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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Feb 24, 2020
Supreme Court to weigh ban on foster agencies that don't work with LGBT couples
The U.S. Supreme Court announced Monday that it will hear a case that could have huge implications on the rights of Christian and other faith-based adoption and foster care agencies to turn away LGBT couples on grounds of religious beliefs.
Feb 24, 2020
Christian group pushes for paid family leave as Congress considers 3 proposals
An evangelical advocacy organization is supporting a push in Congress to ensure working families — in the government and private sector — are ensured paid parental and family leave as hope builds that bipartisan legislation will be passed this election year.
Feb 22, 2020
2 Christians executed in al-Shabaab bus attack for not reciting Islamic declaration of faith
Two Christians are reported to be among three people killed after suspected al-Shabaab militants attacked a bus in Kenya on Wednesday morning.
Feb 22, 2020
UPS accused of banning drivers' prayer meetings, claims there's a 'misunderstanding'
The United Parcel Service — better known by its initials UPS — is being accused of banning drivers at a shipping center from holding prayer meetings prior to their shifts. However, the shipping giant contends that a “misunderstanding” has occurred.
Feb 22, 2020
Iran threatens to destroy tomb of Esther and Mordechai
The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom is raising concerns over unconfirmed reports that authorities in the Islamic Republic of Iran are threatening the destruction of the tomb of Esther and Mordechai in response to President Trump’s Middle-East peace plan.
Feb 21, 2020
Judge rules in favor of Wheaton College students barred from evangelizing at park
A federal judge ruled Thursday that Wheaton College students who were barred from evangelizing in a downtown Chicago park must be allowed to exercise their First Amendment rights until the legal dispute is resolved.
Feb 21, 2020
Dirty Dozen List: TikTok adds family safety features helping parents control kids' accounts
After being ranked one of the worst corporate entities complicit in “perpetuating” sexual exploitation, the social media giant TikTok is giving parents more control over their children’s use of the app through new family safety control features.
Feb 21, 2020
Museum commemorating 21 Coptic martyrs beheaded by ISIS opens in Egypt
A Coptic martyrs museum has opened in Egypt to commemorate the 21 Christians beheaded by the Islamic State on a Libyan beach in 2015 because they refused to renounce their faith in Christ.
Feb 21, 2020
Islamic terrorism spreading in majority-Christian Mozambique; 700 dead, 100,000 displaced
Over 100,000 people have been displaced and at least 700 have died in the majority-Christian country of Mozambique since 2017, as the spread of radical Islamic extremism in Africa is starting to plague the continent’s southeast region.
Feb 20, 2020
Jagermeister logo is not offensive to Christians, Swiss court rules
A court in Switzerland has ruled in favor of herbal liqueur producer Jägermeister amid a complaint that its logo is offensive to Christians.