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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May 17, 2019
House passes LGBT Equality Act; conservatives say it 'undermines women’s equality'
The Democrat-controlled U.S. House of Representatives passed the Equality Act Friday afternoon, hotly-debated legislation seeking to codify LGBT non-discrimination protections into federal law.
May 17, 2019
'Unplanned' author Abby Johnson named ambassador for new pro-life clothing brand
Pro-life activist Abby Johnson, a former Planned Parenthood clinic manager who wrote the popular memoir-turned-movie “Unplanned,” is now the new ambassador for one of the nation’s first pro-life clothing brands.
May 17, 2019
MLB all-star Ben Zobrist seeks divorce from Christian singer wife: 'Inappropriate marital conduct'
Outspoken Christian Chicago Cubs utility man Ben Zobrist and his wife, Julianna, have separately filed for divorce with the 2016 World Series MVP's court filing alleges that his wife of 14 years is guilty of “inappropriate marital conduct.”
May 16, 2019
Christian teen raped, forcibly 'converted' and forced into Islamic marriage in Pakistan
A Christian teenager in Pakistan claims to have been beaten, forced to convert to Islam and married off to a 45-year-old Muslim man as religious minority females in the Muslim-majority country continue to face extreme persecution because of their gender and faith.
May 16, 2019
Chick-fil-A defends donations to so-called 'anti-LGBT' groups: serve a 'much higher calling'
The head of Chick-fil-A’s charity arm has responded to critics of the organization's donations to Christian nonprofits that uphold traditional beliefs on marriage and sexuality, explaining that the organization operates on a “much higher calling.”
May 16, 2019
21 Christian leaders: Equality Act would gut religious freedom protections
Twenty-one prominent conservative Christian leaders including Franklin Graham and James Dobson are calling on congressional leaders to oppose the pro-LGBT Equality Act because of the “threats to religious liberty” the legislation poses.
May 16, 2019
Promise Keepers to relaunch men's ministry with first stadium rally in 20 years
After years of fading and stagnation, the once popular evangelical men’s ministry Promise Keepers is ushering in a “new era” with plans to host its first national stadium event in over two decades next summer in Texas.
May 15, 2019
Transgender powerlifter stripped of women’s records because he is male
A biologically male trans-identified powerlifter who broke four world records last month during a women’s weightlifting competition in Virginia has been stripped of titles and medals because organizers say the lifter should have been classified as "male."
May 15, 2019
After Sri Lanka bombings, 60 Christian refugees flee homes over revenge threats
Persecuted Christian refugees and asylum seekers in Sri Lanka are in hiding inside a police station as a result of death threats from angry Sri Lankans following last month’s Easter Sunday bombings that claimed the lives of over 250.
May 14, 2019
4 killed during Catholic procession in Burkina Faso; third attack on Christians in 2 weeks
Four Catholics carrying a statue of the Virgin Mary were killed in northern Burkina Faso Monday, one day after a priest and five other congregants were killed by gunmen in a neighboring province.