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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Mar 22, 2018
Boko Haram Frees Over 100 Schoolgirls, Holds Christian Captive for Refusing to Renounce Christ
The Islamic State-aligned Boko Haram on Wednesday released over 100 schoolgirls kidnapped from their boarding school in Nigeria last month. However, a Christian girl in the group was reportedly not released because she refused to renounce her faith in Christ.
Mar 22, 2018
Bill Requiring 'In God We Trust' Display in Public Schools Passed by Tennessee Lawmakers
The general assembly in Tennessee has passed a bill that if signed into law by Republican Gov. Bill Haslam would require schools to prominently display the motto "In God We Trust" on campus.
Mar 22, 2018
North Carolina Church Halts CBF Funding Because New LGBT Hiring Policy Is Too 'Discriminatory'
A Baptist church in North Carolina has discontinued funding to the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship because the congregation feels the organization's new hiring policy opening the door to LGBT employees is still too discriminatory.
Mar 22, 2018
7 Christians Injured After Muslim Men Open Fire on Pakistani Church, Beat Congregants With Bricks
Seven Christians were injured this Sunday in the Punjab province of Pakistan after a group of enraged Muslim men attacked and beat worshipers with bricks and even "opened fire" on them as they were leaving their worship service.
Mar 21, 2018
Abortion Clinic Investigated for Using Car to Transfer 'Infectious Waste' at Local Gas Station
An abortion clinic in Greenville, South Carolina, has been cited by the state for the alleged illegal transportation of "infectious waste" in passenger vehicles and transfer of the contents at a nearby gas station.
Mar 21, 2018
Ben Carson: HUD Homeless Shelter Transgender Policy Must Not 'Impede' Privacy Rights of Others
Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson said Tuesday that his agency is looking to ensure that protections for transgender people in homeless shelters won't trample the privacy rights of other homeless men and women.
Mar 21, 2018
IMB Missionary Couple Die in Car Crash on Way to Theological Training in Africa
A Baptist missionary couple from Missouri, who gave their lives to plant churches and spread the Gospel across Africa, died last week in a car accident in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Southern Baptist Convention's International Mission Board announced.
Mar 21, 2018
University Reverses Ban on Conservative Student Who Said There Are Only 2 Genders
Indiana University of Pennsylvania has reversed course after barring a conservative student from a religious studies course who voiced his belief that there are only two genders.
Mar 21, 2018
Prison Fellowship CEO: Trump's Death Penalty for Drug Dealers Plan 'Doesn't Make Any Sense'
Prison Fellowship President James Ackerman has voiced concern with President Donald Trump's new plan to impose the death penalty on drug traffickers when it is appropriate to do so under current law.
Mar 20, 2018
UMC Committee Ordered to Rehear Case Against Gay Pastor to Determine if He's Unfit for Ministry
Practicing homosexual Cincinnati pastor David Meredith is once again at risk of losing his job because of his gay marriage after a regional United Methodist Church appeals court on Monday ordered the West Ohio Committee on Investigation to rehear the case to determine if he is fit for ministry.