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.

Latest

May 31, 2020
How a missionary imprisoned in Sudan brought prisoners to Christ
Czech missionary Petr Jasek admits there was a time he doubted if he would survive his over year-long imprisonment under Sudan’s Islamic regime from December 2015 to February 2017.
May 30, 2020
Church settles lawsuit with nonreligious family over ‘forced’ baptism
An Ohio church has settled a lawsuit brought against it by a non-religious family that alleged their son suffered trauma after he was baptized in a full water baptism when he was 11 years old.
May 29, 2020
Islamic rebels kill at least 57 in attacks on civilians in DRC
At least 57 people were killed this week in attacks carried out by an Islamic rebel group in the northeast Democratic Republic of Congo as escalating violence near the Ugandan border has displaced hundreds of thousands of people so far this year.
May 29, 2020
Brazil: Judge blocks missionary's appointment to head indigenous tribes agency
A judge in Brazil has blocked the appointment of a former Christian missionary and pastor to head country’s federal indigenous affairs agency after concern was raised by advocacy groups that oppose evangelical outreaches to tribes in the Amazon.
May 29, 2020
Ill. eases worship service restrictions after churches turn to Supreme Court
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker has eased restrictions on in-person worship services in new coronavirus stay-at-home guidelines after churches appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court for relief.
May 29, 2020
Trump signs executive order to punish social media censorship
President Donald Trump signed a new executive order Thursday urging federal agencies to hold social media companies accountable for censoring political viewpoints despite reported opposition within the White House.
May 28, 2020
Iranian teen beheaded by father in 'honor killing' sparks international outrage
The beheading of a 14-year-old girl in Iran by her father after she ran away with an older man who allegedly groomed her has sparked international outrage.
May 28, 2020
20 Christians killed, others injured or missing in Fulani attacks that displaced 20,000
Armed Fulani herdsmen attacks on farming villages in the Kaduna state of Nigeria have continued as reports suggest that at least 20 people were killed in a series of attacks last week.
May 27, 2020
Costa Rica becomes first Central American country to legalize same-sex marriage
Costa Rica became the first Central American country to officially legalize same-sex marriage on Tuesday as a 2018 court decision striking down the country’s ban on gay marriage has gone into effect.
May 26, 2020
Over 100 coronavirus infections traced to evangelical church, German officials say
Over 100 cases of coronavirus have been traced back to a May 10 evangelical church service in Frankfurt, Germany held after the easing of gathering restrictions, according to government officials.