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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May 3, 2016
Are Evangelical Churches Abandoning the Working Class?
As cycles of unemployment, poverty and death have set in on many working class communities across America,are churches overlooking their responsibilities to help alleviate the pain and suffering of plighted working class families?
Apr 30, 2016
Only 4 Percent of Evangelicals Think Trump Is 'Genuinely' Conservative, George Barna Says
One of the most prominent pollsters who focuses on the religious beliefs and behaviors of Americans says most evangelicals actually doubt that Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump is a conservative.
Apr 29, 2016
Pentagon Won't Court Martial Soldiers Who Killed 42 in Bombing of Afghan Hospital
A Pentagon investigation has found that war crimes were not committed last October when a U.S. aerial gunship killed 42 civilians during an accidental airstrike on a Doctors Without Borders hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan.
Apr 29, 2016
Donald Trump Manipulates 'Hatred' for 'His Own Political Advantage,' Jim Wallis, Christian Leaders Argue
Sojourners founder Jim Wallis and dozens of other liberal Christian leaders are condemning Donald Trump's manipulation of the public fear and resentment throughout the 2016 election as being "a moral and theological crisis" that "threatens the wellbeing" of the American society.
Apr 29, 2016
Hindu Radicals Douse Christian Pastor, Wife With Gasoline to Scare Them Into Converting
Hindu radicals in India doused a Christian pastor and his wife in gasoline in an attempt to force them to convert, a leading Christian human rights group has reported.
Apr 29, 2016
Illiberal Liberalism 'Can Only Survive by Doubling Down on Authoritarian Control,' Author Says
Today's liberals have betrayed the principles of free thought and open-mindedness they proclaim to profess by using "authoritarian control" to silence conservatives and others who don't share their opinions, conservative author Kim R. Holmes said Wednesday.
Apr 28, 2016
MLB Great Curt Schilling: ESPN Employs 'Some of the Biggest Racists in Sports Commentating'
After being fired by ESPN last week for publishing his opinion in support of North Carolina's transgender law, retired MLB pitcher Curt Schilling spoke out against his former employer Wednesday, saying the network employs some of the "biggest racists" in sports commentating.
Apr 28, 2016
Planned Parenthood: Cruz, Fiorina 'Embrace Rhetoric That Leads to Violence, Threats Against Abortion Providers'
Following Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz's announcement Wednesday that former GOP candidate Carly Fiorina is to be his vice-presidential running mate, the nation's largest abortion provider chastised the two staunch pro-lifers as "the most loathsome pair."
Apr 28, 2016
Manny Pacquiao Says He Loves Terrorists Who Plotted to Kidnap Him
An Islamic State affiliate group in the Philippines that beheaded a Canadian hostage earlier this week plotted to kidnap famed Christian boxer Manny Pacquiao or one of his children, the Pacific island country's president has warned.
Apr 28, 2016
Author Larry Taunton Denies Claim Atheist Christopher Hitchens 'Accepted God' Before Death
Evangelical author Larry Alex Taunton cleared up rumors that he claimed notorious atheist Christopher Hitchens "accepted God" before he died, in an interview with The Christian Post.