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 7, 2018
LGBT Activists Accused of Using FBI to Harass Christian Man Who Criticized 'Open to All' Campaign
One of the nation's most prominent LGBT activist groups has been accused of filing a false complaint with the FBI in an attempt to "harass" a Christian conservative critic who spoke out against its recent campaign to place LGBT signs in the front windows of businesses nationwide.
Jul 7, 2018
2 Families Survive Months in Mynamar Jungle, Cross Landmines Before Taking Refuge in Church
Fleeing violence in their home village, nine people from the predominantly Christian Kachin state in northern Myanmar survived two months in a forest and had to cross over a landmine-ridden terrain before they were finally able to find refuge at a Baptist church.
Jul 6, 2018
Marquette Ordered to Reinstate Prof. Fired for Criticizing TA Who Banned Anti-Gay Marriage Talk in Class
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has ruled that Jesuit Marquette University must immediately reinstate a professor who was fired for criticizing a teaching assistant who barred a student from speaking against gay marriage.
Jul 6, 2018
Christian College Wins Legal Battle Against Obamacare Birth Control Mandate
A federal court has granted a Christian liberal arts college in Pennsylvania a permanent injunction against the Obama-era abortion pill mandate that required the school to be complicit in providing health care coverage that violated its religious convictions.
Jul 4, 2018
Christians Should Be 'Leading the Charge' in Returning to Civility, Senate Chaplain Barry Black Says
Senate Chaplain Barry Black believes that the United States has a "serious problem" when it comes to political incivility and that Christians should be leading the way when it comes to ushering civility back into society.
Jul 4, 2018
Church of England 'Warmly Welcomes' UK's Plan to Ban Gay Conversion Therapy
The Church of England has voiced its support for the U.K.'s plan to ban "conversion therapy," while other Christian groups have warned of the free speech implications of such restrictions.
Jul 4, 2018
10 Christian Families in India Forced to Flee Village, Beaten After Refusing to Abandon Christ
Ten Christian families in India have reportedly been driven out of their homes in the Jharkhand state after they refused to denounce their faith in Jesus Christ last month.
Jul 4, 2018
'How We Treat Immigrants ... Define Us as Americans': Evangelical Leaders Sign Independence Day Statement
Leading Southern Baptist ethicist Russell Moore and Hispanic Christian leader Samuel Rodriguez have joined other evangelical and national leaders in signing onto an Independence Day statement on immigration that was published in a full-page ad in the New York Times Wednesday.
Jul 4, 2018
Alternative to Trump's Family Detention Policy Offered by Catholic Leaders
Ending a two-day fact-finding trip to the United States-Mexico border, a group of Catholic bishops have offered an alternative solution to the Trump administration's plan to detain asylum-seeking families who were caught illegally entering the U.S.
Jul 3, 2018
Twitter Punishes Michael Brown Over Tweets About Massacre of Nigerian Christians; Admits 'Error'
Twitter placed the account of popular conservative radio host and author Michael L. Brown on lock for 12 hours on Monday after it was deemed that two of his tweets about the ongoing persecution of Christians at the hands of Fulani herdsmen in Nigeria were deemed "hateful."