Samuel Smith
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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Nebraska principal who banned all things Christmas resigns
A Nebraska elementary school principal who sent an internal memo to teachers warning them not to use any Christmas-related messaging and activities in the classroom in December has resigned.
UK hospitals allowing men to stay in women-only wards if they identify as transgender
Hospitals in the U.K. are allowing male patients to be housed in women-only wards so long as they identify as female — a policy that has angered many women’s rights activists and patients.
New pro-life clothing brand offers alternative to companies that support Planned Parenthood
A new clothing line was launched this month that aims to be a social conservative, pro-family and pro-life alternative to major brands that support abortion, homosexuality or other left-leaning causes.
6 in 10 Americans want Roe v. Wade changed to allow abortion restrictions: poll
More than six in 10 Americans say they want the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark abortion ruling Roe v. Wade to be reinterpreted to allow additional restrictions on abortion, a new survey has found.
2020 Democrat presidential hopeful Tulsi Gabbard slammed for once supporting traditional marriage
Democrat Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard announced her intent to run for president in 2020 and has immediately faced heat for her involvement with her father’s advocacy group Alliance for Traditional Marriage when she was younger.
University lets people use bathrooms 'they deem they need to use,' opens 23 'all-gender' facilities
A public university in Ohio is letting people use whatever bathroom facility “they deem they need to use” in order to create a more “inclusive environment” and has also converted nearly two dozen restrooms into “all-gender” bathrooms.
California pastor ousted after ‘homosexuality is sin' church sign stirs protests
A northern California pastor has begrudgingly stepped down as members threatened to leave after he posted a church sign that called transgender celebrity Caitlyn “Bruce” Jenner a man and stated that “homosexuality is still a sin.”
New 'Visual Commentary on Scripture' website offers new way to study the Bible
A new $2 million web project launched by King's College London is offering users a new way to visually digest biblical Scripture through the analyses of classic and contemporary works of art.
Southwest Baptist U launches external evaluation to ensure 'theological integrity is intact'
Southwest Baptist University in Missouri is launching an “external peer assessment committee” to lead the institution through evaluation and discussion of orthodoxy to ensure that its “theological integrity is intact” following the firing of a theologically conservative professor.
European court rules against Christian homeschool family forced to send kids to school
The European Court of Human Rights ruled against a Christian homeschool family whose children were removed from the home and forced into a government-approved education program.