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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May 11, 2017
US Embassy Officials Help Persecuted Chinese Christian Family Escape to America
United States government officials helped save a threatened Chinese Christian family from being deported back to China by sweeping them from detention in Thailand as Chinese security agents were coming to take them away.
May 11, 2017
81 Percent of Americans Concerned About Declining Moral Behavior in US
More than eight in 10 Americans admit that they have some level of concern that the morality in America is declining, a new survey by LifeWay Research shows.
May 11, 2017
Franklin Graham Reveals the 'Real Reason' Christians Are Being Persecuted
Leading evangelist Franklin Graham addressed persecuted Christians from over 130 countries gathered this week for the first-ever World Summit in Defense of Persecuted Christians and explained the "real reason" why so many people throughout the world are being killed, tortured and imprisoned for their faith in Christ.
May 10, 2017
College Students Told to Check Their 'Pee Privilege' on Campus
An Arizona college has denied involvement in placing inclusivity posters outside of on-campus bathrooms, one of which asks students and staff to check their "pee privilege" at the door.
May 10, 2017
Nearly 10,000 Yazidis Killed or Kidnapped by ISIS in 2014 Takeover, New Estimates Show
Almost 10,000 Yazidi men, women and children were killed or kidnapped by the Islamic State terrorist organization in just a matter of days when the jihadi death cult conquered Yazidi areas in Iraq in 2014, a new population-based study estimates.
May 10, 2017
New Roma Downey Film Documents Horrors Faced by Christians in Middle East
A new film produced by Roma Downey highlights at least a dozen first-hand accounts of how Christians are being brutally killed, raped, beaten and imprisoned for their faith in the birthplace of Christianity.
May 9, 2017
What Twitter Thinks About Evangelicals
Considering that the term "evangelical" means something different to different people, one scholar who studies the intersection between religiosity and political behavior has released an analysis showing how the word "evangelical" is being used by people on Twitter.
May 9, 2017
Abducted Priest Tom Uzhunnalil Says Health Is 'Deteriorating Quickly,' Pleads for Help in Video
Father Tom Uzhunnalil, the Catholic priest kidnapped last March by Islamic extremists in Yemen, appeared in a new video in which he pleads for help, saying that his health condition is "deteriorating quickly."
May 9, 2017
Catholic Schools Accused of 'Transphobia' for Canceling Play About Boy Who Dresses as a Girl
A Catholic school board is being criticized and accused of "transphobia" after it canceled an LGBT-themed play that was slated to be performed in five of its elementary schools.
May 8, 2017
Greg Laurie Details White House Dinner With Evangelicals, Trump Breaking Protocol
Laurie explained that he had to go through various forms of security just to enter the White House complex on Wednesday. But once he was in, he and other faith leaders were led to a small dining room.