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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AG Barr threatens legal action against states COVID-19 orders that infringe on civil rights
U.S. Attorney General William Barr has threatened to take legal action against state officials who violate people's civil rights by taking draconian measures to enforce stay-at-home orders.
USCIRF urges State Dept. to name India on top religious freedom violators list
The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom has, for the first time since 2004, recommended that the State Department add India to its list of countries that engage in or tolerate egregious violations of religious freedom as persecution against Christians and Muslims escalates.
DeVos expands experimental college prison program backed by evangelical ministry
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has doubled the size of an experimental program praised by the nation’s largest evangelical prison ministry designed to make it easier for inmates to access college courses and degree programs to help prepare them for life after their release.
UNESCO, UAE begin reconstruction of historic Iraqi church destroyed by ISIS
Work has begun to rebuild a Christian church in Iraq destroyed by the Islamic State as part of a partnership between the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization and the Muslim-majority United Arab Emirates.
Texas father battles deceased ex-wife's fiancé for custody of 5-year-old daughter
A Texas father had his case heard before the state Supreme Court through video conferencing Wednesday as he seeks to keep full custody of his 5-year-old daughter after a lower court awarded joint custody to the fiancé of the child’s deceased mother.
Christian Aid furloughs 20% of UK staff to continue int'l work during COVID-19 outbreak
The U.K.-based humanitarian organization Christian Aid will furlough about one-fifth of its U.K. staff and temporarily cut wages of still-employed staff to help ensure its “core international work” can continue amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Most Protestant pastors believe global warming is 'real and man-made,' LifeWay finds
A majority of Protestant pastors somewhat agree that global warming is real and caused by humans, according to polling data released by LifeWay Research this week showing a divide in the beliefs of evangelical and mainline leaders.
New Spring Church turns campuses into blood donation centers during COVID-19 pandemic
The South Carolina megachurch NewSpring Church is hosting blood drives at its campuses across the state through a partnership with a local nonprofit that has issued an urgent call for blood donations amid the novel coronavirus outbreak.
4 killed, 36 houses destroyed as Fulani radicals raid another village in Nigeria
Four residents were reportedly killed and two others injured when suspected Fulani herdsmen raided a farming village in the Kaduna State of Nigeria Sunday evening.
Christian leaders demand access to COVID-19 relief loans for business owners with criminal record
Evangelical and Catholic leaders are calling on federal lawmakers to make legislative changes to allow coronavirus relief loans to be given to business owners with criminal records as Congress works to pass a second coronavirus stimulus bill this week.
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