Author: Bobby Ross Jr.

Bobby Ross Jr. is an award-winning journalist who has reported from all 50 states and 20 countries.
Christian Chronicle

Shout to the Lord — and splash on the water slides

Lodging? Meals? Entertainment? A grant foots the bill for Spanish-speaking ministers and their families to recharge at a Texas resort. By Bobby Ross Jr. | The Christian Chronicle GRAPEVINE, Texas — For a family with children, a vacation at the Great Wolf Lodge indoor water park resort can cost thousands of dollars. That’s a luxury the Rojos — father Alonzo, mother Megan, 9-year-old Alex, 7-year-old Ana … Continue reading Shout to the Lord — and splash on the water slides

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Christianity Today

🗒️ Does old-fashioned reporting still matter to Christianity Today? 🔌

Editor’s note: Every Friday, “Weekend Plug-in” meets readers at the intersection of faith and news. Click to join nearly 10,000 subscribers who get this column delivered straight to their inbox. Got feedback or ideas? Email Bobby Ross Jr. By Bobby Ross Jr. | Religion Unplugged Peers in both the faith-based and mainstream press recognized Andy Olsen’s journalistic excellence earlier this year. The Evangelical Press Association … Continue reading 🗒️ Does old-fashioned reporting still matter to Christianity Today? 🔌

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Christian Chronicle

‘Oh no, that’s never happening’

Years ago, a South Dakota church broke into two. A reunion seemed highly unlikely. But then leaders started talking — and praying. By Bobby Ross Jr. | The Christian Chronicle SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Two brothers-in-law. Two ministers of the Gospel. Two split congregations. The story behind the Sioux Falls Church of Christ — a thriving body of believers in southeastern South Dakota, near the Iowa and … Continue reading ‘Oh no, that’s never happening’

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Christian Chronicle

We traveled to three states to report on church mergers: Here’s what we learned

Five takeaways from The Christian Chronicle’s ‘Reunited’ series. By Bobby Ross Jr. | The Christian Chronicle SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Pennsylvania. Oklahoma. And now, South Dakota. In the “Reunited” series, The Christian Chronicle traveled to three locations — a 3,400-mile triangle on a U.S. map — to report on Churches of Christ that split apart but later came back together. Christians like to talk about unity, the kind … Continue reading We traveled to three states to report on church mergers: Here’s what we learned

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Religion Unplugged

💉As in Christa Pike’s case, spiritual advisers often play a role at executions 🔌

Editor’s note: Every Friday, “Weekend Plug-in” meets readers at the intersection of faith and news. Click to join nearly 10,000 subscribers who get this column delivered straight to their inbox. Got feedback or ideas? Email Bobby Ross Jr. By Bobby Ross Jr. | Religion Unplugged OKLAHOMA CITY — Four years before Oklahoma became the 46th state, a woman named Dora Wright was executed in frontier territory in 1903. Wright paid the ultimate price … Continue reading 💉As in Christa Pike’s case, spiritual advisers often play a role at executions 🔌

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Christian Chronicle

How a Michigan church embraces its Muslim neighbors

As an anti-Islam rally ignites controversy, a Detroit-area congregation works to share the love of Jesus. By Bobby Ross Jr. | The Christian Chronicle DEARBORN, Mich. — An anti-Islam rally promoted as a “Christian Crusader March” drew hundreds of demonstrators and counterdemonstrators to this majority Arab American city of 110,000. A few participants carried assault rifles as police in riot gear patrolled. The Sunday after the … Continue reading How a Michigan church embraces its Muslim neighbors

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Religion Unplugged

☪️ Inside America’s ongoing war of words over Muslims 🔌

Editor’s note: Every Friday, “Weekend Plug-in” meets readers at the intersection of faith and news. Click to join nearly 10,000 subscribers who get this column delivered straight to their inbox. Got feedback or ideas? Email Bobby Ross Jr. By Bobby Ross Jr. | Religion Unplugged DEARBORN, Mich. — On the 25th anniversary of 9/11 last month, I found myself in this Detroit suburb. I came to work on a story related to America’s … Continue reading ☪️ Inside America’s ongoing war of words over Muslims 🔌

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Religion Unplugged

📖 Preacher, educator, coach: Five life lessons from a hoops legend 🔌

Editor’s note: Every Friday, “Weekend Plug-in” meets readers at the intersection of faith and news. Click to join nearly 10,000 subscribers who get this column delivered straight to their inbox. Got feedback or ideas? Email Bobby Ross Jr. By Bobby Ross Jr. | Religion Unplugged ANN ARBOR, Mich. — My amazing friend Garth Pleasant texted me a few months ago. “Bobby, I can get tickets for the Oklahoma game,” he informed me. … Continue reading 📖 Preacher, educator, coach: Five life lessons from a hoops legend 🔌

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Religion Unplugged

🗽 25 years after 9/11, we remember the darkness and the light 🔌

Editor’s note: Every Friday, “Weekend Plug-in” meets readers at the intersection of faith and news. Click to join nearly 10,000 subscribers who get this column delivered straight to their inbox. Got feedback or ideas? Email Bobby Ross Jr. By Bobby Ross Jr. | Religion Unplugged Clemente Lisi was a 26-year-old general assignment reporter for the New York Post on Sept. 11, 2001.  “Every day you’d get up, and you didn’t know what … Continue reading 🗽 25 years after 9/11, we remember the darkness and the light 🔌

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