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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Oct 11, 2017
AG Sessions Says Christian Bakers Have 'Fundamental Right' to Refuse Gay Weddings
United States Attorney Gen. Jeff Sessions says that Christian bakers have the "fundamental right" under law to refuse to bake cakes for same-sex weddings.
Oct 11, 2017
Twitter Reconsiders, Allows Marsha Blackburn to Promote 'Inflammatory' Pro-Life Campaign Video
After censoring Rep. Marsha Blackburn's campaign video advertisement over "inflammatory" pro-life language on Monday, Twitter announced Tuesday that will allow the Tennessee Republican to promote her introductory Senate campaign video on the social media platform.
Oct 11, 2017
8 Pastors Arrested Since Pakistani City Banned Worship in House Churches
Over eight church leaders have been arrested since city authorities in a town in the Punjab province of Pakistan passed regulation banning Sunday worship in house churches, a humanitarian aid organization reported.
Oct 11, 2017
Not Enough Bibles to Meet Growing Demand in North Korea; Group Aims to Send 100,000
The United States-based Christian humanitarian aid organization World Help has launched a donation drive aiming to secretly provide 100,000 new Bibles to underground North Korean worshipers by the end of 2017 in order to feed an insatiable demand for God's word in the isolated and oppressive nation.
Oct 10, 2017
USCIRF Delegation Visits American Pastor Andrew Brunson in Turkish Prison
Two commissioners appointed to the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom traveled to Turkey to meet with imprisoned American Pastor Andrew Brunson, who has been imprisoned for over year on trumped-up charges of terrorism and espionage.
Oct 10, 2017
Thousands of Christians 'Take a Knee' on National Mall to Repent for Racial Injustice
Thousands of Christians from across the United States took a knee in prayer on the National Mall on Columbus Day, just blocks away from the U.S. Capitol, to ask God to forgive the racial sins of America's past and let reconciliation and healing sweep the land.
Oct 8, 2017
Michigan Football Coaches Under Fire for Inviting Opponents to Pray After Game
The nation's largest secular legal organization is pressuring a Michigan school district to bar its high school football coaches from participating in team prayers after a junior varsity coach allegedly invited an opposing team to join in prayer after a game.
Oct 8, 2017
Thousands of Women to Repent for Racial Sins of America in Worship Rally on National Mall
Worship festivities held on the National Mall this weekend will culminate on Monday in the form of a day-long women-led worship rally in which people from all across the United States will be called to pray for a "Jesus Movement" to sweep the nation and foster racial reconciliation, gender equality, and for an end to abortion.
Oct 8, 2017
Jim Wallis: People Upset Over NFL Anthem Protests Are More 'White' Than 'Christian'
White Christians who are upset at NFL players who choose to protest during the playing of the national anthem are showing that they're more "white" than they are "Christian," the Rev. Jim Wallis has claimed.
Oct 6, 2017
16-Y-O Coptic Christian Girl Kidnapped by Salafi Muslim Rescued After 92 Days in Captivity
A 16-year-old Coptic Christian girl who was kidnapped in Egypt has finally been returned to her family after three months in captivity, a leading persecution media watchdog has reported.