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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Jun 7, 2017
Christian-Owned Lands in Iraq Being Seized by Kurds, USCIRF Report Warns
Iraqi Christians living in Kurdistan have complained that their properties and lands are being seized and built on by ethnic Kurds and some have even accused Kurdish government officials of trying to "Kurdify" Christian areas, a new report from the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom details.
Jun 6, 2017
Barna Study Reveals America's Most 'Churched' and 'Unchurched' Cities
As trends show that church attendance is decreasing in the United States, the evangelical polling organization Barna Group recently released data revealing which of America's cities are the most "churched," "unchurched," "dechurched" and "post-Christian."
Jun 6, 2017
LGBT Lawsuit Against American Pastor Blamed for Uganda's 'Kill the Gays' Bill Dismissed
A federal court has dismissed an LGBT group's lawsuit against pastor and activist Scott Lively, who was accused of engaging in a "decade-long campaign" of persecution against LGBT people in Uganda because he voiced his biblical opposition to homosexuality.
Jun 6, 2017
Egypt's Al-Azhar University Accepts Christian Student Amid Accusations of Discrimination
Egypt's prestigious Al-Azhar University has accepted a Christian into its medical residency program, which some believe marks the first time the historic Muslim school has publicly accepted a Christian student.
Jun 5, 2017
Supreme Court Declines Petition of Marine Convicted for Keeping Bible Verse on Desk
The United States Supreme Court has declined to review the case of former Lance Cpl. Monifa Sterling, who claims that she was unfairly convicted at court-martial and discharged from the Marines after she refused to remove cutouts of a paraphrased Bible verse from her work station.
Jun 5, 2017
Vietnamese Gov't Falsely Told Imprisoned Pastor That His Wife Cheated on Him
Government officials in Vietnam have been accused of lying to an imprisoned Christian pastor by telling him that his wife has been unfaithful with another man.
Jun 5, 2017
Franklin Graham: US, UK Need to Wake Up to Threat of Islam 'Before It's Too Late'
Prominent evangelist Franklin Graham has warned that given the increasing terror attacks on civilians in the United Kingdom, both the British and United States governments need to "wake up" to the reality of Islamic terrorism before "it's too late."
Jun 5, 2017
Michael Vick: My Fall From Grace Showed Me 'God Was Real'
Former NFL star Michael Vick, whose promising career was halted when he spent over a year-and-a-half in federal prison for his involvement in a dogfighting ring, said during a radio interview last week that his fall from grace really showed that "God was real."
Jun 5, 2017
Transgender Dad Announces Pregnancy a Year After Miscarriage
A transgender father of two adopted children in Oregon announced that he and his husband are expecting their first biological child this summer.
Jun 4, 2017
Francis Chan Explains Why Korean Missionaries Wish They Were Still Imprisoned by the Taliban
New York Times best-selling author and popular Christian Pastor Francis Chan was a featured speaker at an annual Christian persecution conference on Saturday, and shared details of a conversation he had with a Korean missionary imprisoned and nearly executed by the Taliban in 2007.