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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A gunman identified as Devin P. Kelley opened fired inside First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs, Texas, on Sunday, killing as many as 26 people before being shot dead by police. At least 20 others were wounded.
Russia Collusion Confusion: 5 Essential Unanswered Questions
Many Americans are getting lost in the web of confusion that has been spun around the Russian collusion storyline. Here are five essential unanswered questions to ask about the Russian collusion confusion.
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Conservative evangelical mommy blogger Elizabeth Johnston, who runs the popular blog and Facebook page "The Activist Mommy," is proclaiming victory after it was reported Thursday that the print edition of Teen Vogue will be halted.
10 Churches Banned From Holding Worship Services in India: Report
Local authorities in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu have banned 10 churches from holding worship services in the last two months.
Egypt's President Sisi Meets With US Evangelical Leaders for First Time in Cairo
A delegation of evangelical leaders from the U.S. met with Egypt's President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi at the presidential palace in Cairo Wednesday to talk about a series of issues including the persecution of Egyptian Christians by Islamic extremists.
Christian Leaders Arrested for Peaceful Capitol Hill Protest in Support of Dream Act
Several religious leaders and activists were arrested for engaging in an unlawful demonstration inside a United States Senate office building on Wednesday afternoon. They demanded a "clean" passage of a legislation that would protect hundreds of thousands of undocumented "dreamers" from deportation.
Cuba Blocks Religious Charities From Providing Aid to Hurricane Irma Victims, Pastor Says
A Cuban pastor who was arrested last year when former U.S. President Barack Obama visited the nation is warning that the communist government has taken action against missionaries for trying to provide humanitarian support to those who have been victimized by Hurricane Irma.
Georgia School District Bans Coach From Praying With Team After Atheists Complain
A school district in Georgia has told a high school football coach and school district employees that they cannot participate in student-led prayer after the nation's largest secularist legal organization filed a complaint about coach-led prayer.
2 Indian Christian Women Arrested, Slammed With False Charges of Forced Conversions
Two more Christian women have been arrested in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh on false charges of forced conversion of children and could face up to seven years in prison.
Pakistani Christian Beaten By Muslims in UK After Displaying Cross, Poppies on Car
A Pakistani Christian man who fled his homeland after being shot by a Muslim over a decade ago was hospitalized in the United Kingdom earlier this month after being beaten by a group of Muslim men because he was Christian.
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