Samuel Smith
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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An Indiana public school district has removed a banner advertising a local church from a high school football stadium after the nation's largest secularist legal group filed a complaint.
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Conservative evangelicals have been widely criticized for their support of President Donald Trump. Yet, many evangelical leaders have not been afraid to speak out against some actions Trump and his administration have taken since winning the 2016 election.
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At least nine worshipers were killed and over 50 others were injured after Islamic extremists conducted an attack on a church in southwestern Pakistan during a Sunday pre-Christmas service.
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Canadian Broadcasting Nixes 'Transgender Kids' Documentary After 'Transphobia' Complaints
The government-owned Canadian Broadcasting Corporation has canceled airing of a BBC documentary on transgender children after a non-binary filmmaker accused of the documentary of spreading "transphobia."
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Two Sudanese Christian families remain homeless after a Muslim judge ruled against their appeals of eviction from their homes in Omdurman, and said that a Muslim real estate investor can rightfully take ownership of the church-owned properties.
Doctor Accused of Slipping Abortion Pill Into Pregnant Girlfriend's Tea, Killing Baby
A New York woman is speaking out after her boyfriend of three years killed their unborn child by slipping an abortion pill into her drink.
7 Trump Accomplishments That Evangelicals Like
Evangelicals have drawn much criticism after a large majority of them voted for President Donald Trump in 2016, and as many evangelical leaders have acted as informal advisers to the administration. But with 2017 coming to a close, the administration has done much in its first year that conservative evangelicals are celebrating.
Benjamin Watson, Ravens Players Take 25 Underserved Families on Christmas Shopping Spree
Less than 24 hours after suffering a tough primetime loss to their rivals in Pittsburgh on Sunday night, a handful of Baltimore Ravens players, led by devout Christian tight end Benjamin Watson, gave over two dozen underserved families a big Christmas surprise on Monday.
Mike Pence Meets 12-Y-O Iraqi Christian Boy Whose House Was Burned Down by ISIS
A 12-year-old Iraqi Christian boy whose home was destroyed by the Islamic State met with Vice President Mike Pence on Wednesday and presented him with a gift.