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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Jan 2, 2017
Pakistan: Muslims Demand Shaan Taseer Be Killed for Anti-Blasphemy Post on Facebook
The son of a Pakistani governor who was assassinated over his opposition to the nation's blasphemy laws is now the subject of a fatwa calling for his death after he criticized the nation's blasphemy laws and voiced his support for its victims on Facebook.
Jan 2, 2017
Federal Judge Blocks Obama's Transgender Health Care Mandate
A federal judge in Texas has issued a nationwide injunction against the controversial Obamacare mandate that opponents say requires religious doctors to violate their medical judgement and religious beliefs to perform gender reassignment surgeries and other transgender procedures.
Jan 2, 2017
'Hand of God' Led Trump to Victory, Not Russian Hackers, 'Wiki-Leaky or Whatever,' Franklin Graham Says
Leading evangelist Franklin Graham says that president-elect Donald Trump won the 2016 election because of the "hand of God," not because of Russian hackers.
Dec 30, 2016
90,000 Christians Killed in 2016, 1 Every 6 Minutes: Study
Christians continue to be the most persecuted believers in the world with over 90,000 followers of Christ being killed in the last year, according to prominent Italian sociologist and author Massimo Introvigne.
Dec 30, 2016
Franklin Graham Wants Trump to Make America a Global 'Peacemaker' Again
Popular evangelist Franklin Graham is calling on President-elect Donald Trump to restore the United States to its role as a global peacemaker following what some have called one of the worst foreign policy presidencies in American history.
Dec 30, 2016
Robert Jeffress Says Israel Has Biblical Land Claim; John Kerry, Barack Obama 'on the Wrong Side of God'
Outspoken Texas megachurch pastor Robert Jeffress has accused President Barack Obama and Sec. of State John Kerry of putting America on the "wrong side of God" after the United States failed to veto a United Nations resolution condemning Israeli settlements in Palestinian territory East of Jerusalem.
Dec 30, 2016
30-Y-O Woman Beheaded in Afghanistan for Going Out in Public Without Husband
A harmless 30-year-old woman was senselessly decapitated with a bayonet by suspected Islamic militants in northern Afghanistan on Monday because she dared to shop at a local market with out being accompanied by a male family member.
Dec 30, 2016
Catholic Diocese Files Lawsuit Against Obama's Transgender Health Care Mandate
An organization representing over 60 Catholic archdioceses has filed a claim in federal court against a new Obamacare regulation that will force religious hospitals, religious orders and faith-based employers to perform or insure sex reassignment procedures and abortion services.
Dec 29, 2016
Franklin Graham, Paula White, Samuel Rodriguez to Participate in Trump Inauguration
The Presidential Inaugural Committee announced on Wednesday that six prominent religious leaders will participate in the swearing-in ceremony for President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President-elect Mike Pence on Jan. 20 in Washington, D.C.
Dec 28, 2016
NFL Star Ben Watson: We Must Teach 'Life Begins at Conception'
Christian NFL player Benjamin Watson says that despite the United States' acceptance of legalized abortion on-demand, the Church must continue teaching that "life begins at conception" and is urging Christians to "stand for what's right."