Author: Bobby Ross Jr.

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

Online boycotts separate businesses from Christian groups

Online Boycotts Separate Businesses From Christian Groups Petitions effective, but not by numbers. Christianity Today October issue. In August, Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz withdrew from a speaking engagement at the Willow Creek Association’s Global Leadership Summit. The reason: An online petition had called the Illinois megachurch anti-gay and threatened a boycott of the coffee giant. The petition had only 717 signatures. Senior pastor Bill Hybels said the church is … Continue reading Online boycotts separate businesses from Christian groups

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Religion Unplugged

September 2011: GetReligion

Anonymous sources: Perry impresses evangelicals. Published Sept. 2. Got news? Evangelicals snubbed by 9/11 service? Published Sept. 8. Asking why on 9/11 anniversary. Published Sept. 9. Time does not have layers. Published Sept. 13. No Times for middle ground on bullying? Published Sept. 15. A Southern Baptist by any other name … Published Sept. 21. Pod people: Baptists and Bachmann-district bullies. Published Sept. 24. Hate … Continue reading September 2011: GetReligion

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The Ross News

Family blessed after shooting

Family blessed after shooting. Faith in Memphis section. Aug. 31 online. By Bobby Ross Jr. | For The Commercial Appeal (Memphis, Tenn.) What kind of guy is Grant Edmonds? “He’s the kind of guy,” Jeff Phillips told me, “who’ll show up and cut your yard, and you’ll not know who it was, and he’ll never tell you. “He’s the kind of guy,” added Phillips, youth … Continue reading Family blessed after shooting

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Christian Chronicle

Ministry in Mormon country

Ministry in Mormon country (reporting from Salt Lake City). Page 1 lead. SALT LAKE CITY — To Mormons, the Salt Lake Temple — a magnificent granite structure built in the 1800s — stands as a sacred icon and monument of pioneer faith. For the 14 million adherents worldwide of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Temple Square represents “Jerusalem and Mecca and Shangri-La all … Continue reading Ministry in Mormon country

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Religion Unplugged

August 2011: GetReligion

Where’s the grass-roots reporting? Published Aug. 1. Devil is in the (religious) details. Published Aug. 2. God in the gutters? Published Aug. 10. Imitation flattery … or journalistic ripoff? Published Aug. 11. B-level story on ‘Christian A-team.’ Published Aug. 13. Any, um, Baptists in Alabama? Published Aug. 15. A good guy, with a ghost. Published Aug. 16. Could church make you skinny? Published Aug. 23. … Continue reading August 2011: GetReligion

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Christian Chronicle

Big storms, bigger hearts in Joplin, Mo.

By Bobby Ross Jr. | The Christian Chronicle WEBB CITY, Mo. — The Joplin tornado’s path of destruction can be seen all along Range Line Road, where a Home Depot, Walmart and other businesses lie in ruins. Yellow “Caution” tape and shreds of wood flutter in the breeze amid bulldozers clearing debris and smashed vehicles abandoned after the May 22 twister that claimed 158 lives and … Continue reading Big storms, bigger hearts in Joplin, Mo.

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Christianity Today

Sex, money … pride? Why pastors are stepping down

Sex, Money … Pride? Why Pastors Are Stepping Down What’s causing some well-known leaders like C. J. Mahaney (and John Piper before him) to step aside is not what you might think. Christianity Today Web exclusive published July 14. No sexual misconduct. No financial impropriety. No problem, right? Not so fast. For the second time in the last year and a half, a prominent evangelical leader … Continue reading Sex, money … pride? Why pastors are stepping down

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Religion Unplugged

July 2011: GetReligion

Those other kind of lies. Published July 5. Catholics throw cold water on fun party. Published July 7. God’s plan in baseball fan’s death. Published July 9. Catholics and foster kids in Illinois. Published July 13. Generic ‘evangelical Christians,’ deja vu. Published July 15. Pod people: From clubhouse to courthouse. Published July 16. Schools biased against non-Christians? Published July 20. Ghost in Vermont lawsuit story? … Continue reading July 2011: GetReligion

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Christianity Today

Should the marriage battleground shift to religious freedom?

  Should the Marriage Battleground Shift to Religious Freedom? After New York vote on same-sex marriage, conscience questions draw more emphasis. Web exclusive published July 1. Was the shot heard ’round the evangelical world fired June 24 in New York? The passage of a same-sex marriage law by that state’s Republican-controlled Senate sent a clear message, a leading religious liberty expert says. That message: Religious … Continue reading Should the marriage battleground shift to religious freedom?

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