It was by an Ex-Baptist minister. The think tank he did the work for, the "One organization" sounds like something Soros might pay for.
The One organization that produced the new Bible translation is dedicated to "establish[ing] peace, justice, dignity and rights for all." It is also focused on "sustainable use of the earth's resources," challenging "oppression, injustice, exclusion and discrimination" as well as accepting "one another, valuing their diversity and experience."
You can take the Baptist minister out of the Big Dipper Symbolic-only Pool, but you can't take the Big Dipper Symbolic-only Pool out of the Baptist.
I'm sure he's quite heretical by most Baptist standards, but he's retained his Baptist understanding of Symbolic-only Full-immersion Baptism.