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 11, 2020
Manhunt ensues after gunman opens fire on California police station, shoots deputy in face
A statewide manhunt is underway in California for a suspect who opened fire on a police station in San Luis Obispo County and shot a sheriff’s deputy in the face.
Jun 11, 2020
Pres. Trump holds roundtable with black leaders on race, police reforms
Conservative black leaders met with President Donald Trump at the White House Wednesday where they urged the administration to support policing reforms and shared ideas about other initiatives to benefit black communities.
Jun 11, 2020
At least 81 killed in Boko Haram attack in Nigeria; civilians shot, bodies run over
Authorities in the Borno state of Nigeria said Wednesday that at least 81 people were killed in an attack on a nomadic community believed to have been carried out by militants aligned with the Islamic extremist groups Boko Haram or Islamic State West Africa Province.
Jun 11, 2020
China removes over 250 church crosses in first 4 months of 2020: report
Crosses were removed from over 250 state-sanctioned churches in China’s Anhui province between January and April as the communist party’s years-long crackdown on church crosses continues, according to the Italian-based magazine Bitter Winter.
Jun 11, 2020
Pakistan: Christian family shot by radical mob for buying house in Muslim neighborhood
A Christian family in Pakistan was reportedly shot and hospitalized last week for buying a house in a Muslim neighborhood.
Jun 10, 2020
Matt Chandler: Church has mostly ‘refused to participate’ on race, 'turned over' inheritance
Texas megachurch Pastor Matt Chandler had harsh words for the American Church on Sunday, saying that since the civil rights movement of the 1960s, the Church has, for the most part, “refused to participate” on issues of race.
Jun 10, 2020
Nigeria refutes Christian 'genocide' claims; charity says gov't 'spinning propaganda'
Advocacy groups are refuting a statement released Sunday by the Nigerian presidency contending that international rights groups who say there is ongoing “genocide” against Christians in Nigeria received funding from a separatist organization.
Jun 9, 2020
Joel Osteen: George Floyd's death was a 'turning point,' 'ignited something in me'
Days after marching with thousands in a George Floyd demonstration in downtown Houston, Texas, televangelist Joel Osteen said Monday that he thinks Floyd’s death represents a “turning point” and that the incident “ignited” something in him.
Jun 9, 2020
Christian teen cut into pieces by radicals in India 3 years after conversion
A Chrisitan convert teenager in the Odisha state of India was killed last Thursday by a group of religious fanatics in the Hindu-majority country, who reportedly cut up his body into pieces, according to the interdenominational ministry Persecution Relief.
Jun 8, 2020
Sermons on 'injustice' and 'suffering' increase amid pandemic, Floyd protests: Faithlife
Faithlife says there’s been an increase this spring in sermons published on its online platform that discuss injustice, eschatology, suffering, sickness and other topics related to the coronavirus pandemic as well as the recent protests in the wake of George Floyd’s death.