Samuel Smith
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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Christian Baker Facing Threats for Turning Down Gay Couple's Wedding Cake Order
The Christian owners of a Texas bakery say they have received threats against their business and family after they declined to bake a cake for a same-sex wedding in mid-February.
Obama's Safe-Sex Ed Policy Leads More Teens Into Poverty, Abstinence Activists Tell Congress
Several abstinence education advocates from all over the United States gathered on Capitol Hill Thursday to encourage Congress to create more parity in the country's lopsided sexual education funding and reject the president's proposal to cut funding for abstinence-only education.
Experts Offer 4 Theories of Evangelical Donald Trump Supporters
With Donald Trump receiving the most evangelical support in the last three Republican primaries, pundits are beginning to opine why more evangelicals are voting for a man who admits that he never asks God for forgiveness rather than staunch conservatives who frequently tout their faith such as Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio.
Donald Trump: IRS May Be Auditing Me Because I'm a 'Strong Christian'
After Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump's tax returns and IRS audit were a major topic during Thursday night's presidential debate, the billionaire real estate mogul said after the debate that the IRS may be targeting him because he is a "strong Christian."
Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio Tag Team Against Donald Trump at GOP Debate
With Donald Trump starting to run away with the lead in the 2016 Republican presidential primary election, Sens. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., and Ted Cruz, R-Texas, tag-teamed in presenting their cases for why it would be a mistake for the GOP to nominate the billionaire frontrunner during Thursday night's presidential debate.
MSNBC, FOX Aired TV Ad Urges State Dept. to Declare 'Genocide' ISIS' Christian Persecution
The Catholic organization Knights of Columbus and the human rights advocacy group In Defense of Christians have launched a national television ad campaign this week calling on the United States State Department to label the Islamic State's treatment of Christians as a "genocide."
ISIS Awards $10K to Winners of Quran Reciting Contest in Mosul
The Islamic State terrorist organization has reportedly awarded $10,000 to four winners of an IS Quran reciting contest in Iraq.
Google Chrome Extension Changes 'Pro-Life' to 'Anti-Choice' for Legal-Abortion Proponents
Pro-choicers can now avoid looking at the words "pro-life" on the internet thanks to a new Google Chrome extension.
Man Who Performed 1,200 Abortions Reveals Why Abortion Is Harmful for Women in 4 New Videos
The pro-life group Live Action released four videos Wednesday that feature a former abortion doctor explicitly detailing how the most prevalent abortion procedures inhumanely maim the bodies of innocent unborn babies.
John Kasich Tells Christian Bakers Who Refuse Gay Wedding to 'Move On,' 'Make Them a Cupcake'
Republican presidential candidate John Kasich said that social conservatives need to "move on" from the issue of gay marriage and Christian wedding vendors shouldn't deny service to same-sex weddings.