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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Aug 25, 2018
Sudan: Court Orders Gov't Return Stolen Church Property to Evangelical Denomination
A court in Sudan has ruled that government authorities must return land and property confiscated from an evangelical church seven months ago.
Aug 24, 2018
Army Clears Chaplain of Career-Ending Charges Over Lesbian Marriage Retreat Controversy
The U.S. Army has cleared a chaplain and his assistant of "dereliction of duty" charges for rescheduling a marriage retreat because of the late addition of a same-sex couple.
Aug 24, 2018
Judge Orders Florida Prison to Allow Violent Transgender Inmate to Wear Bras, Panties
A federal judge accused a Florida prison system of bigotry when he ruled that a biological man convicted of attempted murder must be allowed to wear bras and panties in a men's prison and receive hormone therapy.
Aug 24, 2018
Catholic Charities of Buffalo Ends Adoption, Foster Services to Avoid Placing Kids With Gay Couples
Catholic Charities of Buffalo will no longer provide foster care and adoption services to new clients because a New York state law would force it to violate Catholic teachings on homosexuality and marriage.
Aug 24, 2018
ISIS Caliph Says Recent Losses Are Test From God, References Andrew Brunson in New Audio
Islamic State leader Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi has purportedly released his first audio recording since last year and suggests that the terror group's massive loss of territory in Iraq and Syria is a test of faith.
Aug 24, 2018
InterVarsity Launches '2030 Calling' to Plant Christian Fellowships at 2,500 US Colleges
InterVarsity Christian Fellowship has launched a "2030 Calling" — an initiative to bring Christian fellowships to all major college campuses in the United States in the next 12 years.
Aug 23, 2018
New Lawsuits Target States Discriminating Against Religious Schools in Funding Programs
Two federal lawsuits are taking aim at rules in Washington and Maine that critics say unconstitutionally discriminate against religious schools and faith-based organizations when it comes to access to public funding.
Aug 23, 2018
Saddleback Church Youth Mentor Convicted of Molesting Twin Boys
A former youth mentor at Rick Warren's Saddleback Church was convicted by a jury Wednesday of molesting twin teenage boys.
Aug 23, 2018
Lesbians Sue Christian Senior Center Over Biblically-Based Policy Banning Same-Sex Cohabitation
A Christian retirement care facility in St. Louis, Missouri, is being sued after it turned away a lesbian couple in accordance with its biblically-based housing policy.
Aug 22, 2018
Nigerian Pastor Killed by Gunmen Who Stormed Church, Kidnapped His Wife
A Baptist pastor in Nigeria was killed by gunmen who stormed his church and kidnapped his wife just days after a Catholic priest was killed while shopping in a grocery store.