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 6, 2020
Iranian Christian who met with Trump details how regime shut down her family’s church
Persecuted Iranian Christian Dabrina Bet Tamraz vividly remembers the day that her family’s church was shut down.
Feb 5, 2020
United Airlines to train flight attendants to stop passengers from watching porn onboard
United Airlines is now training flight attendants to intervene when passengers watch pornography on their personal devices as part of an effort to curb the increase of porn viewing on planes, according to the National Center on Sexual Exploitation.
Feb 5, 2020
Abducted seminarian killed by kidnappers in Nigeria; 3 other seminarians released by captors
The Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) is mourning the murder of an 18-year-old seminarian abducted earlier this month along with three other seminarians who have since been released.
Feb 5, 2020
Boko Haram responsible for 59,311 orphans, 59,213 widows: Nigerian governor
The governor of the Boko Haram-infected Borno state in northeast Nigeria has reportedly revealed that the extremist group is responsible for making tens of thousands of widows and orphans in the state as it continues its reign of terror.
Feb 5, 2020
11 featured guests at President Trump's 2020 State of the Union address
President Donald Trump delivered his third State of the Union address Tuesday night before a joint session of Congress, honoring several Americans for their contributions and sacrifices that have helped make the United States and world a better place.
Feb 4, 2020
Trump promises to grant Iraqi Christians facing deportation extensions to stay in US
President Donald Trump vowed last week to grant “extensions” to stay in the United States to some Iraqi Christians that his administration had earlier sought to deport despite concerns they could face persecution upon return to the Middle East.
Feb 4, 2020
Belmont U merger with art college raises concerns over Christian hiring policy
The nondenominational Belmont University in Tennesse will absorb a nearby private art college suffering from low enrollment, creating questions about whether non-Christian faculty can keep their jobs once the merger is completed in the fall.
Feb 4, 2020
Nigerian church torched by suspected Fulani; over 2 dozen killed in attacks
As many as 32 people were reportedly killed in attacks last week said to have been carried out in predominantly Christian areas of the Plateau state of Nigeria by radical Fulani militants who have been blamed for a series of deadly attacks in Plateau this month.
Feb 3, 2020
20 trampled to death during church stampede for 'anointed oil' in Tanzania
At least 20 people were killed and as many as 16 others injured when a frenzy for “sacred oil” broke out at a Pentecostal outdoor worship service in Northern Tanzania over the weekend. The pastor of the service has been arrested, according to officials.
Feb 3, 2020
Retired megachurch pastor discusses flaws in refugee resettlement, ‘amoral’ evangelical attitudes
Retired megachurch pastor Dan Scott has witnessed the transformation of Nashville, Tennessee, over the course of the past few decades as the city has taken on thousands of refugees despite the objection of many of the area’s white Christian conservative residents.