About Baptist News Global

Inspiration for change-making conversations

Baptist News Global is a reader-supported, independent news organization providing original and curated news, opinion and analysis about matters of faith. We cover the people, events and ideas that are shaping American religion and culture. We do so from a perspective that is Baptist in heritage and ecumenical in spirit.

Our Mission

To inform and inspire readers with news, opinion and analysis that engages them to grow in faith and wrestle with what it means to live and serve faithfully in a rapidly changing world.

Our Vision

To pursue truth through responsible journalism that cultivates change-making conversations about Christianity and culture among Baptists and other inquisitive people of faith.

Our Values

Independence, integrity, trustworthiness, excellence, justice, curiosity

Our Funding

The unique ministry of Baptist News Global is made possible by individuals, churches and other organizations that believe a free and unfettered source of information is essential to the integrity of the Christian witness and to the vitality of the Baptist movement. As a reader-supported, nonprofit news organization, Baptist News Global relies upon reader contributions for two-thirds of its annual budget.

No gift is too small (or large), as our donations come in all sizes, from a few dollars to a few thousand dollars. Many of our faithful readers give monthly or quarterly as they are able. Additional funding comes from faithful Church Champions.

We also acknowledge generous support from the John and Eula Mae Baugh Foundation that has sustained us through the years and allowed us to build an endowment (managed by the Associated Baptist Press Foundation) that currently provides about one-third of our annual income. All the rest comes in $50 and $100 donations from readers like you.

The BNG board of directors expresses gratitude to CBF North Carolina and the Prichard Family Foundation for their ongoing financial support with no strings attached.

No donor — large or small — exercises any editorial control over our content. Our board of directors is fiercely independent.

Learn more about ways you can support our ministry. All gifts to Baptist News Global are tax-deductible to the fullest extent allowed by law.

View our GuideStar report and rating here. View our most current IRS Form 990 here.

Our Team

• Mark Wingfield, Executive Director and Publisher, Dallas
• Lindsay Bergstrom, Director of Operations, Jacksonville, Fla.
• Jeff Brumley, Senior News Writer, Jacksonville, Fla.

Contact information for the BNG team.

Our Governance

Baptist News Global is governed and guided by an autonomous, volunteer Board of Directors composed of laypersons and clergy who represent a cross-section of mainstream Baptist life.

Learn about our current board members.

Our History

BNG has both a short and long history. Its immediate predecessor, Associated Baptist Press, was founded in 1990 as the only independent news service created by and for Baptists. In 2013, the boards of ABP and The Religious Herald approved the merger of the two news organizations to form Baptist News Global. The Religious Herald, one of the earliest Protestant newspapers in the United States, was founded in 1828 as the voice of Baptists in Virginia. The preservation of its rich and distinctive heritage and values is an enduring commitment of BNG’s board of directors and staff.

Policy on AI Use

BNG’s board of directors has adopted the following policy to guide use of artificial intelligence:

• AI-generated content will not be used in published articles unless it is expressly identified as such in the context of reporting or commenting on AI.
• Any background research that is known to have been AI-generated, such as through Google Search summaries, will be double-checked by the author for its veracity. BNG articles will not quote AI-generated content as an attributed source.
• BNG journalists and contributing writers are strongly encouraged to exercise critical human oversight in the use of any AI programs to draft or generate portions of preliminary article content.
• BNG will not knowingly publish any article generated through AI.
• AI-generated visual content (including photos, graphics, videos and captions) will not be published by BNG or any BNG social media account unless they are clearly identified as such. While AI-generated images may be used to illustrate feature or opinion articles, AI-generated images never will be used in news articles or published as a representation of actual events.