Samuel Smith
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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Franklin Graham Says Trump Should Not Release His Tax Returns: 'No Way'
Prominent evangelist Franklin Graham, the son of the legendary Billy Graham, is encouraging President Donald Trump not to release his tax returns, noting that releasing the tax returns would cause nothing but a distraction.
Baptist Missionaries From 3 States Biking Over 2,000 Miles to Help Kids in Nicaragua
Eleven Baptists have embarked on a 16-day motorbiking journey from Texas to Nicaragua to help raise funds for a youth sports ministry that serves over 2,000 at-risk children in the Central American nation.
Gordon College Dismisses Claim Faculty Senate Resigned to Show Solidarity With LGBT Activist Professor
Gordon College has criticized reports implying that its entire faculty senate resigned as a show of solidarity with an LGBT activist professor who was denied a promotion.
Christian Innovators Develop New Technology to Help Disabled People Walk Again
Christian innovators in Canada have developed a new device that will not only revolutionize the robotics industry but also help disabled people walk again.
Franklin Graham: About 7 Christian Families Remain in Iraq's Largest Christian Town
Evangelist Franklin Graham spent his Easter weekend touring churches and towns left desecrated and destroyed by the Islamic State terrorist organization in Northern Iraq and claimed that only about seven families remain in what used to be the largest Christian town in Iraq.
Wisconsin Police Station Removes 'Officer's Prayer' Amid Pressure From Atheist Group
A police station in Wisconsin has removed a "Police Officer's Prayer" display after the nation's largest secular legal organization filed a complaint that argued that such a display makes non-Christians feel like "outsiders in their own community."
Christians Homes Set on Fire in Muslim Mob Attacks on Believers in Egypt
Three homes were burned and eight Christians were injured when a Muslim mob attacked a Christian community in the town of Kom el-Loufy in Upper Egypt while on their way home from a prayer gathering, a leading persecution watchdog has reported.
Pakistani Christian Woman Forced to Marry Muslim Kidnapper Wins Freedom in Court
A Pakistani Christian mother of three who was abducted, raped, and forced into an Islamic marriage over two years ago has finally won her freedom after a court granted her a divorce from the man whom she was forced to marry.
Muslims in Jordan Guard Churches on Easter Sunday
Young Muslims across Jordan stood guard to protect churches on Easter Sunday so that Christians could celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ in peace.
Mariam Ibraheem Deplores Saeed Abedini's Public Tirade: 'This Is Not What the Bible Taught Us'
Mariam Ibraheem, the Sudanese Christian mother who was sentenced to death in 2014, says she's "disappointed" by Pastor Saeed Abedini's public "attacks" against leading evangelist Franklin Graham, church leaders, his ex-wife and others.