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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Ugandan pastor ambushed, killed by suspected Muslim radicals after radio broadcast
A Christian pastor was reportedly killed in northern Uganda at the end of October after he compared Christianity and Islam during his radio broadcast.
India officials raid KP Yohannan's Believers Church over accusations of foreign funding
Government agents in India have reportedly raided the offices of Believers Eastern Church and its leader, Bishop K.P. Yohannan, in the Kerala state over accusations that the church network accepted illegal foreign donations and evaded taxes.
12 Christians, pastor killed in suspected Boko Haram attack; others kidnapped
Islamic extremists believed to be affiliated with Boko Haram reportedly killed several Christians, including a pastor, and kidnapped several others in an attack carried out in Nigeria’s conflict-ridden northeast earlier this week.
Cuban church leaders under pressure to sign document claiming gov’t demolition of church was legal
Christian leaders in a southern Cuban town have faced pressure from government agents to sign a statement declaring that the recent destruction of the Assemblies of God Church was legal.
Supreme Court weighs religious freedom arguments in LGBT foster care case
The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday in a religious freedom case on whether the city of Philadelphia acted unlawfully when it stopped placing foster children with a Catholic foster agency because it does not certify same-sex foster parents.
White evangelical support for Trump drops slightly in preliminary exit polling
Preliminary 2020 election exit polls released Wednesday suggest that President Donald Trump lost about 4 percentage points in white evangelical support compared to the 2016 election, but gained support in key demographics such as Catholics, Protestants, blacks and Latinos.
Navy SEALs rescue US missionary abducted in Niger via nighttime raid
The U.S. Navy SEAL Team Six has rescued an American missionary who was kidnapped by an armed group last week in the West African nation of Niger, the Pentagon confirmed on Saturday.
Youth pastor blackmailed boys into sending nude videos, prosecutor says
A New Jersey youth pastor has been arrested and charged with blackmailing young boys across four states to get them to record and send videos of themselves performing sexual acts, authorities say.
18 killed, church burned by suspected Islamic extremists in Congo overnight attack
Suspected Islamic extremists killed at least 18 people, burned down a church and several homes in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo in an overnight attack Wednesday, according to reports.
Trump lowers US refugee cap to new record low as 80 million are displaced worldwide
President Donald Trump has again slashed the United States refugee resettlement ceiling to a new record low, setting the cap at 15,000 refugees that can be resettled in the U.S. in the fiscal year 2021.
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