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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Dec 22, 2017
20 Faith Leaders Warn Parents: Gender Ideology Is a 'False Idea' That Harms Children
A coalition of faith leaders from diverse backgrounds have come together to warn parents not to push gender transition on children, asserting that "gender ideology" is a "false idea" that's harmful to society because it is "sowing confusion and self-doubt."
Dec 21, 2017
Calif. Christian Baker Who Refused Gay Wedding Cake Can Keep Baking, for Now, Judge Rules
A Christian baker has won a temporary court victory against the state of California's attempts to force her to bake cakes for a same-sex wedding against her religious convictions.
Dec 21, 2017
BBC Vows to Have More Non-Christian Religious Programming on TV, Radio
The British Broadcasting Corporation has pledged to "enhance" its portrayal of religion in documentaries and drama series and its knowledge of religion in its news reporting.
Dec 21, 2017
9 Things You Need to Know About the Republican Tax Overhaul
With the most significant tax overhaul in three decades about the be signed into law by President Donald Trump, much is being said — good and bad — about whether the new tax bill will help or hurt Americans and their pocket books.
Dec 20, 2017
New Rule Forces Canadian Employers to Affirm Liberal Views on Abortion, LGBT Issues, Critics Say
Evangelical conservatives and pro-lifers in Canada are voicing concern that a new requirement put in place by the federal government would force organizations to "attest" to liberal beliefs on abortion and LGBT rights in order to receiving funding to give kids summer jobs.
Dec 20, 2017
6 Things to Know About the Shocking Allegations Concerning Obama, Hezbollah and Iran
Politico on Sunday reported that the Obama administration halted a federal law enforcement investigation into the illegal operations of the Iranian-backed terror group Hezbollah in order to secure the controversial 2015 nuclear agreement with the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Dec 20, 2017
Evangelical Support for Trump's Jerusalem Decision Is Not 'Theological,' Christian Leader Says
An evangelical leader, who serves as an informal adviser to the Trump administration, has written a lengthy defense of evangelical leaders' support for President Donald Trump's decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, rejecting claims that they favor Jews over Arabs.
Dec 19, 2017
MLB Star Cole Hamels Donates $9 Million Lake Home, 100 Acres to Christian Camp
Former World Series MVP and Major League Baseball all-star Cole Hamels and his wife, Heidi, have donated their nearly $10 million lake house and 100 acres of land in Missouri to a Christian camp that provides summer memories to individuals with special needs and chronic illnesses.
Dec 19, 2017
Christian Missionaries Give 244 Thai Sex Workers Chance to Escape 'Cultural Slavery'
A Virginia-based Christian humanitarian organization recently intervened in the lives of over 200 women and girls entrapped in Thailand's sex industry and helped offer them the opportunity of a lifetime to leave and find their true value in Christ.
Dec 19, 2017
50,000 Iraqi Christians Return to Nineveh Plains After Liberation From ISIS; 80,000 Still Displaced
Although it's been months since the Islamic State was pushed out of towns in Iraq once populated by Christians, about 80,000 Christians have yet to return home and remain displaced inside of the country as winter has arrived, according to a prominent Assyrian humanitarian.