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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Apr 14, 2017
Muslim Prof. Resigns After Controversy Surrounding Suspended Christian Student
A Muslim professor at a Florida liberal arts college has resigned following a controversy involving a Christian student who claimed he was suspended for voicing disapproval with statements she made in class and a grade he received on a paper.
Apr 14, 2017
Missouri Gov. Ends Policy Banning Church-Owned Schools From Receiving Funds for Safety Upgrades
Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens has instructed the state government to allow funding associated with a secular playground aid program to be awarded to religious organizations, a move that relates to a case that will be heard by the U.S. Supreme Court on April 19.
Apr 14, 2017
Evangelical College's Entire Faculty Senate Resigns After LGBT Activist Professor Denied Promotion
Every member of Gordon College's faculty senate resigned from their senatorship last week in what is being labeled as a show of solidarity for a professor who claims that she was denied a promotion because of her criticisms about the school's policy on homosexuality.
Apr 14, 2017
Miss. Students Give Out Bibles at School Before Good Friday
Students at a public high school in Mississippi handed out Bibles to their classmates on Thursday after school officials had previously prevented the Christian student group from doing so last month.
Apr 13, 2017
Judge Orders CPS Return 7-Y-O Taken From Parents for Refusing School's Demands for Mental Diagnosis
A 7-year-old Ohio boy who was taken away from his family by child protective services after his parents refused his school's demand to get him mentally evaluated has returned home after a court hearing on Wednesday, his parents have said.
Apr 13, 2017
Senator to Trump: Remove Obama's 'Shame List' of Christian Colleges
A Republican senator has told President Donald Trump that the Department of Education must remove from its website a "shame list" of faith-based colleges that have asked for an exemption to Title IX discrimination law that was first published last year by the Barack Obama administration.
Apr 13, 2017
15 Felony Charges Against David Daleiden in California Are Bogus, Former Prosecutors Say
Two former Los Angeles area prosecutors have said that California's attorney general was wrong to charge pro-life activist David Daleiden and his associate with 15 felony charges for their undercover work that exposed Planned Parenthood's illegal aborted baby body parts reimbursement practices.
Apr 12, 2017
Some Evangelicals Left Church Over Trump, but Not the Ones You'd Expect
Some evangelicals left their church due to politics after last year's heated presidential election, but in unexpected ways.
Apr 12, 2017
MLB Hall-of-Famer Mike Schmidt Says Christian Players Were Stigmatized When He Played
Although Christian professional athletes today are not afraid to share their faith with the world, Philadelphia Phillies great Mike Schmidt explained last week that professional baseball players back in the '60s and '70s were much more hesitant to come out as Christians because of the negative stigma associated with faith in MLB clubhouses.
Apr 12, 2017
Kentucky PCUSA Congregation Being Kicked Out of Church Building After Rift Over Marriage Definition
A congregation in Kentucky could soon be evicted from its church building by its regional Presbyterian Church (USA) governing body after the congregation voiced disapproval with the denomination's decision to recognize and allow gay marriage.