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 15, 2018
Congregants Upset Over 'Crucified Stormtrooper' at Church's 'Stations of the Cross' Exhibit
Several congregants at a historic church in London were offended that a Star Wars "Stormtrooper" crucifixion was being displayed as part of a "Stations of the Cross" exhibit that opened to the public Thursday.
Mar 15, 2018
Parents Barred From Questioning 'Gender Identity' Changes at Virginia School District Meeting
Concerned parents in a Virginia suburb of Washington, D.C. were barred during a recent committee hearing from questioning a motion to replace the terms "biological sex" and "biological gender" with the phrase "sex assigned at birth" in public school curriculum.
Mar 14, 2018
Tony Perkins: Media Using Trump Porn Star Controversy to 'Shame Evangelicals' Into Silence
Evangelical leader Tony Perkins said Monday that the mainstream media is trying to use President Donald Trump's alleged affair with porn star Stormy Daniels to "shame evangelicals for their political participation" in hopes it will back them into a corner of silence.
Mar 14, 2018
School Ban on Transgender Teen Using Boys' Locker Room Hinders 'Social Transitioning,' Judge Rules
A federal judge stated Monday that federal discrimination law should allow a Maryland transgender student to choose a locker room based upon gender identity rather than biological sex.
Mar 14, 2018
Turkey Seeks Life Sentence for Imprisoned American Pastor Andrew Brunson
The Turkish government is seeking a life sentence for American Pastor Andrew Brunson, who rights advocates say has been unjustly imprisoned since December 2016 on false charges of espionage and terrorism.
Mar 14, 2018
Universities Encourage Pregnant Athletes to Get Abortions, Don't Fully Explain Title IX Rights
Pro-life activists are warning that pregnant college student-athletes are not being fully informed about their rights under Title IX law and, in some cases, even being encouraged to get abortions by advisers within their institutions.
Mar 13, 2018
State Supreme Court Says Tax Dollars Can't Repair Church's Historic Stained Glass Windows
The Massachusetts Supreme Court has ruled that one of the nation's leading secularist legal groups is entitled to an injunction barring the town government in Acton from granting public funds to preserve stained glass windows in a church that has been a staple of the town since 1846.
Mar 13, 2018
Iraqi Christian Family Stabbed to Death by Armed Men in Targeted Attack
An Iraqi Christian family of three was stabbed to death in their Baghdad home last week by a group of armed men in what is a continuing trend of persecution against the town's Christian community.
Mar 13, 2018
Muslim Radical-Turned-Christian Shares How God Saved Him From Jihad, Suicidal Depression (Interview)
Jay says it's a "miracle" that he came to faith in Christ.
Mar 12, 2018
Bono Apologizes as Accusations of Sexual Coercion, Bullying Surround His Anti-Poverty Charity
Christian rock star Bono, the frontman of the popular Irish rock band U2, voiced his outrage last weekend as allegations of abuse, sexual coercion and bullying surrounding the global anti-poverty charity he co-founded.