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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Black and White Baptist Churches Hold Joint Service, Discuss Twofold Remedy for Racism
Two predominantly white and black church congregations came together for joint worship on Sunday as pastors from both churches offered messages on how Christians can pave the way for racial healing in America.
Paige Patterson to Teach Ethics Course at Southern Evangelical Seminary After SWBTS Firing
Influential yet now controversial evangelical theologian Paige Patterson will co-teach an ethics course this month at Southern Evangelical Seminary in North Carolina just months after he was fired from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary.
Turkey Airstrikes Target Iraqi Christian Villages; Activists Call for War Crimes Investigation
The Turkish military launched airstrikes targeting Iraqi Christian villages in northern Iraq, a rights group warned.
Trump Admin Transporting Hundreds of Unaccompanied Immigrant Kids to Texas Tent City
The Trump administration has moved hundreds of undocumented immigrant children in the middle of the night from foster shelters to a tent city in Texas designed to house as many as 3,800 kids.
African-American Men More Religious Than White Women Despite Gender Gap, Data Shows
While data has shown that women tend to be more religious than men, a new analysis shows that black men tend to be more "highly religious" than white and Hispanic women.
New Jersey's Transgender School Guidance Usurps Parents' Rights, Ex-Gay Activist Warns
The state of New Jersey instructed schools Wednesday to use the preferred names and pronouns of transgender students without the need for parental consent.
Evangelical Groups Spending Millions to Drive Social Conservative Turnout for 2018 Midterms
Conservative evangelical grassroots organizations will spend millions of dollars in the coming weeks in an attempt to drive conservative Christian turnout for the 2018 midterm elections this November.
China Trying to 'Rewrite the Bible,' Force Churches to Sing Communist Anthems
The Chinese government is supervising a five-year plan to make Christianity more compatible with socialism in which there will be a "rewrite" of the Bible, a prominent religious freedom activist has told Congress.
Norway Returns Son, Daughter to Mom After Psychiatrist Is Convicted of Child Porn Charges
The Norwegian government has agreed to review several cases of children who were separated from their parents following the recommendations of a psychiatrist who was later convicted of child pornography crimes.
Dallas Theological Seminary Settles Lawsuit After Graduate Sexually Abused Boys as Pastor
Dallas Theological Seminary in Texas has settled another lawsuit accusing the evangelical institution of allowing a child molester to graduate and not informing police or his future employer of his past.