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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Jan 16, 2017
Over 900,000 Christians Martyred for Their Faith in Last 10 Years: Report
Over 900,000 Christians have been martyred in the last 10 years, a Christian research firm affiliated with Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in Massachusetts estimates.
Jan 16, 2017
Al-Qaeda Video Shows Kidnapped Christian Missionary 1 Year After Mali Abduction
Al-Qaeda has released a new video that shows kidnapped Swiss Christian missionary Beatrice Stockly explaining that she is still in good health despite being held captive by the militant outfit in the African country of Mali for over a year.
Jan 13, 2017
Obama State Department Responsible for Rise in Global Christian Persecution, Tony Perkins Says
The continued rise in Christian persecution across the globe in the past few years can be connected to the Obama State Department's "misplaced priorities," leading social conservative activist Tony Perkins has asserted.
Jan 13, 2017
DC Radio Station Pulls Pro-Life Group's Planned Parenthood Ad After Complaints
A major news talk radio station in Washington, D.C., has pulled a pro-life group's advertisement urging Congress to strip America's largest abortion provider of millions of dollars in annual federal funding.
Jan 13, 2017
6 in 10 Democrats Want Religious Freedom Protected Even When It Conflicts With Law, Poll Finds
As President-elect Donald Trump gets ready to take office, over six in ten Americans, including most Democrats, think religious freedom should be protected even if it conflicts with established laws, a new poll has found.
Jan 13, 2017
Samaritan's Purse Opens New Hospital 6 Miles Outside ISIS' War Zone in Mosul
Iraqi soldiers, civilians and children critically wounded in the fight against the Islamic State in Mosul now have a fighting chance at survival thanks to a new field hospital set up just miles outside of the war-torn city by the evangelical humanitarian aid group Samaritan's Purse.
Jan 12, 2017
Would Rex Tillerson Continue Obama's Pro-Abortion, Pro-Gay Foreign Policy Activism?
Although many have claimed that the State Department is "irrelevant" when it comes to social issues, the Obama administration has proved in the last eight years that the State Department can be an active agent in promoting the LGBT and abortion agenda around the world.
Jan 12, 2017
UK Stops Using 'Bible Trivia' Questions to Test Christian Convert Asylum Seekers
Human rights activists are confident that a guidance and training program issued by the U.K's Home Office will help prevent the applications of authentic Christian asylum seekers from being denied because of their failure to correctly answer trivia questions on the Bible and Western Christian norms.
Jan 11, 2017
100% of Christians Face Persecution in These 21 Countries
One-hundred percent of Christians in 21 countries around the world experience persecution for their faith in Christ as over 215 million Christians faced "high levels" of persecution in the last year, a leading human rights watchdog group reports.
Jan 11, 2017
Evangelical Black Lives Matter Activist Writes Bible That Replaces Christ With Donald Trump
A Black Lives Matter activist and a former conservative Presbyterian minister has written a new satirical book that plays off the Bible by replacing Jesus Christ with the words and actions of president-elect Donald Trump.