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National Religious Broadcasters
NRB is an Association of Christian communicators that fosters electronic media access for the Gospel; promotes standards of excellence, integrity and accountability; and provides networking and fellowshipping opportunities for its members. Find out who we are, see what we offer to our members, and discover the ways your organization can help to support NRB’s important mission. NRB is an international association of Christian communicators with over 1700 member organizations representing millions of viewers, listeners, and readers. The Association exists to represent the Christian broadcasters’ right to communicate the Gospel of Jesus Christ to a lost and dying world. All Members subscribe to the NRB Statement of Faith and Code of Ethics in their business practices. NRB serves its members, the industry and the public by protecting ACCESS while promoting communications EXCELLENCE. NRB maintains rapport with the FCC, the broadcasting industry and government bodies through its Washington legal office contacts at Wiley, Rein & Fielding. Public Service As a central source of information concerning broadcasting, NRB strives to keep its members up to date. Releasing news to the religious and secular press, NRB speaks for hundreds of Christian program producers and station operators. Functions · Maintains rapport with the FCC. · Dialogues with other media associations regarding current industry development an keeps members informed of this information. · Encourages growth of Christian broadcasting. · Provides services, discounts and benefits to enhance the quality of our stations and programmers. · Fosters high professional standards through the NRB Code of Ethics and membership in the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability (ECFA) for tax exempt organizations. · Gathers research data on audiences, programs and effectiveness of Christian broadcasting. Non-profit members of NRB whose donated broadcast revenue equals or exceeds $500,000 annually must join and comply with ECFA Standards of Compliance. Non-profit members of NRB whose donated broadcast revenue is less than $500,000 annually will meet NRB's in-house standards established by the NRB's Ethics Committee. Denominational and church sponsored broadcasts are exempt from the accountability requirements. For-profit members of NRB are exempt but are asked to comply with membership standards as set by the Ethics Committee.
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