Charis Rooks

Dr. Charis M. Rooks, affectionately known as “Doc,” is a Christian author, Bible teacher, professor, and speaker whose work brings together biblical truth, practical wisdom, leadership, and compassionate encouragement.

She holds a PhD in Christian Leadership from Liberty University and an MBA in Leadership from Oral Roberts University. As a graduate professor and Doctoral Chair in the School of Divinity, Dr. Rooks mentors and equips emerging leaders, scholars, and ministry professionals while helping others understand how faith can shape the way we lead, heal, grow, and navigate life's most difficult seasons.

After experiencing the unexpected loss of her mother and, less than two years later, the unexpected loss of her husband, Kent, Dr. Rooks began writing from a place where scholarship, faith, and lived experience intersected. Her grief-centered work was not written simply from what she had studied, but from what she was learning while walking through loss herself.

She is the author of Hope and Healing After the Loss of a Spouse: Finding Faith, Strength, and Purpose While Learning to Live Again and creator of The Anchor & Grace Collection, a growing collection of Christ-centered books and resources designed to support men and women navigating grief, faith, identity, healing, and life after the loss of a spouse.

Dr. Rooks is also the founder of The ReWrite™, a Christ-centered community where men and women who have lost a spouse can gather, build meaningful relationships, grow in faith, and learn to live again through shared meals, conversation, prayer, experiences, and genuine connection.

Beyond her work in grief and healing, Dr. Rooks is the author of The Kingdom Writer Collection and writes on Christian leadership, calling, purpose, spiritual growth, and the intersection of faith and everyday life. Her writing is known for combining biblical truth, honest reflection, practical wisdom, and grace-filled encouragement.

Whether she is writing, teaching, speaking, or mentoring, Dr. Rooks carries a consistent mission: to help people find hope in difficult seasons, embrace their God-given calling, and move forward with courage, faith, and grace.

When she is not teaching or writing, she enjoys spending time with her daughters and grandson, traveling, studying Scripture, and writing Scripture by hand.