As you would expect, I get lots of email about religion- news stuff. That tends to happen when you’ve been in the religion-columnist business — in one form or another — since 1982. All that old snail mail on dead-tree…
Ebola victim’s fiancée speaks at BNG’s annual event
By Bob Allen The fiancée of the first man to die of Ebola in the United States says the tragic story of love, war and quarantine was too complicated for a newspaper story or TV news segment to fully tell,…
BNG honors Marv Knox for lifetime achievement
By Bob Allen Baptist News Global honored veteran Baptist journalist Marv Knox for “courage, moral integrity and truth-telling” across a career spanning more than three decades at a Cooperative Baptist Fellowship General Assembly auxiliary event June 18. BNG board chair…
Baptist News Global to honor Texas editor for lifetime achievement
By Bob Allen Baptist Standard Editor Marv Knox has been named fourth recipient of the Greg Warner Lifetime Achievement Award in Religious Journalism by directors of Baptist News Global, a journalistic organization formed last year in a merger of Virginia’s…
From ABP to BNG, Baptist journalists remember past, embrace future
By Jeff Brumley The toxic denominational atmosphere that gave birth to Associated Baptist Press a quarter century ago is fading into the mists of history. However, its modern descendent — Baptist News Global — still faces daunting modern challenges. Both the bested…
Baptist News Global/Associated Baptist Press: from painful birth to faithful service
Congratulations to David Wilkinson and Baptist News Global ‘s staff and Board of Directors as they celebrate the 25th anniversary of Associated Baptist Press in Nashville on Monday. We Baptists must always be cognizant of the critical importance of a…
Two Baptist news organizations consider merger proposal
By Robert Dilday Boards of directors for Baptist News Global (formerly ABPnews/Herald) and the Baptist Standard have approved a process for considering whether the two organizations should merge their operations. Leaders of both groups stressed the goal of their talks…
ABPnews/Herald becomes Baptist News Global
By BNG staff ABPnews/Herald, created a year ago in a merger of two Baptist news organizations, has become Baptist News Global. The rebrand is the result of an agreement approved a year ago when the respective boards of Associated Baptist…