
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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State Dept. Workers Called Religious Freedom Specialists 'Whack Jobs,' Former Official Says
The issue of religious freedom and even persecuted Christians in the Middle East are held in low regard by employees at the U.S. State Department thanks to a culture of institutional bias that plagues the department, a former agency employee has said.

Christian Human Rights Group Awarded UN Accreditation After Years of Rejection
A Christian international non-governmental organization that exists to promote religious liberties worldwide has finally received accreditation from the United Nations after its accreditation applications had been deferred numerous times since 2009.

Christians to Blame for 'Virtually All of Our Cultural Problems,' The Blaze's Matt Walsh Says
Popular conservative Christian columnist Matt Walsh, best known for his work published on Glenn Beck's The Blaze, says Christians are to blame for the rise of the sexual revolution and warns that the LGBT agenda won't stop until tolerance for concepts like "transspecies" and "transabled" are legally mandated.

Florida Teacher Bans Cross Necklaces in Class, Promotes LGBT Day of Silence
A national religious liberty law firm is threatening to sue a Florida public school district over allegations that a high school math teacher forced Christian students to remove cross necklaces and that she is engaging in LGBT activism in her classroom.

Lynching Suspect Says Pakistani University Demanded He Claim Slain Student Committed Blasphemy
A suspect involved in the lynching of a Pakistani college student accused of blasphemy after a dormroom debate reportedly said that officials at Abdul Wali Khan University in Mardan told him that anyone who defended the victim would be handled with an "iron hand."

Franklin Graham Says Trump Should Not Release His Tax Returns: 'No Way'
Prominent evangelist Franklin Graham, the son of the legendary Billy Graham, is encouraging President Donald Trump not to release his tax returns, noting that releasing the tax returns would cause nothing but a distraction.

Baptist Missionaries From 3 States Biking Over 2,000 Miles to Help Kids in Nicaragua
Eleven Baptists have embarked on a 16-day motorbiking journey from Texas to Nicaragua to help raise funds for a youth sports ministry that serves over 2,000 at-risk children in the Central American nation.

Gordon College Dismisses Claim Faculty Senate Resigned to Show Solidarity With LGBT Activist Professor
Gordon College has criticized reports implying that its entire faculty senate resigned as a show of solidarity with an LGBT activist professor who was denied a promotion.

Christian Innovators Develop New Technology to Help Disabled People Walk Again
Christian innovators in Canada have developed a new device that will not only revolutionize the robotics industry but also help disabled people walk again.

Franklin Graham: About 7 Christian Families Remain in Iraq's Largest Christian Town
Evangelist Franklin Graham spent his Easter weekend touring churches and towns left desecrated and destroyed by the Islamic State terrorist organization in Northern Iraq and claimed that only about seven families remain in what used to be the largest Christian town in Iraq.



















