North American Mission Board
About North American Mission Board
The North American Mission Board exists to partner with churches, associations, and state conventions in mobilizing Southern Baptists as a missional force to impact North America with the gospel of Jesus Christ through evangelism, church planting and compassion ministry. We accomplish that through Send Network, our national church planting strategy, and Send Relief, our national compassion ministry strategy. Working together with our partners in these missional efforts, we send and support missionaries and mobilize local churches for the purpose of starting new churches and reaching people in need with practical help and the hope of the gospel.
What “Trusted” Means
Trusted ministries meet our complete baseline framework for faithful Christian operation. This ministry has been verified against eleven of fifteen criteria in The Most Trusted Standard — demonstrating doctrinal clarity, biblical stewardship, independent financial review, faithful handling of donor intent, independent board governance, conflict-of-interest protections, truthful communications, and active mission-aligned programs.
Trusted represents the foundation on which our higher designations are built. Highly Trusted and Most Trusted ministries demonstrate additional levels of public transparency and independent evaluation that go beyond this baseline.