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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‘You just feel the hate’: Maryland church vandalized, suffers $100K in damages
A church in Maryland is trying to recover from a vandalism attack that left approximately $100,000 in damages, and included the tearing down of a large cross and ripping apart of Bibles.
Supreme Court lets ruling against charter school's skirt dress code for girls stand
The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to hear an appeal from a North Carolina charter school trying to preserve a dress code that requires girls to wear skirts, allowing an earlier ruling striking down the dress code to stand.
UMC conference with lesbian bishop approves disaffiliation votes of 38 congregations
A Colorado-based conference of the United Methodist Church led by a bishop in a same-sex marriage has approved the disaffiliation votes of 38 congregations leaving the denomination amid schism over the denomination's stance on homosexuality.
This week in Christian history: Crystal Cathedral holds last service, Council of Lyons begins
Memorable events in Christian history this week include the beginning of the First Council of Lyons, St. Bernard founding a monastery, and Crystal Cathedral holding the final service at its famed building.
Ruben Israel, outspoken traveling street preacher, dies
Ruben Israel, a well-known traveling street preacher who made headlines by pursuing and winning a free speech lawsuit after an altercation with Muslim protesters in Michigan, has died suddenly.
Supreme Court says Texas can't sue Biden admin. over immigration enforcement policies
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Friday that Texas and Louisiana do not have the standing to challenge immigration law guidelines issued by the Biden administration in 2021.
Judge blocks Florida law banning Medicaid funding for trans surgeries, puberty blockers
A judge in Florida has struck down a state measure that prohibits Medicaid coverage for puberty blockers and body-mutilating, cosmetic sex-change surgeries.
College accused of firing professor for saying chromosomes determine sex
A Texas college has been accused of firing a biology professor because some students took issue with his teaching that the sex of a human being is determined by their chromosomes.
PCA passes overture opposing sex-change surgeries as 'sin,' to petition Biden admin.
The Presbyterian Church in America will petition the Biden administration and other government leaders in the United States to "renounce the sin" of performing sex-change surgeries and hormonal gender interventions on minors.
Christian Reformed Church tells congregation to remove deacon in same-sex marriage
The Christian Reformed Church in North America has reaffirmed an earlier ruling demanding that a Michigan church rescind its appointment of a deacon who is in a same-sex marriage.