Apply for Membership

The application process and approval generally takes 2-3 weeks. 

For questions about membership please contact membership@nrb.org. There is a $50 application (non-refundable) fee for all membership application types.

Full Member
Full Membership is available to all U.S. and international organizations and individuals who use radio, television, digital media, film, streaming, podcasting, and other forms of electronic mass media for the dissemination of the Gospel. This includes non-profit and for-profit organizations and individuals such as Christian station and network owners/operators, program producers, agencies, attorneys, and consultants representing Christian broadcasters, Christian book publishers, and Christian broadcasters working within secular media.

There are two types of Full Memberships. You can apply as a Full Company Member or Full Individual Member. 

• All employees of a Full Company member are considered to be members of NRB, and all benefits apply to them. Clients and Members of the NRB Full Company Member organizations do not receive the benefits of the Membership. 

• Full Members must subscribe to NRB's Statement of Faith and Code of Ethics and agree to Christian arbitration for dispute resolution. 

• Full Company and Full Individual Memberships allow the designated Member to vote at the NRB Annual Membership Meeting.

• The dues for a Full Individual Member is currently $600 per year.

• The dues for a Full Company Member are on a sliding scale and is based on whether the company is for-profit or non-profit. More details can be found here. 

Associate Member
NRB offers Associate membership to individuals and organizations who are engaged in services related to the purposes of the members of NRB. This includes vendors, suppliers, manufacturers, publishers, musicians, start-up stations/programs, individual faculty of Christian schools, and retired broadcasters.  

There are two types of Associate Memberships – Associate Company and Associate Individual. 

The dues for an Associate Company Membership are $1,200. 
The dues for an Associate Individual Membership are $600. 

Church Member
This membership level is for U.S. or international churches and pastors that do not operate a radio or television broadcast ministry.

There are two levels of Church membership.

Congregations of <1,000 are $600 per year.
Congregations of >1,000 are $1200 per year.

Educational Institution
This membership is for colleges, universities, seminaries, high school, and full-time students or faculty involved in communications or media-related studies.

There are two types of Educational membership.

Educational Institutions are $600 per year.
Individual full-time students and faculty of non-member schools are $50 per year.