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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Christian school raided by California gov't as religious freedom concerns cloud future
A Christian boarding school run by Teen Rescue in Northern California faces the possibility of closing after it was raided by state investigators earlier this year. The head of the school claims that its first amendment rights, as well as parental rights, are being violated.
How churches are helping asylum seekers on both sides of the southern border
As hundreds of thousands of migrants and asylum seekers from across the globe are seeking entry into the United States, churches on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border are providing the much-needed assistance and hospitality to their vulnerable brothers and sisters.
Christian school demolished in India, children seized from ministry: report
Officials in Eastern India demolished a Christian school, dormitory building and the home of its founder before seizing at least a dozen children affiliated with the ministry.
Algeria shuts down another Christian church that's been waiting years for permit
Algerian authorities have shut down yet another Christian church and its Bible school following the closure of other churches this year.
ORU to pay $300K to settle claim it violated federal recruitment compensation ban
Oral Roberts University has agreed to pay over $300,000 in a legal settlement involving allegations that it violated a ban on incentive-based compensation for student recruiting. The school maintains the allegations are false.
Christian florist who refused to work gay wedding loses again in Washington court
The Washington Supreme Court has again ruled against Christian grandma florist Barronelle Stutzman who faces the risk of crippling fines for refusing to create floral arrangements for a same-sex wedding.
Over 30 Pentecostal Christians arrested in Eritrea as crackdown continues: report
More than two dozen Pentecostal Christians were reportedly arrested in recent days as the crackdown against nondenominational Christianity in the northeast African nation of Eritrea continues.
SBTS refuses request to pay reparations to black college over ties to slavery
The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky, has refused a request to transfer a “meaningful” portion of its financial wealth to a local historically black college as a form of reparation for the institution’s historic ties to slavery and racism.
Overturning Roe v. Wade should not be pro-lifers' only goal, Care Net CEO warns
Pro-lifers should not pin their movement's success solely on overturning the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Roe v. Wade, said the head of a pro-life crisis pregnancy center network of over 1,000 affiliates.
Strong majority of Americans say premarital sex, divorce are 'morally acceptable': Gallup
An increasing majority of Americans view divorce, sex before marriage, gay relationships and birth control as morally acceptable while a majority of Americas continue to view abortion as morally wrong, according to new Gallup data.
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