Our StandardsHow we label journalism
Every article on GOD News carries exactly one label. The label tells you, before you read a single line, whether you are looking at verified reporting, evidence-based context, a signed opinion or a biblical reflection. Facts and faith are kept visibly apart — so a Muslim, an atheist, a critic or a fellow believer can all trust what they are being shown.
“If it cannot carry the label, it does not carry the word ‘news’.”
One label per article
These are the labels you will see on every article, in the colour that belongs to that kind of content. The same system drives every surface of the site: homepage, article pages, lists and search.
Verified reporting of events: what happened, who said it, when, and where. Sources are listed, claims are attributed, and we say plainly what remains unknown.
What it is not: A news report carries no theological framing, no editorial voice and no interpretation presented as fact. If we cannot verify it, it does not run as news.
Evidence-based background and context that helps readers understand the news: history, documents, data, geography and competing explanations — built on documented sources.
What it is not: Analysis may weigh and explain, but it never invents facts, and its conclusions are drawn from evidence that is linked in the article itself.
A signed, personal view by a named author. The argument is the author's own, and readers always see whose voice it is.
What it is not: A column is never mixed into a news report, and it never claims to speak for GOD News' editorial board. Personal views are labelled, never smuggled into reporting.
Biblical reflection on current events, rooted in Scripture and clearly set apart from the report. It is written openly from our faith in Jesus Christ.
What it is not: It is never presented as established fact, and it does not identify specific events or persons as the fulfilment of end-time prophecy. It never replaces reporting.
Devotional and biblical teaching — study, prayer and encouragement. It exists for readers who want the Bible explained, not the day's headlines.
What it is not: A Faith article is not news reporting and never appears in the news flow: it is kept out of the homepage news columns, the Today page and the news globe.
The hard boundary
Reaching us does not earn the word “news”. These categories never run as verified reporting, whatever their volume, urgency or source.
A post, video or forwarded message is a lead to investigate, never a fact to publish. Viral reach does not make something true.
Serious allegations need strong, independent confirmation from more than one source. A charge is not a finding, and anonymity without accountability does not pass.
A press release is a source, not independent confirmation. Supplied or sponsored material is labelled as such — it never masquerades as our own reporting.
We do not report that events are “caused by God” or “fulfil prophecy” as news. Interpretation belongs only in clearly marked reflection, and a Bible verse is not evidence for an empirical news claim.
If the point of a piece is to persuade rather than to inform with verifiable facts, it runs under Opinion or Kingdom Perspective — never under News.
Personal blog series and devotional teaching are not news. They stay out of the news surfaces entirely, however dear they are to us.
Before it may say “News”
A story earns the News label only after every item on this list is satisfied. No item may be skipped; an editor records each check with the story.
The bottom line
We confess Jesus Christ and read the world through Scripture — and precisely because of that, we refuse to let our convictions overwrite our facts. Reporting carries the evidence; reflection carries the faith; columns carry the author's name. Readers who share none of our theology can trust our verified facts, and readers who share it can still see exactly where the Bible is being applied. That separation is not a compromise of our faith — it is our way of honouring the ninth commandment and the truth it guards.
Disagree with how a piece was labelled, or spotted something presented as fact that is not? Tell our editors — corrections are published visibly.