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 17, 2015
University of California Seeks to Ban Freedom of Speech
A new campus policy has been proposed at the University of California that seeks to limit freedom of speech so that students and faculty have the "right" to study or work "free from acts and expressions of intolerance."
Sep 17, 2015
Evangelical Trump Supporters Are Betraying Their Values, Russell Moore Says
As polling data suggests that Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump continues to attract the support of about a fifth of Evangelical voters, Prominent Christian ethicist Russell Moore opined Thursday that Evangelicals and social conservatives who back the real estate mogul are defying their Christian morals.
Sep 17, 2015
Viral Video: 'October Baby' Abortion Survivor Slams Planned Parenthood in Emotional Congressional Testimony
Thanks to a congressional investigation of Planned Parenthood, millions of people on the Internet are hearing the story of a 38-year-old abortion survivor.
Sep 17, 2015
Assad Troops Force Children to Watch Father Being Burned Alive
As the Syrian civil war and the forces of President Bashar Al-Assad continue to take the lives of hundreds of thousands of Syrian mothers and fathers, charities and orphanages in Turkey are doing the best they can to provide children whose parents have been killed with new lives and listening ears for the horror stories those children have to tell.
Sep 17, 2015
Carly Fiorina's Rousing Denunciation of Planned Parenthood Moves Crowd at CNN Debate (Video)
Former Hewlett Packard CEO and Republican presidential candidate Carly Fiorina received an ovation during Thursday night's GOP presidential debate after she strongly denounced Planned Parenthood and implied that the Republicans in Congress should risk a government shutdown to force a presidential veto to spending legislation that wouldn't fund the abortion giant.
Sep 16, 2015
Bobby Jindal at CNN Debate: Biggest Discrimination in America Is Against Christians Who Believe in Traditional Marriage
Former Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal and other second-tier Republican presidential candidates in shared differing views Thursday night on whether Kentucky clerk Kim Davis and other public officials have the right to exercise their religious belief in traditional marriage while serving public office after the Supreme Court has nationalized same-sex marriage.
Sep 16, 2015
Evangelical Christians Dump Trump: 'Highly Religious' Favor Ben Carson by 56 Percent, New Survey Finds
Although data from earlier this summer suggested that businessman and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump was the leading candidate among Evangelical voters, newer data suggests that Trump is struggling to pick up the support of churchgoers, who are signaling a strong backing for retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson.
Sep 15, 2015
FRC Honors Kim Davis With 'Cost of Discipleship Award' for Courage at Values Voter Summit
The Family Research Council will honor Kentucky clerk Kim Davis, who was jailed six days for being in contempt of federal court after refusing to issue marriage licenses due to her biblical opposition to same-sex marriage, as the recipient of this year's "Cost of Discipleship Award" later this month.
Sep 15, 2015
Selling Baby Body Parts 'Generates Income' for Abortion Clinics, Says Planned Parenthood Official
The Center for Medical Progress released its 10th undercover Planned Parenthood video Tuesday morning, which purports to show high-level officials discussing how the absence of national PPFA guidelines for organ and tissue compensation allows affiliates to profit off the sell of babies' body parts, and keeps them from being "bullied by ridiculous laws."
Sep 14, 2015
Pastor Tells Students 'Take an F' to Protest Against Islam 'Indoctrination'
A Tennessee pastor is encouraging Christian parents to tell their children to "take an F" in their world history classes as a way to stand up against what he claims is the school district's attempt at indoctrinating and brainwashing students with Islam.