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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Renowned Christian apologist and author Larry Alex Taunton has resigned from the ministry he founded after admitting publicly that he engaged in consensual, yet "inappropriate" extramarital behavior.
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Christian college administrators were advised last week to be proactive when it comes to protecting their institutions' religious liberties and institutional identities as new laws and regulations have popped up across the nation that have threatened their Christian missions.
How a Saudi Convert Is Hiding Her Life in Christ From Muslim Husband
A Saudi convert from Islam is living her life in fear that her husband will one day find out that she has accepted Jesus Christ as her Lord and Savior.
400 Muslim, Christian, Jewish Leaders Sign 'Washington Declaration' for Religious Tolerance
Over 400 Muslim, Christian and Jewish leaders from all over the world affirmed on Wednesday a new declaration calling for the global protection of religious minorities and marginalized communities.
Christian Group to Turn One of Ohio's Oldest Gay Bars Into New Worship Center
A building that once housed one of the oldest gay bars in Ohio has been purchased by a Christian ministry for the sole purpose of turning the building into a new prayer and worship center.
Trump's New Religious Freedom Amb. Praises Islamic Scholars in First Public Speech
The newly confirmed United States State Department Ambassador at-Large for International Religious Freedom, Sam Brownback, made his first public appearance in his new role Tuesday as he spoke to over 300 interfaith leaders gathered to promote respect for Muslims in American society.
US, Western Europe Missing Out on '5th Great Awakening,' Jim Denison Says
Western civilization is missing out on the next Great Awakening happening in the world today because many Americans and Western Europeans are treating God as a hobby rather than their King, prominent Christian cultural commentator Jim Denison told a gathering of hundreds of Christian college administrators and faculty this week.
Latinos Are Becoming More Secularized the Longer They Live in US, Hispanic Evangelical Leader Warns
Prominent Latino evangelical leader the Rev. Gabriel Salguero told a gathering of Christian college administrators this week that they are facing a "Daniel and Esther" moment as Latino millennials, overall, are becoming less religious the more they assimilate to American culture.
Young Evangelicals Have Inherited 'Narrow Understanding' of Christianity, Molly Worthen Says
University of North Carolina history professor and Christian author Molly Worthen told administrators from over 130 Christian colleges Wednesday that many young evangelicals haven't been taught the historical context of what it means to be "evangelical" in an era when the term has been given such a political connotation.
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