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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Jan 4, 2018
Fertility Experts Demand UK Gov't Pay to Freeze Eggs of Transgender Men Who Want Biological Children
Fertility experts in the U.K. are advising the National Health Service to provide free egg storage for women who are physically transitioning to look like men so that it's still possible for them to have children biologically related to them after they become sterile.
Jan 4, 2018
Kansas School District Halts Bible Giveaway After Secular Group Complains on Behalf of Parents
A school district in Kansas has put an end to its yearly Bible giveaway at a public elementary school after it received a complaint from one of the nation's leading secular legal organizations.
Jan 3, 2018
Teen Sisters Tied Up for Days by Family in Laos for Going to Church, Refusing to Deny Jesus Christ
Two Christian sisters in the Asian nation of Laos say they were tied up and left outside for days by their family simply because they refused to renounce their new-found faith in Jesus Christ, a leading persecution watchdog group has reported.
Jan 3, 2018
Louisiana AG Releases New Guidance Telling Students They Can Pray Freely in School
Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry and U.S. Rep. Mike Johnson, R-La., have teamed up to produce a 15-page guide that seeks to alleviate the "confusion" about the religious freedom rights of students and teachers in public schools.
Jan 3, 2018
Mennonite Church USA's Largest Conference Leaves Denomination Over Homosexuality
The largest Mennonite conference in the United States has officially split from the Mennonite Church U.S.A. over changing views on homosexuality.
Jan 3, 2018
Alaska Town Forgoes Funding Church Renovation After Atheist Group Complains
An Alaskan city council has reneged on a plan to give a historic local church funding to repair the the outside of the building after the nation's leading secularist group voiced a complaint.
Jan 3, 2018
FEMA to Allow Churches to Receive Disaster Relief After Key Policy Change
The United States Federal Emergency Management Agency announced Tuesday that it will allow houses of worship to apply for federal natural disaster assistance, a move that comes as three churches and two synagogues have filed lawsuits in the wake of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma.
Jan 2, 2018
Businessman Starts New Christian College to Tackle Epidemic of Students Losing Faith
A new college founded on "the biblical vision of Christian discipleship" will open up in the heart of Boston next fall and will offer conservative Christians devoted to seeking a "classical" Christian education an alternative to America's "broken" higher education system.
Jan 2, 2018
2 Coptic Christians Killed by Gunman in Egypt Days After Cairo Church Attack
Just days after 11 people were killed during an attack targeting Christians in Cairo, two more Coptic Christians were killed by a gunman in Egypt on New Year's morning in Cairo's twin city.
Jan 2, 2018
Evangelist Sues Georgia Gov't After Being Banned From Preaching on Public Sidewalk
A Christian street preacher has filed a federal lawsuit against government authorities in the state of Georgia after he says he was banned from preaching outside outside of a park while a music festival was being held.