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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Dec 21, 2016
Obama Denounces Political Correctness But Calls Conservatives Hypersensitive, Too
President Barack Obama has spoken out against political correctness, expressing concern in a recent interview that many Americans, and not just liberals, are too quick to stifle political debate by discrediting political views that they don't agree with.
Dec 21, 2016
ISIS Burns 4 Men Alive in Front of Their Parents
The Islamic State terrorist organization forced the families of four men accused of aiding United States-backed enemy forces to watch their loved ones as they were lit aflame and burned alive in a public execution carried out by militants in Syria on Tuesday.
Dec 21, 2016
UK Megachurch Loses $4.8 Million in Ponzi Scheme Promising 55 Percent Return in 1 Year
A 12,000-member megachurch in Britain lost the equivalence of $4.8 million in charitable funds after trustees carelessly invested money in what later turned out to be a ponzi scheme headed by a former Premier League soccer player.
Dec 21, 2016
Muslim Woman Brings Christmas to 50 Christian Widows in Nigeria
A Muslim woman in Nigeria has donated food to 50 Christian widows and their families to help them celebrate the Christmas season.
Dec 20, 2016
Repealing HB 2 Will Allow the Left to Target Religious Freedom, Benham Brothers Warn
Outspoken Christian real estate entrepreneurs and North Carolina residents Jason and David Benham have spoken out against North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory's call for the state legislature to repeal the state's highly controversial transgender bathroom law, H.B. 2.
Dec 19, 2016
Pagan Priest Wins Religious Freedom Right to Wear Goat Horns in DMV Photo ID
A pagan man in Maine has been given the right to wear a pair of goat's horns in his government-issued identification card on religious grounds.
Dec 19, 2016
Iraqi Muslim Erects Giant Christmas Tree in Baghdad to Show Solidarity With Christians
A wealthy Muslim businessman has purchased and erected what is now known as the tallest Christmas tree in Baghdad in order to show solidarity with the persecuted Iraqi Christian community and help Iraqis forget the "anguish" caused by the conflict with the Islamic State in the Nineveh province.
Dec 19, 2016
Transgender Bathroom Compromise in NC: Charlotte Repeals Ordinance, Legislature Repeals HB2
A compromise has been reached in North Carolina's battles over transgender bathroom use. The city of Charlotte will repeal its controversial ordinance and the state government will repeal the law passed in reaction to that ordinance.
Dec 19, 2016
Democrats Twice as Likely to 'Unfriend' People on Facebook After Election: Survey
Democrats were twice as likely to "unfriend" or block somebody on social media sites because of their political postings following the 2016 election and are five times more likely to avoid certain family members this Christmas because of conflicting political views, a new poll has found.
Dec 16, 2016
Over 40 Evangelical Leaders Issue Support for Donald Trump's EPA Pick Scott Pruitt
Over 40 evangelical leaders are encouraging President-elect Donald Trump to stick by his appointment of Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt to be the next administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency despite liberals' claims that Pruitt is a climate change "denialist."