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 30, 2020
HUD to pay atheist group over $3K after settling lawsuit involving cabinet Bible study
A leading secular legal group says the Department of Housing and Urban Development has agreed to pay $17,800 after settling a lawsuit related to Secretary Dr. Ben Carson’s participation in a Bible study.
Apr 30, 2020
65% of Americans support Trump's pause on immigration during COVID-19: poll
A majority of Americans — as much as 65 percent — favor a temporary pause on most immigration to the United States as the coronavirus pandemic continues, according to two separate new surveys.
Apr 29, 2020
Biden accuser slams Hillary's endorsement; more sources back Tara Reade's sexual assault claims
The woman who claims Joe Biden reached under her skirt in 1993 has slammed Hillary Clinton after the former first lady gave her endorsement to the presumptive 2020 nominee during a town hall Tuesday.
Apr 29, 2020
College to pay 'Antifa' prof. who desired 'revenge' against evangelicals $25K
A college in Iowa has agreed to pay $25,000 to an adjunct professor who resigned after media coverage of controversial social media posts in which he indicated support for the militant leftist movement Antifa and a desire for “revenge” against evangelical Christians.
Apr 29, 2020
Cameroon admits soldiers, 'vigilantes' killed 10 kids, 3 women in massacre
Authorities in Cameroon admitted last week that soldiers were involved in the killing of three women and 10 children in a mid-February attack in the civil war-stricken Northwest province in which 21 people were reportedly killed and several homes were pillaged.
Apr 28, 2020
AG Barr threatens legal action against states COVID-19 orders that infringe on civil rights
U.S. Attorney General William Barr has threatened to take legal action against state officials who violate people's civil rights by taking draconian measures to enforce stay-at-home orders.
Apr 28, 2020
USCIRF urges State Dept. to name India on top religious freedom violators list
The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom has, for the first time since 2004, recommended that the State Department add India to its list of countries that engage in or tolerate egregious violations of religious freedom as persecution against Christians and Muslims escalates.
Apr 28, 2020
DeVos expands experimental college prison program backed by evangelical ministry
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has doubled the size of an experimental program praised by the nation’s largest evangelical prison ministry designed to make it easier for inmates to access college courses and degree programs to help prepare them for life after their release.
Apr 27, 2020
UNESCO, UAE begin reconstruction of historic Iraqi church destroyed by ISIS
Work has begun to rebuild a Christian church in Iraq destroyed by the Islamic State as part of a partnership between the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization and the Muslim-majority United Arab Emirates.
Apr 27, 2020
Texas father battles deceased ex-wife's fiancé for custody of 5-year-old daughter
A Texas father had his case heard before the state Supreme Court through video conferencing Wednesday as he seeks to keep full custody of his 5-year-old daughter after a lower court awarded joint custody to the fiancé of the child’s deceased mother.