
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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SBC, Evangelical Leaders Urge Christians to Actively Welcome Iraqi, Syrian Refugees
Over 100 Evangelical leaders are calling on Christians to welcome Iraqi and Syrian refugees and work with their churches to help them adjust to the U.S. culture.

James Dobson Endorses Ted Cruz for President
Founder of Focus on the Family and Family Talk Radio James Dobson became the latest prominent Evangelical leader to publicly endorse Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, for president on Thursday.

Christian Convert Forgives Muslims Who Beat Him With Bat
A Christian convert in England, who was hospitalized last month after being severely beaten by Muslims for leaving Islam, says he has forgiven his attackers.

Church Displays Nativity Scene Featuring 3-Y-O Drowned Syrian Boy as Baby Jesus
A Spanish church is displaying a nativity scene that replaces Jesus Christ with Aylan Kurdi, the 3-year-old Syrian boy who drowned off the coast of Turkey in September and rose international awareness for the migrant crisis, as a way of highlighting the plight faced by migrants.

Huckabee 'Disappointed' by Tony Perkins, Conservative Activists Planning to Endorse Ted Cruz
Republican presidential candidate and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee says he is disappointed by the news that Tony Perkins and a coalition of dozens of prominent social conservatives and Evangelicals are reportedly planning to endorse Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, instead of him.

Wheaton Students Demand School Reinstate Suspended Hijab-Wearing Professor
Students at Wheaton College in Illinois are demanding the institution reinstate tenured political science professor Dr. Larycia Hawkins, who was placed on administrative leave earlier this week for asserting that Muslims and Christians worship the same God in a Facebook.

Does It Matter If the U.S. Calls ISIS Violence Against Christians 'Genocide'?
Members of the United States House of Representatives and prominent human rights activists gathered on Capitol Hill Wednesday to explain why it is imperative for the U.S. government to label the barbaric treatment of Christians and religious minorities by the Islamic State as "genocide."

FRC's Tony Perkins, 50 Conservative Activists Reportedly Plan to Endorse Ted Cruz
Family Research Council president Tony Perkins and dozens of other prominent conservative are expected to endorse Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, for president, a move that aims to coalesce conservative support around one candidate, a National Review article claimed Tuesday.

Wheaton College Suspends Hijab-Wearing Prof. For Saying Muslims, Christians Worship Same God
The evangelical higher education institution Wheaton College has suspended tenured political science professor Larycia Hawkins after she asserted in a Facebook post last week that Muslims and Christians "worship the same God."

Trump Says Kill Innocent Family Members of ISIS Fighters at GOP Debate
Republican presidential candidate and billionaire Donald Trump defended his promise to kill the innocent family members of Islamic State terrorists during Tuesday night's CNN presidential debate in Las Vegas.



















