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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Facebook creates its own 'Supreme Court' to judge content ban appeals
Facebook has created a new oversight board to help set the tone on which posts violate policies, a body that some are calling the social media giant’s own “Supreme Court.”
US abortions at lowest level since Roe v. Wade, Guttmacher finds; pro-lifers say it's incomplete
As a new report from a leading pro-abortion research organization released this week indicates that the abortion rate in the United States is at its lowest level since abortion was made a national right in 1973, pro-lifers warn that the report does not tell the whole story.
Wheaton College students sue Chicago after being told they can't evangelize in park
Four student evangelists from Wheaton College in Illinois are suing the Chicago city government over a set of rules that they say are restricting their freedom of speech and religion at a popular park.
Persecuted pastor describes tortures of imprisonment facing Christians in Eritrea
A pastor from Eritrea who has since been resettled to Australia has shed some light on the horrifying conditions facing Christians imprisoned for their faith in the Northeast African country.
Iran imprisons bookshop owner for selling Bible as crackdown on Christianity continues
Iran has reportedly imprisoned a business owner for the crime of selling the Bible in his bookshop.
Catholic Indian leaders jailed on charges of forced conversion; Cardinal demands release
Christian leaders in India are demanding the release of two Catholics arrested earlier this month on accusations they forcibly converted locals to Christianity and illegally occupied the land.
International missions leaders designate 2020 as 'Global Year of the Bible'
Missionary leaders from over 34 countries convened at the Museum of the Bible on Monday morning to launch A.D. 2020 Global Year of the Bible, a first-of-its-kind evangelical initiative endorsed by Roman Catholic Pope Francis.
Faith groups speak out on Supreme Court allowing temporary enforcement of Trump asylum rule
Some Christian leaders and humanitarian groups are condemning the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision this week to temporarily allow enforcement of a new rule that would prevent many immigrants traveling through Central America from seeking asylum at the U.S. southern border.
School district defends football practice baptisms after atheist group complains
Robertson County School District in Middle Tennessee is not backing down after receiving a legal complaint from a secular organization in response to one of its schools allowing a pastor to perform student baptisms after a football practice.
New York City to repeal ban on gay 'conversion therapy' amid legal battle
The New York city council is planning to repeal a two-year-old ban on “gay conversion therapy” in order to avoid a costly uphill legal fight.
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