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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Jul 12, 2018
Some Christian Leaders Slam Paula White for Saying Jesus Wasn't an Illegal Refugee
Both conservative and left-leaning Christian leaders are speaking out in response to President Donald Trump's spiritual adviser, Paula White, after she claimed in a recent interview that Jesus as a child refugee was different than refugees crossing into the United States illegally today.
Jul 11, 2018
Evangelical Group Voices Opposition to Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court Nomination
While many conservative evangelical leaders and organizations have voiced their support President Donald Trump's nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to replace his former boss, Justice Anthony Kennedy, on the U.S. Supreme Court, at least one conservative Christian group is voicing its concerns with the selection.
Jul 11, 2018
Supreme Court Declines to Hear 2 Cases on Legislative Prayer, Leaves Contradictory Rulings in Place
The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear two cases dealing with the legality of prayer at legislative meetings, maintaining one municipal council's right to continue holding praying and leaving another stuck with a lower court defeat.
Jul 11, 2018
Judge Rules Trump Admin. Is Wrong to Deny 87 Iranian Christians, Religious Minorities Asylum Without Reason
A federal court ruled Tuesday that the Trump administration wrongly denied asylum to dozens of Iranian Christians and other religious minorities who were invited to seek asylum in the United States under a Congressionally enacted program.
Jul 11, 2018
Family Members of Inmates Lobby Senators to Pass Prison Fellowship-Backed Reform Bill
Dozens of family members of incarcerated inmates in federal prisons are meeting with nearly half of the United States Senate on Wednesday to urge them to vote in support of a Trump-backed prison reform bill that overwhelming passed in the House but has stalled in the upper chamber.
Jul 10, 2018
Baptist Church Builds 20 Tiny Homes for Recovering Addicts in Opioid-Stricken Community
A Southern Baptist church in one of the poorest communities in the United States plans to build 20 tiny homes to help accommodate the needs of recovering drug addicts in their quest toward sobriety.
Jul 10, 2018
Paula White: There's a Difference Between Jesus as a Refugee and Those Who Enter the US Illegally
Amid the hysteria surrounding the separation of immigrant families who recently entered the U.S. illegally, one of President Donald Trump's spiritual advisers, Paula White, is speaking out in support of stronger border laws and explains the difference between Jesus as a refugee and those who break immigration laws.
Jul 10, 2018
Southern Baptist Pastor Resigns Amid Accusations He Sexually Molested Teenage Girls
Southern Baptist Pastor John Finley has resigned after 31 years at the helm of Bartlett Hills Baptist Church in Tennessee following accusations that he sexually molested two teenage girls over 30 years ago while serving at a church in Texas.
Jul 9, 2018
Greg Laurie: God Documents Actions of Every Human Through the 'Books in Heaven'
California evangelist and megachurch pastor Greg Laurie said during his sermon on Sunday that God uses the "books in Heaven" to keep records and tallies of every action — good and bad — committed by all human beings throughout history.
Jul 9, 2018
CNN Contributor Says Christian Conservatives Want to Impose 'Sharia Law'; Guest Storms Off Set
A Christian conservative talk show host walked off the set of HLN during a panel discussion about the upcoming U.S. Supreme Court nomination after a left-wing pundit called critics of gay marriage and abortion "Christian Sharia law advocates."