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The awards program of Baptist News Global, an initiative of the Board of Directors, recognizes individuals and organizations for their outstanding contributions to Baptist life, to Baptist values, to religious journalism and to the mission and vision of Baptist News Global. Recipients are chosen by the Board of Directors.


Founders Award

This award, established in 1998, recognizes individuals and organizations that have embodied the founding principles of Baptist News Global through significant professional and/or financial contributions to the organization.

Founders Award recipients:

The Eula Mae and John Baugh Foundation, San Antonio, TX, 2017

Jimmy Nickell, Kansas City, MO, 2017

Ed Vick, posthumously, Raleigh, NC, 2012

Bob Stephenson, Norman, OK, 2011

Dan Hobbs, Norman, OK, 2010

Baptist General Convention of Texas, Dallas, TX, 2008

Wilshire Baptist Church, Dallas, TX, 2007

Northminster Baptist Church, Jackson, MS, 2004

Baptist General Association of Virginia, Richmond, VA, 2003

Patricia Ayres, Austin, TX, 2001

Park Cities Baptist Church, Dallas, TX, 2000

Virginia Boyd Connally, Abilene, TX,1999

Cooperative Baptist Fellowship (Inaugural Award), Atlanta, GA, 1999

Greg Warner Lifetime Achievement Award in Religious Journalism

This award, bearing the name of the former executive editor of Baptist News Global, was created in 2009 to honor journalists whose body of work has contributed in significant ways to the understanding of religion in American society. It recognizes persons who with courage and integrity have addressed important issues related to matters of faith, whose writing and reporting have consistently reflected the highest standards of journalism, and whose work is consistent with the mission and values of Baptist News Global. Greg Warner was named the inaugural recipient in 2009.

Lifetime Achievement Award recipients:

Bill Webb, Jefferson City, MO, 2017

Marv Knox, Dallas, TX, 2015

Toby Druin, Dallas, TX, 2012

R.G. “Gene” Puckett, Raleigh, NC, 2011

Greg Warner (Inaugural Award), Jacksonville, FL, 2009

The lifetime achievement award replaced a previous honor known as the Writers Award. Recipients of that award were Mark Wingfield, Dallas, TX, 2003, and Ken Camp, Dallas, TX, 2006.

 

Religious Freedom Award

Established in 1994, the Religious Freedom Award honored individuals whose achievements advanced the principles and practice of religious freedom. In 2011 the Board of Directors voted to suspend the award in deference to an award with the same name and similar criteria sponsored by the Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty.

Recipients of the Religious Freedom Award:

Melissa Rogers, director of Wake Forest University’s Center for Religion and Public Affairs, Wake Forest Divinity School, and nonresident senior fellow within the governance program of The Brookings Institution, 2011

Herbert H. Reynolds (posthumously), former president of Baylor University, 2009

Walter Shurden, professor of Christianity, Mercer University, 2008

Cecil Sherman, retired pastor, first coordinator for the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, 2008

Wilmer C. Fields, retired director of Baptist Press and vice president for public relations, Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee, 2006

Charles C. Haynes, senior scholar, The Freedom Forum First Amendment Center, 2004

Chet Edwards, United States Representative, Texas 11th District, 2003

Jim Jones, retired religion editor for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2001

Peggy Wehmeyer, former religion reporter for ABC News, 2000

James Dunn, retired executive director, Baptist Joint Committee on Public Affairs, 1999

Walker Knight, founding editor of Baptists Today newspaper and former editor of Home Missions magazine, 1998

Will Campbell, ordained minister, author and civil-rights activist, 1997

Gus Niebuhr, former national correspondent for religion for The New York Times, 1996

Religion News Staff of The Dallas Morning News, 1995

Jack Brymer Sr., former editor, Florida Baptist Witness, 1994

 

For more information about the criteria and nomination process for these awards, contact Robert Dilday, Editor in Chief, at 336.717.1135, ext 7, or email him at [email protected]. Current board members and Baptist News Global staff are ineligible for these awards.

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