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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Jun 29, 2017
North Carolina Magistrates Don't Have to Perform Gay Weddings, US Appeals Court Rules
A federal appellate court has dismissed a lawsuit that challenged a North Carolina law that grants religious freedom exemptions to government officials who refuse to perform same-sex wedding ceremonies on grounds that it would violate their religious beliefs.
Jun 29, 2017
Trump Justice Dept. Honors Transgender Student Gavin Grimm, NC Bathroom Bill Opponents
The Department of Justice hosted an Wednesday event honoring a transgender high school student who sued a Virginia school district for the right to access the boy's bathroom.
Jun 29, 2017
North Carolina Man Plotted to Create 'Islamic State of North America,' Kill Hundreds
A 21-year-old North Carolina man who was sentenced to life in prison for plotting a terrorist attack was planning to unveil the "Islamic State of North America" by carrying out an attack that could have killed hundreds of innocent people, court records indicate.
Jun 29, 2017
Liberty Counsel Sues GuideStar for Applying 'Hate Group' Label
The conservative Christian legal nonprofit Liberty Counsel has filed a lawsuit against GuideStar USA for applying the Southern Poverty Law Center's "hate group" label to the organization's profile on GuideStar.org, a leading charity information website.
Jun 29, 2017
Jay Sekulow's Christian Nonprofit Under Investigation by 2 States for Paying Family Millions
President Donald Trump's attorney and prominent Christian conservative lawyer Jay Sekulow is now being investigated by top lawyers in two states after a report surfaced this week claiming that millions of dollars were steered from his Christian nonprofit to himself, family members and related entities.
Jun 28, 2017
160 Christians Arrested During Eritrea's Fresh Crackdown on Christianity
Human rights groups have reported that the number of Christians arrested in the Eastern African nation of Eritrea since the government began its most recent crackdown against Christians in May has reached at least 160.
Jun 28, 2017
Yale Sues Gov't for Requiring Certain Number of Gender-Assigned Bathrooms
The prestigious Yale University has sued the state of Connecticut in hopes that it will be granted relief from a state policy preventing it from categorizing all single occupancy restrooms on its campus as gender neutral.
Jun 28, 2017
ISIS-Linked Jihadis Desecrate Another Catholic Church in Philippines
Islamic militants in the Philippines who are affiliated with ISIS have desecrated a Catholic church last week when 300 radicals attacked the village of Malagakit on the island of Mindanao.
Jun 27, 2017
Movement Toward Dalit Emancipation in India Can't Be Halted, Bishop D'Souza Says
The issue of India's discriminatory Hindu caste system in which hundreds of millions of people are oppressed second-class citizens is now "occupying center space" in India's national politics as two politicians from India's lowest caste have been nominated to be the nation's president.
Jun 27, 2017
Atheist Group Complains About Anne Graham Lotz Prayer Event at Sheriff's Office
The Wisconsin-based Freedom From Religion Foundation pressured a North Carolina Sheriff's office to make changes to a prayer event scheduled to be held on its premises that featured Billy Graham's daughter and evangelist Anne Graham Lotz.