Michael Gryboski
Mainline Church Editor
Michael Gryboski has been a reporter with The Christian Post since 2011. He covers politics, church and ministries, court cases, and other issues. He has written extensively on issues like litigation over conservative congregations leaving The Episcopal Church, the longstanding debate within the United Methodist Church over homosexuality, court cases on various social issues, and the evangelical community.
He earned a Bachelor of Arts in History and Master’s in History at George Mason University. Inspired by his studies, Gryboski pens a regular column titled “This week in Christian history,” which briefly sums up the anniversaries of notable events in the long and diverse past of Christianity. He lives in Richmond, Virginia.
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The "She Reads Truth" devotional Bible has sold more than 1 million copies, and to mark the milestone, it recently received a Platinum Award from the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association.
UMC drops decades-old ban on ordaining LGBT clergy without debate
The United Methodist General Conference has voted to remove a decades-old ban on ordaining pastors in romantic same-sex relationships after thousands of conservative congregations left the denomination in recent years.
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The United Methodist Church General Conference voted to drop a ban on funding LGBT advocacy groups and removed a required punishment for pastors who officiate gay weddings after thousands of theologically conservative congregations left the mainline Protestant denomination in the last two years.
US birth rate continues to drop, lowest in decades: CDC report
The U.S. birth rate has continued to decline, according to recently released statistics, with the reported number of babies born in 2023 being the lowest in decades.
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Former president and presumptive 2024 Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has been found in contempt of court for violating a gag order related to his Stormy Daniels hush money case in New York and has been fined $9,000.
Lesbian UMC bishop laments denomination’s ban on ‘queer clergy’
A United Methodist Church bishop, whose election was declared invalid in 2017 for being in a same-sex marriage but who remains in office, has denounced the denomination’s ban on “queer clergy” in a General Conference sermon.
Appeals court says WVa, NC can’t bar Medicaid coverage for elective trans surgeries
An appeals court has ruled that West Virginia and North Carolina cannot prohibit Medicaid coverage for so-called gender reassignment procedures for trans-identified individuals.
This week in Christian history: Thomas Coke dies, first Christian school in Montreal, Father Coughlin silenced
Events that occurred this week in Christian history include the founding of the first Christian school in Montreal, Father Coughlin being ordered to stop his political activities, and the death of Thomas Coke.
UMC moves closer to allowing regions pick own stance on LGBT marriage, ordination
The United Methodist Church General Conference has advanced a measure meant to allow different regions of the global denomination to determine their own standards on LGBT issues.
National Council of Churches launches ‘Freedom Summer’ initiative to mobilize voters in 2024
The National Council of Churches of Christ in the USA is launching a series of events known as "Freedom Summer," hoping to mobilize voters and observe the 60th anniversary of the original summer of civil rights activism.
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