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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Planned Parenthood warns it will withdraw from Title X if court doesn't intervene
The nation's largest abortion provider, Planned Parenthood, said Wednesday it will formally withdraw from the Title X federal family planning program by next Monday if a federal court does not intervene.
Evangelicals, diverse religious bodies ask Supreme Court to hear contractor's religious freedom case
The Southern Baptist Convention's Ethics & Religious Liberty Convention has teamed up with a group of religious denominations and bodies to urge the U.S. Supreme Court to take up a unique religious freedom case that could challenge a controversial 1990 ruling.
Chinese Catholics forced to cancel summer camps, disguise Bible classes to avoid crackdown
Authorities in Mainland China are continuing to make it harder for children to be nurtured in their faith by reportedly prohibiting Catholic churches from running summer camps and other programming.
Greg Laurie discusses 30th SoCal Harvest, deconversions and mass shootings
Evangelist Greg Laurie is gearing up for his 30th annual Southern California Harvest Crusade. He spoke with CP to discuss how evangelism has changed in the last three decades and how Christians should respond when their loved ones begin "falling away" from their faith.
Robert Morris preaches at Texas' largest prison: 'God is not mad at you'
Popular Texas megachurch pastor and author Robert Morris preached before hundreds of inmates at the state's largest prison last week, assuring that God is not "mad" at them.
Indian pastor dragged from prayer meeting, beaten by Hindu radicals: report
Suspected Hindu nationalists reportedly disrupted a prayer meeting last month and are said to have beat up a pastor as persecution against Christians and other religious minorities continues to increase in India.
Federal judge sides with transgender student in Va. bathroom case
A federal judge ruled Friday that a Virginia school district's policy preventing transgender student Gavin Grimm from using boys' bathroom facilities violates the U.S. Constitution, the latest ruling in a case remanded to lower courts by the U.S. Supreme Court.
Transgender student suspended from Christian College after getting breast reduction
A transgender student at a Christian college in Tennesee has been suspended for "sexual perversion" after receiving breast reduction surgery.
Only 16 percent of Christians say Church should repent for America's racist past
A new Barna study shows a racial divide when it comes to American Christians' opinions of how the Church should respond to the historical injustices faced by blacks in America, with only a small fraction saying the Church should repent.
Sudan reopens case of 8 church leaders who refused to give up denominational control
A criminal case has been reopened against eight Sudanese church leaders who refused to give up control of their church to an unelected government-appointed committee.
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To Speaker Mike Johnson: FACE Act needs a full repeal
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