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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Mar 1, 2016
Ted Cruz Forms Religious Liberty Advisory Council With Tony Perkins, Ryan Anderson, Samuel Rodriguez, Benham Bros.
Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz announced on Monday the formation of a 19-member "Religious Liberty Advisory Council" that will be chaired by Family Research Council President Tony Perkins.
Mar 1, 2016
Liberty U Pres. Falwell Jr. Attacks Ted Cruz in Pro-Trump Robo-Call: 'Master Politician' Using 'Dirty Tricks'
Liberty University President Jerry Falwell Jr. has recorded a pro-Donald Trump robocall that has gone out to Virginia residents in which he questioned the moral integrity of Texas Sen. Ted Cruz by saying that Cruz is a "master politician" that can't be trusted when no one is looking.
Mar 1, 2016
4 Ways Indicting Pro-Life Activists Hurts Planned Parenthood
The Christian legal group Alliance Defending Freedom says there are four reasons why the criminal indictment of the pro-life activists behind last year's undercover Planned Parenthood videos won't help the nation's largest abortion provider.
Feb 29, 2016
Prominent Evangelical Leaders Won't Drop Ted Cruz for Marco Rubio, Tony Perkins Says
Family Research Council President Tony Perkins and other evangelical leaders who've endorsed Texas Sen. Ted Cruz for president are denying a claim that prominent supporters have discussed switching to endorse Florida Sen. Marco Rubio should Cruz tank on Super Tuesday.
Feb 29, 2016
Yazidi Girl Sets Herself on Fire to Stop ISIS Jihadists From Raping Her, Doctor Says
A Yazidi girl tortured by ISIS militants set herself on fire in a desperate attempt to stop jihadists from raping her.
Feb 29, 2016
Christian Baker Facing Threats for Turning Down Gay Couple's Wedding Cake Order
The Christian owners of a Texas bakery say they have received threats against their business and family after they declined to bake a cake for a same-sex wedding in mid-February.
Feb 27, 2016
Obama's Safe-Sex Ed Policy Leads More Teens Into Poverty, Abstinence Activists Tell Congress
Several abstinence education advocates from all over the United States gathered on Capitol Hill Thursday to encourage Congress to create more parity in the country's lopsided sexual education funding and reject the president's proposal to cut funding for abstinence-only education.
Feb 26, 2016
Experts Offer 4 Theories of Evangelical Donald Trump Supporters
With Donald Trump receiving the most evangelical support in the last three Republican primaries, pundits are beginning to opine why more evangelicals are voting for a man who admits that he never asks God for forgiveness rather than staunch conservatives who frequently tout their faith such as Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio.
Feb 26, 2016
Donald Trump: IRS May Be Auditing Me Because I'm a 'Strong Christian'
After Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump's tax returns and IRS audit were a major topic during Thursday night's presidential debate, the billionaire real estate mogul said after the debate that the IRS may be targeting him because he is a "strong Christian."
Feb 26, 2016
Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio Tag Team Against Donald Trump at GOP Debate
With Donald Trump starting to run away with the lead in the 2016 Republican presidential primary election, Sens. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., and Ted Cruz, R-Texas, tag-teamed in presenting their cases for why it would be a mistake for the GOP to nominate the billionaire frontrunner during Thursday night's presidential debate.