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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Jul 20, 2017
Evangelical Advisory Board Pressured Trump Admin to Not Deport Iraqi Christians
Members of President Donald Trump's evangelical advisory council have directly voiced their concerns to the administration about its efforts to deport over 100 Iraqi Christians back to a nation in which they could face persecution for their faith in Christ.
Jul 20, 2017
Should Movies Showing People Smoking Be Rated-R?
A Center for Disease Control report released this month has renewed pressure on the Motion Picture Association of America to change its film rating system so that movies with smoking or tobacco use be given an R rating. However, one family media watchdog has warned against such a change.
Jul 19, 2017
ISIS Sex Slave 'Bill of Sale' Emerges in Mosul Showing 20-Y-O Sold for $1,500
A receipt for an Islamic State jihadi's purchase of a 20-year-old woman from another man has been circulating online and provides insight into how the terrorists sold women and girls in the now liberated city of Mosul.
Jul 19, 2017
Transgender Troop Delay Due to 'Disagreement on the Science,' General Tells Congress
The delay in admitting transgender people into the military is due to scientific disagreements over the best treatments for gender dysphoria, a general testified to Congress.
Jul 19, 2017
Kellyanne Conway Says Her Job Would Be 'More Difficult' If She Wasn't 'a Person of Faith'
President Donald Trump's senior adviser, Kellyanne Conway, says that ignoring the criticisms that come with her job would be more difficult if it were not for her faith in Jesus Christ.
Jul 18, 2017
Evangelical Leaders Praying for Trump 'Bordering on Heresy,' Liberal Pastor Says
According to liberal Christian civil rights leader Rev. William Barber II, evangelical leaders who gathered at the White House to pray over President Donald Trump last week have violated "the sacred principles of religion" and have committed "theological malpractice."
Jul 18, 2017
American ISIS Radical Pleads Guilty to Murdering Neighbor in North Carolina
A North Carolina man who was sentenced to life in prison last month for planning to carry out a mass murder in the name of the Islamic State has plead guilty and given a second life sentence for murdering his elderly neighbor in December 2014.
Jul 18, 2017
Eric Metaxas: Teen Vogue Made 'Pact With Satan' by Publishing Sex Guide
Conservative radio host and bestselling author Eric Metaxas has accused Teen Vogue of making a "pact with Satan" by teaching young girls to have anal sex in a recently published how-to guide.
Jul 18, 2017
Kidnapped Indian Priest Tom Uzhunnalil Is Still Alive, Yemeni Official Says
A top Yemeni official has declared that Father Tom Uzhunnalil, an Indian priest kidnapped by Islamic militants during an attack on a Missionaries of Charity retirement home in March of 2016, is still alive despite previous reports of his deteriorating health.
Jul 18, 2017
Christians Barred From Seeking Asylum After Leaving Refugee Camp Amid Harassment by Muslim Migrants
A Christian charity is pressuring the Greek government to change a policy that is preventing homeless Christian refugees who fled persecution, bullying and threats inside the Moria refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesbos from being able to apply for asylum and gain help via the United Nations.