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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Dec 8, 2018
Liberty U. hires ex-Ole Miss football coach who used school phone to call escort service
Liberty University has hired former Ole Miss football coach Hugh Freeze, who is accused of using a school phone to call an escort service, as the next Liberty Flames head coach.
Dec 7, 2018
VGF Church founder had illegal relationship with teen student, impregnated her after graduating
More details have emerged about the “sinful” and “illegal” actions committed by the founder of one of the largest churches in Licking County, Ohio, that led to his resignation in October.
Dec 7, 2018
Franklin Graham defends Trump not reciting Apostles' Creed: 'The pharisees are after POTUS'
Leading evangelist Franklin Graham has come to the defense of President Donald Trump who did not recite the Apostles' Creed at former President George H.W. Bush’s funeral.
Dec 7, 2018
Michigan superintendent defends school's 3 Wise Men display after activist's complaint
A Michigan school district is being pressured to remove a Three Wise Men display sitting on top of an elementary school but the superintendent is defending it.
Dec 6, 2018
Megachurch Pastor Fred Herron enters rehab, admits 'moral failing' to his wife
A Kansas City evangelical megachurch pastor has been placed on an indefinite leave of absence as he seeks help at an addiction treatment facility after confessing to a “moral failure” to his wife and church leaders.
Dec 6, 2018
Illinois town cancels trip to Ken Ham's Ark Encounter, Creation Museum after atheists file complaint
An Illinois town has canceled a trip to the Answers in Genesis Creation Museum and Ark Encounter in Kentucky after one of the nation’s leading atheist legal groups filed a complaint.
Dec 6, 2018
One of the oldest English copies of the Bible sells at auction for over $47,000
A rare copy of one of the first New Testaments to be published in English has sold to a private collector for the equivalent of nearly $48,000.
Dec 6, 2018
Nebraska principal bans all things Christmas, says candy canes symbolize Jesus
A school district in Nebraska has clarified that a principal’s recent directives to teachers effectively banning all Christmas and other religious holiday symbols violate school board policy.
Dec 5, 2018
George HW Bush personally asked Michael W Smith to sing 'Friends' at his funeral
Attendees of President George H. W. Bush’s funeral on Wednesday were serenaded by Grammy Award-winning Christian singer-songwriter Michael W. Smith at the late president’s request.
Dec 5, 2018
2 Azusa Pacific University trustees resign, cite institution's 'drift' from Christian principles
Two Azusa Pacific University trustees resigned last week claiming that the Southern California evangelical institution has “drifted” from its mission and foundation through the promotion of liberal ideology.