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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May 25, 2018
Royal Wedding Pastor Michael Curry Leads 'Reclaiming Jesus' Movement Against Racism, Misogyny, Xenophobia
Less than one week after speaking at the royal wedding in England, Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Michael Curry, along with a group of multiracial progressive faith leaders, led hundreds in a procession to the White House Thursday night to condemn racism, misogyny and the immorality of political leaders.
May 24, 2018
Fuller Seminary to Sell Pasadena Campus, Relocate in Move to Address Financial Concerns
Experiencing a decline in full-time students and rise in online enrollment, Fuller Theological Seminary in California has announced that it will sell its 13-acre campus in Pasadena that has been the school's home for 70 years.
May 24, 2018
Sen. Lankford Calls on NATO Ally Turkey to 'Act More Like North Korea'
Republican Sen. James Lankford of Oklahoma has called on the Turkish government to "act more like North Korea" and release imprisoned American pastor Andrew Brunson from prison.
May 23, 2018
So. Baptist Seminary Prof. Alvin Reid Resigns Over 'Personal and Spiritual Issues'
A longtime evangelism professor at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary in Wake Forest, North Carolina, has resigned from the school and stepped down from a pastoral role at his church, citing "personal and spiritual issues."
May 23, 2018
Trump Era Confusion on Evangelical Identity: NAE Makes Clarifying Statement
The National Association of Evangelicals on Tuesday clarified exactly who evangelicals are at a time when many in America have a misunderstanding of what the word really means.
May 23, 2018
Prison Fellowship Praises Democrats Who Voted for Reform Bill Backed by Trump White House
Prison Fellowship and criminal justice reform groups are praising the bipartisan passing of a comprehensive prison reentry reform bill backed by the White House in the United States House of Representatives Tuesday, even though there has been left-leaning criticism about the bill's lack of sentencing reform.
May 23, 2018
Trump Quotes Jeremiah 1:5 at Pro-Life Gala, Says 'Every Life Has Meaning'
President Donald Trump assured a prominent gathering of pro-life leaders and activists Tuesday night that the pro-life movement will "never fail" as long as "we keep trusting God" and quoted the Old Testament to argue that "every child is a precious gift from God."
May 22, 2018
Parents Outraged Over Transgender Book's Inclusion in Statewide School Reading Competition
Parents in Oregon have voiced outrage after a book about a transgender boy was included in a statewide reading competition for third through fifth grades, and at least two school districts have opted out of the competition because of the pro-LGBT book's inclusion.
May 22, 2018
Netflix's '13 Reasons Why' Shows Rape of Teen Boy With Mop Handle; Watchdog Demands Cancellation
A leading family television watchdog is calling on the online streaming service Netflix to pull its series "13 Reasons Why" as scenes in the show's second season show a teen being sodomized with a mop handle and the same teen plotting a school shooting in revenge.
May 22, 2018
'Miracle Girl' Walks Again on Her Own After Doctors Declared Her 99 Percent Brain Dead
An Australian girl who doctors said was almost completely brain-dead just over eight months ago has defied the odds by walking again on her own power. She's now known as the "miracle girl."