Samuel Smith

Deputy Managing Editor

Samuel Smith serves as Deputy Managing Editor for The Christian Post. He began working for CP in 2014 as a staff reporter. Before joining CP, Smith covered Maryland state politics as well as college and high school athletics for various news outlets. He graduated with a journalism degree from Towson University.

His areas of interest include human rights, politics and sports. Smith also serves on the international missions team of his local church. He lives in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area with his family.

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Mar 8, 2019
Appeals court: Judge ‘abused discretion’ by denying trans teen’s name change
An appeals court in Ohio has overturned a judge’s decision to deny a trans-identified teenager preparing to go through hormone therapy a legal name change until the age of 18.
Mar 7, 2019
22 states sue Trump rule stripping Planned Parenthood of Title X funding
Twenty-two states and the District of Columbia are suing to try to block the Trump administration from enforcing a new rule that would shift millions in Title X family planning funding away from Planned Parenthood and to faith-based clinics.
Mar 7, 2019
Evangelical university blocks lecture by pro-life activist Star Parker
An evangelical university in Minnesota has blocked a conservative student group from hosting a lecture by African-American pro-life activist Star Parker because of her “radically” held beliefs.
Mar 7, 2019
Christians who don’t have a ‘passed-down’ faith have stronger theological convictions, Barna finds
Christians who grew up in homes where Christianity was incorrectly modeled and those who didn’t have their faith formed by relatives in their home are more likely to have stronger “theological convictions” than Christians who say their faith was “passed down” to them, new research has found.
Mar 7, 2019
India: Evangelical network reports increase of Christian persecution in 2019
Reported cases of persecution and hate crimes against Christians in India have steadily increased by about 57 percent to the first two months of 2019, an advocacy group has warned.
Mar 6, 2019
Pastor abducted by militant Buddhists in Myanmar, second to be captured in 2 months
A second pastor in Myanmar’s Rakhine state has been abducted by suspected Buddhist insurgents after another was killed less than two months ago.
Mar 6, 2019
Gay UMC pastor to conduct same-sex weddings despite Traditional Plan passage
An openly gay pastor in the United Methodist Church said he will conduct same-sex weddings despite the denomination's recent vote to maintain its view that homosexuality runs counter to the Gospel and will enforce tougher punishments for violating church discipline.
Mar 6, 2019
New global religious freedom mov’t underway: 'We can’t just keep talking about it'
A desperately-needed global movement to push for religious freedom rights worldwide has begun, U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for Religious Freedom Sam Brownback said last Thursday at a United Nations event focused on religious freedom.
Mar 6, 2019
Canada sees exponential rise in trans-identified kids, referrals to gender clinics
Gender clinics in Canada are reporting an exponential growth in the number of children being referred for gender transitions.
Mar 5, 2019
UK opens first transgender-only prison unit for men in women's prison
A women’s prison near London will open what has been referred to as Europe’s first prison unit exclusively for men who identify as women.