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 24, 2018
Sam Brownback Condemns Venezuela President for Calling Catholic Leaders 'Bishops of Satan'
Former Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback, the United States' top religious freedom diplomat, has condemned Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro for claiming two priests who highlighted the horrific economic struggles of the nation in a sermon are "devils in cassocks."
Mar 24, 2018
Father Accuses Boy Scouts of Stripping Merit Badges From Son With Down Syndrome
The Boy Scouts of America is being sued after it allegedly nullified the merit badges of a Utah boy who has Down syndrome and reportedly turned down his application to earn the rank of Eagle Scout, a claim the organization has refuted.
Mar 23, 2018
Indiana High School Students Allowed to Perform 'Christmas Spectacular' After Court Ruling Lifts Ban
A federal appeals court ruled Wednesday that it's constitutional for students and staff at an Indiana public high school to produce the institution's traditional "Christmas Spectacular" after the performance was revised to include scenes representing Hanukkah and Kwanzaa.
Mar 23, 2018
LGBT Activists Assault Christians Protesting Homoerotic Ads in the Netherlands
Conservative Catholic demonstrators were physically harassed, spat on and assaulted by LGBT activists earlier this month while protesting an Amsterdam-based clothing retailer's "overt and offensive" homosexual advertisements in the Netherlands.
Mar 23, 2018
Catholic College RA Threatened With Rape on Campus for Promoting Biblical Marriage
A resident adviser at a Catholic college in Rhode Island needed to be escorted from his own dorm room for safety precautions earlier this month after he reportedly faced threats from his peers for posting a bulletin promoting the traditional Catholic teaching of marriage.
Mar 22, 2018
Boko Haram Frees Over 100 Schoolgirls, Holds Christian Captive for Refusing to Renounce Christ
The Islamic State-aligned Boko Haram on Wednesday released over 100 schoolgirls kidnapped from their boarding school in Nigeria last month. However, a Christian girl in the group was reportedly not released because she refused to renounce her faith in Christ.
Mar 22, 2018
Bill Requiring 'In God We Trust' Display in Public Schools Passed by Tennessee Lawmakers
The general assembly in Tennessee has passed a bill that if signed into law by Republican Gov. Bill Haslam would require schools to prominently display the motto "In God We Trust" on campus.
Mar 22, 2018
North Carolina Church Halts CBF Funding Because New LGBT Hiring Policy Is Too 'Discriminatory'
A Baptist church in North Carolina has discontinued funding to the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship because the congregation feels the organization's new hiring policy opening the door to LGBT employees is still too discriminatory.
Mar 22, 2018
7 Christians Injured After Muslim Men Open Fire on Pakistani Church, Beat Congregants With Bricks
Seven Christians were injured this Sunday in the Punjab province of Pakistan after a group of enraged Muslim men attacked and beat worshipers with bricks and even "opened fire" on them as they were leaving their worship service.
Mar 21, 2018
Abortion Clinic Investigated for Using Car to Transfer 'Infectious Waste' at Local Gas Station
An abortion clinic in Greenville, South Carolina, has been cited by the state for the alleged illegal transportation of "infectious waste" in passenger vehicles and transfer of the contents at a nearby gas station.