Michael Gryboski

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  Apr 21, 2023

  2 UMC pastors may be defrocked for officiating same-sex wedding

  Two United Methodist Church female pastors in Mississippi face the possibility of being defrocked after officiating a same-sex wedding, defying denominational rules prohibiting such practices.

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  Apr 21, 2023

  Jack Phillips appeals trans cake case to Colorado Supreme Court

  Colorado baker Jack Phillips has appealed to the state supreme court after a lower court ruled that the devout Christian violated discrimination law by refusing to create a cake celebrating a trans-identified individual's gender transition.

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  Apr 20, 2023

  Mississippi must grant religious exemption for kids' school vaccinations: court

  A judge has ordered Mississippi to allow parents who oppose vaccines for religious reasons to be given an official exemption from being required to vaccinate their children in order to send them to public or private schools in the state.

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  Apr 20, 2023

  Ron Hamilton, musician known for ‘Patch the Pirate,’ dies at 72

  Ron Hamilton, a Christian singer, musician, voice actor and performer best known for his “Patch the Pirate” character of Christian children’s entertainment fame, has died after a battle with dementia. He was 72 years old.

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  Apr 20, 2023

  Judge rules against 71 UMC churches claiming conference's disaffiliation policy is unfair

  A Florida county judge has ruled against a group of congregations suing their regional body of the United Methodist Church over the payments they are required to make to proceed with disaffiliating from the denomination.

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  Apr 20, 2023

  ‘God has been so gracious’: Albert Mohler released from hospital, recovering at home

  Albert Mohler Jr., president of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and host of “The Briefing” podcast, has been released from the hospital after suffering blood clots in both lungs.

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  Apr 19, 2023

  Andy Stanley reveals the last thing his father told him before dying: 'Wonderfully weighty words'

  Georgia megachurch Pastor Andy Stanley said he will miss his father, Pastor Charles Stanley, “every day until I see him again.”

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  Apr 19, 2023

  'Undue hardship’ or ‘religious liberty’? Supreme Court weighs if postal carrier must work on Sundays

  The United States Supreme Court heard oral arguments on whether an employee of the U.S. Postal Service was wrongfully punished for refusing to work on Sundays for religious reasons.

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  Apr 18, 2023

  'Trailblazer of Gospel ministry': Christian leaders react to Charles Stanley's death

  Prominent pastors and Christian leaders are remembering Pastor Charles Stanley as a "hero of the faith" and a "trailblazer of Gospel ministry" after he died Tuesday at the age of 90.

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  Apr 18, 2023

  Charles Stanley, Baptist pastor and televangelist, dies at 90

  Charles Frazier Stanley, the popular televangelist preacher, author, and founder of In Touch Ministries who once served as president of the Southern Baptist Convention, has died at age 90.