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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Concerns are being raised internationally about the well-being of an Iranian Christian convert who was arrested during an anti-government protest in Tehran last week.
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Kansas City Chiefs CEO Clark Hunt gave praise to the Lord Sunday night after the franchise founded by his father secured its first Super Bowl appearance in 50 years.
Pro-life wins and losses of 2019; what’s on the agenda in 2020?
Pro-life activists had much to celebrate in 2019 and are looking forward to what is ahead in 2020 as there could be huge developments on the abortion issue this year.
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Democrat presidential hopeful and former vice president Joe Biden told hundreds of black church leaders this week that President Donald Trump is fanning the flames of hatred in the United States.
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The political fundraising arm of the nation’s largest abortion provider will spend $45 million in the 2020 elections as it pushes back against what many conservatives are calling the most pro-life administration in history.
Supreme Court to review Trump's religious exemptions to Obamacare mandate
The Little Sisters of the Poor will head back to the U.S. Supreme Court as the high court reviews a federal appellate court decision striking down a Trump administration rule giving religious organizations the ability to opt-out of a regulation that requires them to cover birth control and abortifacients.
China creating ‘system of persecution for the future,’ Open Doors warns
China is creating a “blueprint” “system of persecution for the future” that could be sold to persecute people across the globe, head of the prominent Christian persecution watchdog agency Open Doors USA has warned.
Trump announces school prayer guidance; 9 agencies draft religious freedom rules
On National Religious Freedom Day Thursday, the White House announced several new rules and memos designed to roll back "discriminatory" federal regulations as well as promote teachers' and students' right to pray in public schools.
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Longtime St. Louis Cardinals all-star pitcher Adam Wainwright has invited fans to join him in a one-year online Bible ...
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