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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Sep 28, 2017
Atheist Group Seeks Punishment After Texas Superintendent Prayed During Convocation Held at Megachurch
The nation's leading secularist group is asking for a Texas school board to punish a superintendent who prayed during a mandatory staff convocation held at a Texas megachurch.
Sep 28, 2017
African-American Pastor: NFL National Anthem Protests Are 'Not a Black Thing'
Virginia Bishop E.W. Jackson, an African-American who's known for his conservative political activism, has lambasted the NFL for allowing its players to "disrespect" the United States by protesting during the playing of nation anthem before games.
Sep 27, 2017
Nabeel Qureshi's Wife Says She Prayed for Husband's Resurrection Until His Burial
The widow of the late Christian apologist and New York Times best-selling author Nabeel Qureshi has shared lessons that God has taught her in the wake of her husband's death and explained that she continued to pray for her husband's resurrection in the seven days before he was buried.
Sep 27, 2017
Trump Making Situation 'Worse' for Iraqi Christians by Continuing Obama's Policies: Nina Shea
Iraqi Christian communities are in dire need of humanitarian and reconstruction assistance as they continue to receive a minimal amount of aid from the U.S., and as Iranian-backed militias and Shiite Muslims have moved into villages and towns where Christians once lived, a prominent human rights activist has warned.
Sep 27, 2017
Ex-Muslim Reveals Lies She Was Taught in Turkish School About Christians and Muhammad
A former Muslim, who renounced her faith as a young girl in Turkey and later accepted Jesus as her savior after living for years as an atheist, has opened up about her spiritual journey and also revealed the things she was taught and wasn't taught about Christians and the Muslim prophet as a kid.
Sep 26, 2017
LA Dodgers All-Star Clayton Kershaw: 'Jesus Is the Only True Way to Heaven'
Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher and three-time National League Cy Young Award winner Clayton Kershaw says that there is only one "true way" way to get to Heaven and that is through the Savior, Jesus Christ.
Sep 26, 2017
Filipino Priest Officiates First Mass Since Being Abducted by Islamic Terrorists in May
The Catholic priest who was abducted and held captive by Islamic State-aligned extremists for about four months in the Philippines officiated his first mass on Sunday since being rescued earlier this month.
Sep 25, 2017
6 Things to Know About Trump's Feud With the NFL
President Donald Trump ignited extreme outrage among National Football League players, coaches and owners over the weekend when he suggested during a trip to Alabama on Friday that players should be fired for kneeling in protest during the playing of the national anthem.
Sep 25, 2017
Benjamin Watson: Trump's NFL Comment Was 'Direct Attack on Our Brotherhood'
Baltimore Ravens tight end Benjamin Watson, a devout Christian and author, told ABC's "Good Morning America" on Monday that players around the National Football League felt as if President Donald Trump's national anthem comments on Friday were a "direct attack on our brotherhood."
Sep 25, 2017
James Dobson, Franklin Graham Praise Roy Moore Ahead of Alabama's Senate Runoff
Two prominent evangelical Christians are praising controversial former chief justice, Roy Moore, ahead of Alabama's Republican Senate primary runoff this Tuesday.