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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Sep 20, 2016
NFL Star Ben Watson on Season-Ending Injury: 'God Has a Plan in All of This'
Christian NFL player Benjamin Watson says he's devastated with the fact that he will have to miss his entire first season with the Baltimore Ravens due to an injury, but stresses that he knows God has something up His sleeve.
Sep 20, 2016
ISIS Selling Kidnapped Children to Organ Traffickers in Turkey to Fund Caliphate
The Islamic State terrorist organization in Iraq is now selling kidnapped children to organ traffickers in Turkey in order to overcome its financial shortfalls.
Sep 20, 2016
Atheists Behind Indiana School's Ban of Student-Led Prayer at Kindergarten Graduations
At the urging of America's largest secular legal organization, a public elementary school will no longer allow prayer during its kindergarten graduation ceremonies.
Sep 20, 2016
Navy Mandates All Sailors Go Through Transgender Behavioral Training
The United States Navy will require all sailors to undergo training on the service's new transgender policies being put in place as a result of the Pentagon lifting a ban on transgender service members openly serving in June.
Sep 19, 2016
ISIS Video Shows Brainwashed 'Cubs of the Caliphate' Training to 'Conquer Jerusalem and Rome'
A new video released by an Islamic State-run media outlet provides an in-depth look into how the jihadi organization is brainwashing and training young children to become the next wave of jihadists who will "conquer Jerusalem and Rome."
Sep 19, 2016
Iraqi Christian Deacon Who Fled ISIS Denied Asylum in UK
An Iraqi Christian deacon who fled his home in Mosul after it was overrun by the Islamic State has been denied asylum in England, which presents yet another example of how many Christians displaced by the barbaric terrorist organization are struggling to find safety in Western nations.
Sep 19, 2016
'Bridget Jones's Baby' Slammed by HuffPost Reviewer for Not Discussing Abortion on Screen
Huffington Post blogger Larua Goldman has criticized the recently released film "Bridget Jones's Diary" simply because abortion and birth control were not discussed as options in the movie.
Sep 16, 2016
Christian Bakers Fined $135K for Not Working Gay Wedding Continue Fighting for Their Freedoms
The Christian owners of an Oregon bakery who were fined over $135,000 by a state government agency for declining to bake a cake for a same-sex wedding are continuing to fight for their First Amendment rights.
Sep 16, 2016
Leading House Democrat: 'Religious Liberty' Shouldn't Be 'Denigrated' Even If 'Misused' for Discrimination
House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer, D-Md., says that the core American principle of religious freedom should not be "denigrated" even though many liberals today claim that the First Amendment right has become "code words" for the right to discriminate against the LGBT community.
Sep 16, 2016
Donald Trump's Child Care Plan Covers Same-Sex Parents
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump announced his child care plan on Tuesday and its inclusion of benefits for same-sex parents has raised the eyebrows of some evangelicals and social conservatives.