Top 10 of the 2000s: Scroll down. Top 10 of the 1990s: Click here. Top 10 of 2010: Click here. Top 10 of 2011: Click here. By Bobby Ross Jr., Dec. 31, 2009 Ten years ago, I spent the last night of the millennium on Y2K duty at The Oklahoman, Oklahoma City’s major metropolitan daily. For the [...]
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The 2000s in review: My Top 10 stories of the decade
Posted: December 31, 2009 in Associated Press, Christian Chronicle print, Christianity Today, Oklahoman, Religion News ServiceModern-Day Lepers Churches try to balance grace and accountability toward sex offenders. December issue.
Special needs, special children (reporting from Raleigh, N.C.). Page 1 lead. Fort Hood chaplain ministers to victims of shooting spree. Inside Story. A special call to serve children. Editorial.
Death among homeless inspires soul-searching: Churches grapple with problem. Page 1-A. Published Oct. 29, 2009. BY BOBBY ROSS JR., THE WASHINGTON TIMES EDMOND, Okla. | Sunlight through a tall stained-glass window reflected off a donated casket as 350 people came to pay tribute to Dwite Morgan’s 54 years on earth. To hear First Christian Church senior [...]
The church in South Africa: Post-apartheid era brings blessings (reporting from Benoni, South Africa). Page 1 lead. Bringing ‘salt and light’ to journalism (reporting from Searcy, Ark.). Inside Story. Modern-day prodigal son takes his passion for reaching lost students to the City by the Bay (reporting from San Francisco). Currents. 50 years of mission support: [...]
Christians forgo Facebook for ‘digital fasting.’ Published Oct. 27. By Bobby Ross Jr., Religion News Service In the world of faith-based social networking, evangelical Christian leader Mark Oestreicher commanded a huge chunk of cyberspace. Known as “Marko,” the technological hipster amassed 4,000 Facebook friends, 1,500 Twitter followers and 2,000 daily readers of his blog. But [...]
A cappella at the Apollo: Gospel preached at historic theater (reporting from New York). Page 1 lead. Harlem minister sees need to bring races together (reporting from New York). Inside Story. Lead me to Calgary: One church’s passion for saving Canada’s lost souls (reporting from Calgary, Alberta). Currents. Christian universities break enrollment records. National.
Tullian Tchividjian: Allow Your Critics to Teach You The new pastor of Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church talks about the effort to remove him from the pulpit. Sept. 24.
No Straight Shot More evangelical therapists move from changing orientation to embracing faith identity for gays. October issue.
Down by the river: Come to Jesus, at camp (reporting from Yamhill Ore.). Page 1 lead. Texting during worship? No, just reading the text. Inside Story. ‘O Happy Day’: When Jesus washed their sins away. National. Camp policies vary on requiring parental permission to baptize a child. National.
