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.

Latest

Mar 11, 2019
Al Mohler explains why he didn’t sign John MacArthur’s anti-social justice statement
Southern Baptist Theological Seminary President Al Mohler explained why he did not sign last summer’s John MacArthur-led statement condemning evangelicals' embrace of social justice as dangerous to the Gospel.
Mar 10, 2019
Michael Curry, church leaders call for national fast amid threat of ‘constitutional crisis’
Episcopal Church leader Michael Curry, Sojourners founder Jim Wallis and a group of left-leaning church leaders are calling for Christians nationwide to pray, fast, and apply Lenten spiritual practices to prepare for a "constitutional crisis."
Mar 9, 2019
Family continues ministry of missionary killed in Africa 3 years ago; 1,000 kids helped
It’s been over three years since American missionary Michael Riddering was among dozens of Christians killed by al-Qaeda in West Africa. But today, his ministry to the orphaned and poor there continues with the help of his family.
Mar 8, 2019
NewSpring Church had 4 volunteers charged with sex crimes against minors
Amid lawsuits concerning oversight of a daycare volunteer caught sexually abusing children, at least three other men who volunteered at NewSpring Church in South Carolina in the past have been accused of sexual misconduct with minors.
Mar 8, 2019
South African court rules Dutch Reformed Church’s gay marriage ban is unconstitutional
A court in South Africa ruled Friday that the Dutch Reformed Church’s rules against same-sex marriage are “unlawful and invalid.”
Mar 8, 2019
Appeals court: Judge ‘abused discretion’ by denying trans teen’s name change
An appeals court in Ohio has overturned a judge’s decision to deny a trans-identified teenager preparing to go through hormone therapy a legal name change until the age of 18.
Mar 7, 2019
22 states sue Trump rule stripping Planned Parenthood of Title X funding
Twenty-two states and the District of Columbia are suing to try to block the Trump administration from enforcing a new rule that would shift millions in Title X family planning funding away from Planned Parenthood and to faith-based clinics.
Mar 7, 2019
Evangelical university blocks lecture by pro-life activist Star Parker
An evangelical university in Minnesota has blocked a conservative student group from hosting a lecture by African-American pro-life activist Star Parker because of her “radically” held beliefs.
Mar 7, 2019
Christians who don’t have a ‘passed-down’ faith have stronger theological convictions, Barna finds
Christians who grew up in homes where Christianity was incorrectly modeled and those who didn’t have their faith formed by relatives in their home are more likely to have stronger “theological convictions” than Christians who say their faith was “passed down” to them, new research has found.
Mar 7, 2019
India: Evangelical network reports increase of Christian persecution in 2019
Reported cases of persecution and hate crimes against Christians in India have steadily increased by about 57 percent to the first two months of 2019, an advocacy group has warned.