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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Common objections to Christianity (part 2)
Just by being born, why do I inherit Adam’s sin? Why does God allow suffering, bad things to happen? Evangelicals’ treatment of LGBT persons has been abhorrent.
Common objections to Christianity (part 1)
How do I reconcile creation and evolution? How can a loving God send people to Hell? Is there any evidence for the existence of God? How can God command morally repulsive acts in the Old Testament?
A third of pastors and missionaries have less than $100K saved for retirement: LifeWay
More than one-third of retirement-age pastors and missionaries have less than $100,000 in their retirement savings as nearly one-half of them are concerned about their family’s financial future, according to new data published by LifeWay Research.
Half of Americans says First Amendment 'goes too far,' speech should be censored: poll
Half of Americans say they believe the First Amendment “goes too far” in allowing free speech and favor some form of censorship, a new poll suggests.
China releases Early Rain Covenant Church member 7 months after arrest
A member of Early Rain Covenant Church in China was released from detention Thursday, seven months after his arrest.
Karen Swallow Prior leaving Liberty after 21 years to join SEBTS faculty
Beloved Liberty University English professor Karen Swallow Prior plans to leave the school she has served since 1999 to join the faculty of Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary in North Carolina, beginning in the fall of 2020.
Brownback shares ambitions of $25 million campaign to protect holy sites at USCIRF hearing
Sam Brownback, the U.S. Ambassador-at-large for International Religious Freedom, detailed Thursday the ambitions of a new $25 million campaign to protect and restore holy sites and places of worship across the world.
5 Christians playing in the 2019 World Series
While both the Nationals and Astros have excelled on the field this season, players on both teams are aware that there is more to life than the game they love so dear. The Christian faith is strong for players in both dugouts who acknowledge that the talent they have has been given to them by God.
Chicago churches erase over $5 million in medical debt for nearly 6,000 Illinois families
United Church of Christ churches in Chicago have joined together to eliminate over $5.3 million in medical debt impacting nearly 6,000 Illinois families. Meanwhile, the UCC national church body has dedicated this year’s "Giving Tuesday" to the cause of erasing medical debt nationwide.
Cameroon: Bible translator murdered in his home as civil war rages on
A second Bible translator has been killed by suspected Fulani extremists in the civil war-ridden Anglophone region in southern Cameroon this week, a ministry source has confirmed.
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