that reaches approximately 2.5 million opted-in email addresses.

Name

Worship Musician

Legal name

Worship Musician Magazine

Website

https://worshipmusician.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Free digital monthly magazine serving worship leaders, musicians, and church tech teams with artist interviews, gear reviews, and buyer's guides, distributed via Joomag to approximately 2.5 million opted-in email addresses and monetized through advertising.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Digital Media Publishing

NAICS

Independent Artists, Writers, and Performers (711510)

SIC

Periodicals: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2721)

akta.pro primary industry

Worship & Liturgy Publishing (Liturgical Texts, Missals, Service Books, Hymnals) (MPAJAHAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Sermon, Homiletics & Ministry Resource Publishing (Preaching Aids, Pastoral Resources) (MPAJAHAD), Religious Music & Worship Broadcasting (MPABALAN)

Keywords

• Worship music magazine
• Church technology content
• Worship gear reviews
• Church production resources
• Worship musician media

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Operations

Revenue model

1. Advertising: The primary revenue stream is from advertisers who pay to reach the magazine's large audience of nearly 2.5 million opted-in email addresses. Advertisers can place ads in specific content sections and receive interactive marketplace pages with digital media capabilities.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Worship Musician is a free, digital-only monthly magazine that helps worship and tech teams get #BetterBySunday through artist interviews, gear reviews, and contributor columns. The publication is distributed via the Joomag platform and amplified through a digital marketing collective reaching nearly 2.5 million opted-in email subscribers. The portfolio extends to annual Buyer's Guides (Worship Leader, Worship Guitar Player, Worship Team), a Church Video + Streaming Handbook, NAMM Show Report coverage, and a weekly video series, The Worship Guitar Show.

Product overview

Worship Musician is a digital-only magazine platform offering a monthly magazine along with periodic specialized Buyer's Guides. The core product is the monthly Worship Musician Magazine featuring artist interviews, gear reviews, and columns. The portfolio includes three annual Buyer's Guides (Worship Leader, Worship Guitar Player, and Worship Team editions), a Church Video + Streaming Handbook, NAMM Show Reports, and The Worship Guitar Show video series. Content is distributed digitally via Joomag and reaches approximately 2.5 million opt-in email addresses through a digital marketing collective.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Worship Guitar Show: Weekly streaming show hosted on Facebook and YouTube channels covering worship guitar content
• Worship Leader Buyer's Guide
• Worship Guitar Player Buyer's Guide
• Worship Team Buyer's Guide
• NAMM Show Report

Products and services

• Worship Musician Magazine A free, digital-only monthly magazine featuring artist interviews, gear reviews, and contributor columns for worship musicians, worship leaders, and church tech teams preparing for Sunday services.
• Worship Leader Buyer's Guide An annual buyer's guide focused on equipment and resources for worship leaders, published as a periodic digital edition.
• Worship Guitar Player Buyer's Guide A buyer's guide focused on guitar equipment and resources for worship guitar players, published as a periodic digital edition.
• Worship Team Buyer's Guide A buyer's guide focused on equipment and resources for worship teams, published as a periodic digital edition.
• Church Video + Streaming Handbook A special publication providing guidance on church video and streaming production techniques for church tech teams and worship leaders.
• NAMM Show Report An annual report covering the NAMM Show, featuring music industry news and product showcases relevant to worship musicians.
• The Worship Guitar Show A weekly streaming show on Facebook and YouTube covering worship guitar topics, players, and techniques for worship musicians and guitar enthusiasts.

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Core technology

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Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• JoomagcoreTechnology or IntegrationDigital publishing platform used to host and distribute the magazine's monthly issues. Provides the digital reading experience and issue distribution infrastructure.
• Digital Marketing Collective PartnerscoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorNetwork of digital marketing partners that enables distribution of magazine content and email communications to nearly 2.5 million opted-in email addresses, significantly expanding reach beyond direct subscriptions.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• WorshipHouse Media: Provider of worship video backgrounds, countdowns, and worship media resources for churches. Operates in the same worship media ecosystem, serves overlapping church worship and tech teams, and competes for the same worship-music advertiser mindshare.
• PraiseCharts: Worship music resource platform offering chord charts, sheet music, and accompaniment tracks for worship teams. Serves the same worship musician audience as Worship Musician and monetizes via subscriptions and licensing in the same worship-music vertical.
• Worship Leader Magazine: Long-running print and digital worship music and leadership magazine serving worship pastors, musicians, and church teams with articles, gear reviews, and training content. Directly competes with Worship Musician for the same worship leader audience and worship-music advertiser pool.
• Church Production Magazine: Trade publication covering church audio, video, lighting, and streaming production technology. Overlaps heavily with Worship Musician's church tech team audience and shares the same advertiser base of AVL/streaming gear manufacturers serving churches.

Emerging players

• Churchfront: Online church tech and worship training platform offering courses on live streaming, audio, lighting, and worship production. Emerged from the Church Tech Today brand and competes with Worship Musician for church tech team mindshare and adjacent advertising dollars.
• Worship Tutorials: Online worship guitar tutorial platform offering song lessons and technique training for worship guitarists. Targets the same worship guitarist segment that Worship Musician addresses through its guitar-focused content and Worship Guitar Player Buyer's Guide.

Others

• Premier Guitar: Established print and digital guitar magazine covering gear reviews, artist interviews, and lessons across multiple genres including worship. Shares gear-review advertiser relationships and reader overlap with the worship guitarists in Worship Musician's audience.
• ChurchMag: Online publication providing articles, tips, and resources for church leaders, staff, and volunteers across ministry and tech topics. Operates as an adjacent digital content property serving the church community in a similar niche-publishing model.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/worshipmusicianmag
• Facebookfacebook.com/worshipmusicianmag
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/worship-musician

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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