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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US Charity to Provide $1 Million in Food to Help Displaced Iraqi Christians This Christmas
The World's largest Catholic fraternal service organization, Knights of Columbus, will give $1 million-worth of food supplements to an Iraqi archdiocese to ensure that thousands of Christians displaced from their homes by the Islamic State are able to enjoy the Christmas season a little bit better this year.
Prayer Stripped From School's Thanksgiving Performance After Atheist Group Complains
A school district in Arkansas removed a prayer thanking God from an elementary school's Thanksgiving program after it received a complaint from the nation's largest secular legal organization.
Stephen Baldwin Launches Road Trip Docuseries; Aims to Inspire Americans to Stop Judging People Before They Know Them
Born-again Christian actor Stephen Baldwin has launched a new 16-episode, road trip-themed television docuseries that aims to help Americans across the nation understand each other better in the wake of the heated 2016 election.
6 Christians Arrested After Praying for Sick Woman Lead Fellow Inmates to Christ, Report Says
Six Christians in India's Jharkhand state, who were reportedly jailed for a month simply for praying for a sick Hindu woman, have led fellow inmates to Christ by sharing the Gospel inside of prison, they claim.
Kenyan Christian Convert Disowned by Muslim Family After Giving Life to Christ Shares Her Story
A 21-year-old Kenyan who grew up in a strict Muslim household and was forced to pray five times per day is now paying the consequence that many from strict Muslim families experience when they leave Islam and give their lives to Christ, a Christian organization has reported.
Algeria Shuts Down Church Accused of Illegally Printing Bibles and Evangelism Materials
A church in the Northeastern African nation of Algeria has been closed down after authorities claimed that the church building was being used to print Bibles and other Christian materials.
Massachusetts Republican Gov. Signs Law Mandating Birth Control Coverage
Massachusetts became the first state in the nation to mandate birth control coverage in the wake of the Trump administration's move last month to provide religious employers a broader exemption to an Obamacare mandate requiring contraception coverage for employees.
High School Pressured by Atheist Group to Halt 'Adam and Eve' Marching Band Performance
The nation's largest secular legal organization is now pressuring a Georgia public school district to force a high school band director to change the theme of the band's performances because they have a biblical theme.
13 Christians Detained, Questioned After Chinese Police Raid Worship Service
Thirteen Christians were detained and taken to a police station in China's Guangdong province earlier this month after authorities raided their Sunday morning worship service.
Iraqi Christians Fear 'Shiafication' of Their Villages After Liberation From ISIS
An Iraqi Christian man who fled his hometown due to the rise of the Islamic State in 2014 says circumstances have gotten "even worse" for him and his Christian brothers and sisters following the liberation of Mosul and the surrounding Nineveh Plains.