Michael Gryboski

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• Oct 28, 2011

  Pennsylvania Church Burglars Leave Behind Deer Carcass

  Gardner Hill Community Church, a small congregation located in the town of Weedville in northwest Pennsylvania, was the site of a burglary in which the perpetrators left a deer carcass in the sanctuary earlier this week.

• Oct 28, 2011

  Christian Group Temporarily Barred From Schools During Lunch

  In a unanimous vote, the Public Schools Board of Petoskey, Mich., decided to put a temporary halt to allowing a Christian organization to make its services available to students during the lunch hour.

• Oct 27, 2011

  Episcopalian Church Membership Dips Below 2 Million

  Although at one time a large and influential religious denomination in North America, a fact sheet published by The Episcopal Church shows that its membership has dipped below two million members.

• Oct 27, 2011

  Food Stamp Challenge: Interfaith Coalition Fights Poverty With Faith

  Congressmen, clergy, and others gathered at the Capitol Hill Safeway Store in Southeast Washington, D.C., to kick off the annual “Fighting Poverty With Faith” program.

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  Oct 27, 2011

  State Dept. Failing Religious Minorities Abroad, Experts Say

  A panel of experts at an event sponsored by the Family Research Council Wednesday argued that the State Department has been failing to advance religious freedom abroad.

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  Oct 26, 2011

  Texas Baptists Cut $1M From Baylor U. Funding

  Due to a vote taken at the Baptist General Convention of Texas on Tuesday, Baylor University will lose nearly $1 million of its funding. The vote, which was part of the annual meeting of the BGCT, reduces the amount of funds from $2.8 million to $1.9 million.

• Oct 26, 2011

  Utah Democratic Party Creates Latter-Day Saints Caucus

  In an effort to reach out to Utah’s largest religious group, the state’s Democratic Party has formed a new caucus for members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

• Oct 26, 2011

  Religious Discrimination Incidents Doubled in US Since 1997

  Though a country whose First Amendment mandates the freedom of religious practice, the United States of America appears to be suffering from rising religious discrimination in the workplace.

• Oct 25, 2011

  Group Upset About National Cathedral Repair Request

  A major church-state watchdog group has voiced opposition to District of Columbia Mayor Vincent Gray’s request for federal aid that would pay for repairs needed for the National Cathedral.

• Oct 25, 2011

  Presbyterians Consider Separation From PC(USA)

  A theologically conservative Presbyterian group held an event Monday in Pittsburgh to help equip churches that are considering separation from the mainline Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).