Michael Gryboski
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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Global Methodist Church reacts to UMC votes to allow LGBT clergy, same-sex weddings
The Global Methodist Church has issued an official response to the United Methodist Church's General Conference vote to drop the denomination's decades-old ban on ordaining noncelibate homosexuals and allow the blessing of gay unions.
Biden asks 'for God’s continued guidance’ in National Day of Prayer proclamation
President Joe Biden is calling on Americans to join him in "asking for God's continued guidance, mercy, and protection" in his National Day of Prayer proclamation this week.
Supreme Court rejects request to block Texas porn site age verification law
The United States Supreme Court has rejected a request to block enforcement of a Texas law that requires porn sites to include age verification for users.
'She Reads Truth' devotional Bible sells over 1 million copies
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.
UMC ends funding ban on LGBT advocacy groups, scraps punishment for officiating gay weddings
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.
Trump held in contempt for violating gag order in Stormy Daniels hush money case
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.