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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Aug 10, 2019
Netflix adds transgender storyline to Nickelodeon children’s cartoon
The online streaming platform Netflix launched a 45-minute special Friday that serves as a follow-up to popular 1990s children's cartoon series "Rocko's Modern Life" that features a prominent transgender storyline.
Aug 10, 2019
Norwegian police drop criminal case against US family, but kids remain in CPS custody
An American mother whose children were taken from her and her husband by Norwegian child services earlier this year says although a criminal charge for alleged "child mistreatment" has been dismissed, CPS is still refusing to return their children.
Aug 9, 2019
Baptist leader accused of sexually abusing teen turns himself in, denies allegations
A Florida pastor listed in a lengthy exposé published last year on sexual abuse in fundamentalist Baptist churches has turned himself in amid allegations he sexually abused a teenage girl on church grounds over a decade ago.
Aug 9, 2019
Education Dept. opens investigation into policy allowing transgender athletes to compete against girls
The Department of Education says it will investigate the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference's policy of allowing boys who identify as transgender to compete in girls' high school sports.
Aug 9, 2019
Myanmar rebel army releases Christian villagers held captive for 6 months
The rebel Arakan Army in Myanmar has released 52 villagers from the predominantly Christian Khumi community in the Chin state after they were detained for six months in a border camp.
Aug 8, 2019
Iraqi Chaldean man dies weeks after being deported by Trump administration
An Iraqi Catholic man whom the Trump administration deported in June after having lived in the United States since he was six months old has died reportedly because of an inability to obtain insulin to treat his diabetes.
Aug 8, 2019
Adventist siblings sue after high school tennis championship scheduled on Sabbath
Two siblings filed a federal lawsuit claiming that their rights are being violated because the Washington state's high school tennis championship tournament continually includes scheduled play on Saturdays, their day of Sabbath.
Aug 8, 2019
NCAA urged to investigate Baylor University's policies for LGBT discrimination
Students at Baylor University, the nation's largest Baptist higher education institution, are asking the National Collegiate Athletic Association to review the school's policies and treatment of LGBT students.
Aug 8, 2019
NAMB sues Georgia town over plans for new $10 million Send Relief ministry center
The Southern Baptist Convention's North American Mission Board is suing the city of Clarkston, Georgia as the town's city council stands in the way of plans related to a proposed $10 million Send Relief ministry center.
Aug 7, 2019
Superintendent defends back-to-school worship service after atheist group complains
An Alabama school superintendent defended a local high school that hosted a worship rally on Sunday after a complaint was filed by one of the nation's leading secularist legal groups.