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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President Donald Trump heard an unusual Christmas eve sermon on Sunday night when he attended an Episcopal service in Palm Beach, Florida.
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Thirteen churches that were all but destroyed by the disastrous hurricanes this past summer and fall will receive thousands of dollars from the nation's largest Catholic fraternal organization to help them get back on their feet following the costly devastation caused by the natural disasters.
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A coalition of faith leaders from diverse backgrounds have come together to warn parents not to push gender transition on children, asserting that "gender ideology" is a "false idea" that's harmful to society because it is "sowing confusion and self-doubt."
Calif. Christian Baker Who Refused Gay Wedding Cake Can Keep Baking, for Now, Judge Rules
A Christian baker has won a temporary court victory against the state of California's attempts to force her to bake cakes for a same-sex wedding against her religious convictions.
BBC Vows to Have More Non-Christian Religious Programming on TV, Radio
The British Broadcasting Corporation has pledged to "enhance" its portrayal of religion in documentaries and drama series and its knowledge of religion in its news reporting.
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With the most significant tax overhaul in three decades about the be signed into law by President Donald Trump, much is being said — good and bad — about whether the new tax bill will help or hurt Americans and their pocket books.
New Rule Forces Canadian Employers to Affirm Liberal Views on Abortion, LGBT Issues, Critics Say
Evangelical conservatives and pro-lifers in Canada are voicing concern that a new requirement put in place by the federal government would force organizations to "attest" to liberal beliefs on abortion and LGBT rights in order to receiving funding to give kids summer jobs.
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