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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Azusa Pacific's new president to promote 'unity' amid concerns of 'theological drift'
The largest Christian college on the West Coast has named a new president who looks to restore financial stability and promote unity at a 120-year-old institution that has faced questions about its commitment to the authority of scripture.
Court orders return of Pakistani Christian teen raped and tortured in forced Islamic marriage
A Pakistani court has ordered the return of a Christian teenager who was abducted and forced into an Islamic marriage in March after the victim gave testimony of how she was beaten, tortured and raped, rights groups are reporting.
SWBTS removes stained glass honoring Paige Patterson, conservative SBC leaders
Stained-glass windows at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary immortalizing leaders of the conservative resurgence within the Southern Baptist Convention have been removed.
Rick Warren criticized for hosting Rwanda president at Saddleback Church
California megachurch pastor and author Rick Warren is facing criticism for his decision to invite Rwanda President Paul Kagame to speak at Saddleback Church about the transformation of the Central African nation since the genocide against the Tutsi in 1994.
New Museum of the Bible exhibit to explore relationship between science and the Bible
The Museum of the Bible in Washington D.C. has announced plans for a year-long exhibition examining the often contentious relationship between science and the Bible over the course of history.
American missionary in Paraguay gunned down in home by suspected robber
An American Christian missionary in Paraguay was killed in his own home last week by a suspected robber after serving as a missionary for over 25 years, according to his sponsoring agency.
'Running from pimps': Colorado megachurch turns meth homes into a center for homeless moms
A nonprofit associated with a Colorado Springs megachurch has converted two former “methamphetamine houses” in the most violent part of town and incorporated them into a three-year-old program that is helping break homeless single mothers and their children out of the cycle of poverty.
Baltimore schools to allow transgender students to use preferred pronouns, locker rooms
Baltimore City Public Schools' board of commissions approved a policy that goes above state requirements by allowing transgender students to use their preferred names and pronouns and access locker rooms and bathrooms of the opposite sex.
Giant billboard launched in Times Square to oppose New York’s ‘abortion extremism’
The pro-life student association Students for Life of America is sponsoring a giant video advertisement this week in Manhattan’s Times Square, speaking out against New York’s “abortion extremism.”
Family fears health of US pastor imprisoned in China is deteriorating after Bible sent home
After over 10 years of ministering to prisoners in China, the family of American pastor David Lin is finally raising awareness and calling on the Chinese government to end his unjust imprisonment as they fear that his health may have taken a turn for the worse.
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