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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Jun 25, 2018
Pastor Jack Graham shares how Ivanka Trump's $50K donation will help immigrant children at border
A Texas megachurch that received a $50,000 donation from Ivanka Trump last week has detailed how that money will be used to help migrant children at the southern border.
Jun 21, 2018
2 Police Officials, Teacher Among 60 Arrested in Texas Child Sex Crime Sting Operation
A police sergeant, a sheriff's deputy and a school teacher are among 60 who have been arrested for internet related sex crimes that were uncovered during a months long investigation across southeast Texas.
Jun 21, 2018
Wheaton College Football Players Plead Guilty, Avoid Felonies in Hazing Scandal
Three former members of the evangelical Wheaton College football team in Illinois have pleaded guilty to hazing charges related to an incident where another member of the team was abducted from his dorm room and left half-naked in the middle of a nearby baseball field.
Jun 21, 2018
Virginia Residents Protest Plans to Build Coptic 'Megachurch,' Say It's 'Incompatible' With Town
Some Northern Virginia residents are fighting against the proposed construction of a 22,000 square-foot Coptic church, claiming that the church will set a troubling "precedent" for their area and that it's "incompatible" with the community.
Jun 21, 2018
Hundreds Come to Christ at Scotland Crusade Hosted by Billy Graham's Grandson
Hundreds of people in Scotland accepted an invitation to accept Christ at a revival event hosted by Billy Graham's grandson, Will Graham, last weekend.
Jun 21, 2018
Trump Admin. May Use DNA Tests to Prove Parents, Not Traffickers, Are Crossing Border With Children
Attorney General Jeff Sessions has indicated that the U.S. government is weighing the idea of testing DNA to prove parentage of children and parents detained at the southern border, a prominent evangelical leader with close ties to the administration has said.
Jun 20, 2018
9 Abortionists Accused of Breaking Law, Failing to Report Possible Child Sex Crimes
Nine Indiana abortion doctors and every abortion clinic in the state has been accused of breaking the law by failing to report abortions performed on girls younger than 16, some of whom were as young as 12.
Jun 20, 2018
Only 10 Christian Refugees From Iraq and Syria Admitted to US in 2018; Evangelicals Respond
As the Trump administration has promised to help Christians and other religious minorities who faced genocide at the hands of the Islamic State, the U.S. government has resettled only 10 Christian refugees from Iraq and Syria since the beginning of 2018.
Jun 19, 2018
Democrat Strategist Said He Received Pushback for Urging Party to Welcome Biblical Values
A black Democrat Christian strategist says that the party's donor class' push for secular progressivism is "out of tune" with the views of many black Christians in the Democratic Party, and recounted the pushback he personally received when he urged the party to be more welcoming to biblical values.
Jun 19, 2018
Robert Jeffress Accuses Dallas Mayor of Religious 'Hostility' for Vilifying 'Christian Nation' Event
Outspoken Pastor Robert Jeffress has shot back at Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings, accusing him of being "hostile" toward his megachurch by speaking out against a billboard advertising an upcoming sermon on how "America is a Christian Nation."