by Good Faith Media | Jan 20, 2022 | News
Mark Wingfield is executive director and publisher at Baptist News Global. He served previously as associate pastor of Wilshire Baptist Church in Dallas for nearly 17 years. 1. What story, verse or passage from your faith tradition’s sacred texts has...
by Mark Wingfield | May 4, 2021 | Opinion
As a 19-year-old, I experienced a spiritual calling to journalism. And it happened while watching TV. No, I wasn’t called to ministry by a televangelist. My calling came through the voice of Ed Asner, who in December 1980 was playing the role of a newspaper editor on...
by Mitch Randall and Mark Wingfield | Sep 3, 2020 | Christian Nationalism, Opinion
When Mike Pence substituted the American flag for Jesus in his speech during last week’s Republican National Convention, he continued a long tradition of American fundamentalist Christianity, which seems to have a problem with Jesus. Pence did not misspeak. His...
by Mark Wingfield | Jul 15, 2020 | Opinion
Remember that famous scene from the movie, “A Few Good Men,” where Tom Cruise and Jack Nicholson face off in a courtroom? Cruise is interrogating Nicholson on the witness stand and declares, “I want the truth!” And then Nicholson shouts back at Cruise, “You can’t...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Apr 16, 2020 | News
Mark Wingfield has been named executive director and publisher at Baptist News Global (BNG). He will begin his tenure on July 1, according to BNG’s April 15 news release, replacing the longtime head of BNG, David Wilkinson, whose retirement was announced on April 8....
