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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Church Bombing Survivor Is Now Helping Christians Persecuted in Pakistan Find Refuge in Australia
A young Pakistani Christian woman who lost her leg in a 2013 church bombing and is learning to live her life without her family in Australia is now trying to help persecuted Christians from her home country gain access to the refuge she has found.
School District to Remove Bible Verse From Memorial Bench for Slain Student
A Virginia school district superintendent warned that a Bible verse etched into a bench memorializing a high school student who was killed in an ATV accident last year must be removed.
SC Official Defends School's Field Trip to Christian Environmental Center After Parent's Complaint
South Carolina has defended an elementary school's choice of holding a three-day field trip at a Christian outdoor education center after a parent complained and grabbed the attention of the local chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union.
Christian Aid Groups Say Trump Lowering Refugee Ceiling to 45,000 Is 'Absurd'
Christian leaders and humanitarian aid organization heads have spoken out against the Trump administration's announcement that it will allow no more than 45,000 refugees to resettle in the United States in the next fiscal year.
California Univ. Seeks Professor With 'Transgender Studies,' 'Gender Variant Theories' Expertise
A state university in California is seeking to hire a qualified educator with expertise in "trans studies" and "gender variant theories" who can teach some of its sexuality and gender courses and develop new courses related to their field of expertise.
Atheist Group Seeks Punishment After Texas Superintendent Prayed During Convocation Held at Megachurch
The nation's leading secularist group is asking for a Texas school board to punish a superintendent who prayed during a mandatory staff convocation held at a Texas megachurch.
African-American Pastor: NFL National Anthem Protests Are 'Not a Black Thing'
Virginia Bishop E.W. Jackson, an African-American who's known for his conservative political activism, has lambasted the NFL for allowing its players to "disrespect" the United States by protesting during the playing of nation anthem before games.
Nabeel Qureshi's Wife Says She Prayed for Husband's Resurrection Until His Burial
The widow of the late Christian apologist and New York Times best-selling author Nabeel Qureshi has shared lessons that God has taught her in the wake of her husband's death and explained that she continued to pray for her husband's resurrection in the seven days before he was buried.
Trump Making Situation 'Worse' for Iraqi Christians by Continuing Obama's Policies: Nina Shea
Iraqi Christian communities are in dire need of humanitarian and reconstruction assistance as they continue to receive a minimal amount of aid from the U.S., and as Iranian-backed militias and Shiite Muslims have moved into villages and towns where Christians once lived, a prominent human rights activist has warned.
Ex-Muslim Reveals Lies She Was Taught in Turkish School About Christians and Muhammad
A former Muslim, who renounced her faith as a young girl in Turkey and later accepted Jesus as her savior after living for years as an atheist, has opened up about her spiritual journey and also revealed the things she was taught and wasn't taught about Christians and the Muslim prophet as a kid.
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