We will always love her: How Dolly Parton lived out her personal faith
Like Jesus urged his followers to do, Dolly Parton loved her neighbors. But what about loving her enemies, another biblical commandment? I’m guessing the entertainment…
Bobby Ross Jr.
Editor-in-Chief
Bobby Ross Jr. hates flying but loves on-the-ground reporting, so he spends plenty of time in the air.
Since joining The Christian Chronicle in 2005, he has reported from all 50 states and 20 countries. As editor-in-chief, he oversees all news and editorial functions while serving as the Chronicle’s lead national writer.
A former religion editor for The Oklahoman and religion writer for The Associated Press, Ross is a 1990 journalism graduate of Oklahoma Christian University. He has covered religion news since 1999.
Bobby Ross Jr. takes notes during a 2026 reporting trip to Cuba.
Each Friday, his “Weekend Plug-in” column for Religion Unplugged meets readers around the world at the intersection of faith and news.
His stories have earned numerous awards from secular and religious press associations, including the Religion News Association’s 2024 Supple Award for Feature Writing and the Society of Professional Journalists’ 2025 Diamond Journalist of the Year honor.
He and his wife, Tamie, are longtime members of the Edmond Church of Christ in Oklahoma, where Bobby serves as a deacon for communications and helps teach the kindergarten class. The Rosses thank God for two sons and daughters-in-law, a daughter and two absolutely perfect grandchildren. Oh, and Frannie, the sweetest basset hound in the world.
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Dolly Parton, who had ties to Churches of Christ, dies at 80
'Mr. & Mrs. Carl Dean.” The black-and-white picture of the newlywed couple appeared in a 1966 directory of the Radnor Church of Christ in Nashville. Mrs.…
225 years ago, a revival gave birth to a movement
BOURBON COUNTY, KY. — By the thousands, the believers came — Baptists, Methodists and Presbyterians among them. In covered wagons and carriages, pioneer settlers traveled to…
Editorial: Why the Cane Ridge Revival still matters
'Church of Christ. Established A.D. 33.” Most of us have seen such a sign outside a building where the Lord’s church meets. We know what…
In rural Idaho, BFFs transform a greenhouse into a thriving Christian school
NAPLES, IDAHO — An eye-catching sign featuring a Christian school’s Rams mascot greets logging trucks along heavily traveled U.S. 95, about 40 miles south of…
Why two churches came back together after six decades apart
DURANT, OKLA. — Just off U.S. 69/75 beside a Choctaw Travel Plaza billboard, nearly 500 Christians gather in a multipurpose room filled with four-legged cushioned chairs.…
‘This is going to be one really cool obituary’
OKLAHOMA CITY — It’s a call you never want to receive. “I’ve got cancer,” your loved one says. Not only that, but it’s pancreatic cancer…
Refugees stuck in limbo
HOUSTON — Liza Sharii-Yukabovska fled her native Ukraine four years ago after Russia attacked its Eastern European neighbor. In the U.S., the mother — who…
America at 250: 1976 bicentennial mixed faith and fireworks
PHILADELPHIA — My 7-year-old grandson, Bennett, donned a red, white and blue top hat like Uncle Sam. He grinned as he posed for a picture…
Church helps homeless son of late Yankees TV cameraman
HOUSTON — When Maurice Costabile first showed up at a Houston church a few years ago, members had no clue his late father, Duilio, was a…
