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 3, 2017
Franklin Graham: Christians in America Are 'Persecuted' by LGBT Agenda
Evangelist Franklin Graham said Tuesday that Christians in America who oppose the LGBT agenda are being "persecuted" and singled out "over and over and over again" for acting in accordance with their biblical convictions on sexuality.
May 3, 2017
Christian Mother Describes Moment ISIS Stole 3-Y-O Daughter Off Her Shoulders
A displaced Iraqi Christian mother is desperate to find her now 6-year-old daughter who was stripped from her by an Islamic State militant in 2014 as her family fled from their home in northern Iraq.
May 3, 2017
NFL Star Dez Bryant: God's Commandments Are Not 'Old Fashioned, but Well Fashioned'
Dallas Cowboys pro-bowl wide receiver Dez Bryant took to his social media accounts on Sunday to share his thoughts on what he learned at church that morning.
May 3, 2017
Navy Chaplain Punished Over Biblical Advice on Homosexuality Felt 'Betrayed' by America
The Navy chaplain who faced potential discharge after he voiced his biblical beliefs on sexuality during a counseling session says that he felt as if the country he served for over 19 years had "betrayed" him when he was slapped with potential career-ending charges for counseling in accordance with his faith.
May 3, 2017
Trump to Sign Religious Freedom Order on National Day of Prayer, Report Says
President Donald Trump is reportedly planning to sign a highly anticipated executive order on religious freedom on the National Day of Prayer, according to Politico.
May 2, 2017
Proposed Spending Bill Would Increase Abstinence Sex Education Funding by 50 Percent
The bipartisan federal spending bill being advanced by the GOP-led United States Congress would significantly increase funding for sexual education programs that teach children that the best way to avoid pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases is by avoiding sexual intercorse until marriage.
May 2, 2017
Christian Mother Asia Bibi's Death Sentence Appeal Delayed Again by Pakistan Supreme Court
Asia Bibi, the Christian mother imprisoned on death row in Pakistan, will have her appeal hearing delayed yet again after the nation's Supreme Court rejected a request for her case to be heard in early June.
May 1, 2017
16-Y-O Daughter of Nigerian Church Leader Forced Into Islamic Marriage by Sharia Court
The 16-year-old daughter of a Nigerian church leader was forcibly converted to Islam and married off to her Muslim boss by a Sharia court in the Niger state, a local news outlet has reported.
May 1, 2017
Activists Slam Pro-Life Majority Congress Over Spending Deal Funding Planned Parenthood
Pro-life leaders are "disappointed" that the Republican-led Congress is advancing a bipartisan spending bill that would allow Medicaid funds to continue to go to the nation's largest abortion provider.
May 1, 2017
Adventist Pastor Comes Out as Bisexual, Resigns Over Church's Biblical Teachings on Homosexuality
A female pastor at a Seventh-day Adventist church in Arizona has come out as bisexual and resigned from her position, saying that she has "come to a point of complete disagreement with the Adventist Church on their teachings about LGBT people."