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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Evangelical-backed Jewish charity scraps plans for Christian visitors center in Israel
An evangelical-backed Jewish philanthropy organization has scrapped plans to build a $60 million outreach center for Christian pilgrims in Jerusalem in order to devote more attention to its humanitarian efforts.
James MacDonald issues 'repentance,' wants future focused on preaching and teaching
Ousted Illinois megachurch pastor James MacDonald issued a statement of “repentance” and said he hopes to return to preaching even though he was fired in February over allegations of bullying, intimidation and using his position for personal benefit.
Over 80 evangelical leaders call for restitution-based immigration reform
Over 80 evangelicals signed onto a statement this week calling a restitution-based pathway for immigrants residing unlawfully in the United States to be granted legal permanent residency.
Father outraged over school giving 7-year-old son flyer promoting free condoms, birth control
A father in Tennessee is outraged after his children’s elementary school distributed a flyer promoting a three-day clinic to access free condoms and contraception.
Trump strips Cameroon of US trade benefits over torture, human rights abuses
President Donald Trump has stripped trade benefits from Cameroon over accusations that its military has committed human rights abuses against civilians and separatists in the West African country’s two civil war-ridden Anglophone regions.
Nearly half of young adults with ties to Christianity say church can’t answer their questions: survey
Extensive new research from The Barna Group shows that nearly half of young adults worldwide who have a connection to Christianity feel that the Church can’t answer their questions.
Swiss Protestant church network votes in favor of same-sex marriage
The Federation of Swiss Protestant Churches, a Reformed association uniting 26 member churches and nearly 1,000 congregations, voted during a nationwide assembly this week to allow same-sex marriages.
Birth coach in UK resigns over Facebook post stating 'women birth all people'
A birth coach in the United Kingdom has resigned from the national association for birth coaches, Doula UK, after she was “ostracized” for a Facebook post that claimed that “women birth all people.”
Anne Graham Lotz: Trump's Syria pullback could set up war prophesied in Ezekiel 38
Evangelist Anne Graham Lotz, the daughter of the late Billy Graham, put forward the question of whether God is working through President Trump’s decision to pull back U.S. troops in Northern Syria to usher in a war prophesied in Ezekiel 38.
Zero refugees resettled to the US in October; thousands left in state of uncertainty
Zero refugees were admitted into the United States during October despite worsening humanitarian situations around the world, the evangelical resettlement agency World Relief has warned.
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Pastors accuse PCA of 'demonizing' LGBTQ, sidelining women: 'Spiritually abusive'
To Speaker Mike Johnson: FACE Act needs a full repeal
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