Baptist World Alliance, BWA News Release

BWA named ‘2018 Top-Rated Nonprofit’ by GreatNonprofits

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September 26, 2018
Award based on Outstanding Online Reviews

Falls Church, VA – The Baptist World Alliance announced today it has been named a “2018 Top-Rated Nonprofit” by GreatNonprofits, the leading provider of user reviews of charities and nonprofits.

BWA unites the world’s Baptists in ministries of compassion, justice, theological education, unity and fellowship, mission and evangelism resulting in thousands of empowered churches working together across national and cultural divides more than a hundred countries around the world.

“We are honored to be named a 2018 Top-Rated Nonprofit,” says Dr. Elijah M. Brown, General Secretary of the BWA. “We are proud of our accomplishments this year, including launching Horizons, an expanded effort to train youth and children’s church workers throughout our network.”

The Top-Rated Nonprofit Award is the based on the rating and number of reviews that Baptist World Alliance received from volunteers, donors and aid recipients.

“The Baptist World Alliance” is a great example of a nonprofit making a real difference in their community,” said Perla Ni, CEO of GreatNonprofits, “Their award is well-deserved recognition not only of their work, but the tremendous support they receive, as shown by the many outstanding reviews they have received from people who have direct experience working with the BWA.”

“My involvement with Baptist World Alliance goes back almost thirty years,” says, Karen Bullock, a volunteer and commission leader, “in which time I have never been disappointed with its mission, its administration, its integrity, or its financial responsibility.” BWA subjects itself annually to an independent audit and publishes each final report to aid potential supporters in feeling confident of the organization’s commitment to its fiduciary responsibility.

GreatNonprofits is the leading website where people share stories about their personal experiences on more than 1.6 million charities and nonprofits. The GreatNonprofits Top-Rated Awards are the only awards for nonprofits determined by those who have direct experience with the charities – as donors, volunteers and recipients of aid.

The Baptist World Alliance website has more information on its ministries at www.bwanet.org and a complete list of 2018 Top Rated Nonprofits can be found at: https://greatnonprofits.org/awards/browse/Campaign:Year2018/Issue:All/Page:1

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About Baptist World Alliance
“Networking the Baptist family to impact the world for Christ.”

239 Member Organizations in 125 countries and territories. 169,000 churches and 49 million baptized believers.

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Media Contacts
Shannon Cowett
703-790-8980
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Perla Ni
Great Nonprofits
650-249-3792
[email protected]

The Baptist World Alliance, founded in 1905, is a fellowship of 253 conventions and unions in 130 countries and territories comprising 51 million baptized believers in 176,000 churches. For more than 100 years, the Baptist World Alliance has networked the Baptist family to impact the world for Christ with a commitment to strengthen worship, fellowship and unity; lead in mission and evangelism; respond to people in need through aid, relief, and community development; defend religious freedom, human rights, and justice; and advance theological reflection and leadership development.