The Baptist Times Explained

The Baptist Times
Owner:	Baptist Union of Great Britain
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Language:	English
Publishing Country:	United Kingdom
Issn:	0005-5786

The Baptist Times is a website owned by the Baptist Union of Great Britain reporting on the Baptist Church in Britain.

It has been in production (originally as a newspaper) since 1885 and today has an estimated readership of 24,000.^[1]

It has won the Churches Media Council's Andrew Cross Award for the best regional paper, for its production of a daily paper for the Baptist World Congress in 2005.

Due to falling circulation and difficulties of selling advertising space, the paper ceased print publication in November 2011, with plans for a retrospective to be published in January 2012. The website launched in 2012.^[2]

Fake news controversy

In November 2019, an EU Watchdog uncovered evidence The Baptist Times was among 265 media outlets which had been used by an India-based influence network to spread disinformation about Pakistan.^{[3] [4]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: Baptist Times. www.church123.com.
2. Web site: Highams Park Baptist Church | the Baptist Times.
3. Web site: 265 Indian fake news sites caught pushing anti-Pakistan propaganda. Lakshmanan. Ravie. 2019-11-14. The Next Web. en-us. 2019-11-24.
4. Web site: A European NGO says a global network of fake media outlets set up the EU MPs' Kashmir visit. Kapur. Manavi. Quartz India. 13 November 2019 . en. 2019-11-24.