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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Feb 11, 2016
Police Threaten to Arrest Christian Family If Daughter Isn't Returned to Muslim Abductor in Pakistan
A Pakistani Christian mother of three who was kidnapped and forced into an Islamic marriage with her Muslim landlord last summer has escaped from her captor and is now in hiding.
Feb 11, 2016
Father of 5 Christian Children Seized by Norway Visits With Sons for First Time in Months
The father of five Romanian Pentecostal children who were taken into custody by the Norwegian government last year was finally allowed to visit with his two oldest sons for the first time in nearly three months.
Feb 11, 2016
Kim Davis Wins Battle Against ACLU to Keep Her Name Off Gay Marriage Licenses
A federal judge ruled Tuesday that controversial Kentucky clerk Kim Davis hasn't violated a court order by asking her office to issue same-sex marriage licenses that do not include her name and title.
Feb 11, 2016
Purdue University Staff Member Threatens to Rape Pro-Life Activist's Wife, Daughter and Great-Grandmother
A pro-abortion staff member at Purdue University has allegedly threatened to rape pro-life women in an online comment to an article posted by the pro-life website Live Action News.
Feb 10, 2016
Wheaton College 'Same God' Prof. Says Jesus Is Her Rock on Difficult Journey From Advent to Lent
Wheaton College announced Wednesday that it will create a scholarship in the name of former professor Larycia Hawkins, who has agreed to forgo her tenure and leave the school after being suspended in December for asserting that Christians and Muslims worship the same God.
Feb 10, 2016
Hijab-Wearing Barbie 'Hijarbie' Not a Symbol of Oppression, Says Creator
After the toy company Mattel gave the classic doll Barbie a dramatic makeover with a variety of skintones and body types last month, a woman in Nigeria has taken to Instagram to show Muslim girls how they can transform Barbie into a hijab-wearing icon they can identify with.
Feb 10, 2016
Atheist Lawmaker Told He Can't Lead House Opening Prayer Unless It's to God
An atheist state lawmaker in Arizona has been barred from offering a prayer at the beginning of legislative sessions after being told that prayers on the house floor must be directed toward God.
Feb 10, 2016
Evangelicals Favored Donald Trump, Ted Cruz in New Hampshire Primary
Not only was Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump victorious in the New Hampshire Republican primary election Tuesday, he was also the candidate most heavily favored by self-identified evangelical voters.
Feb 9, 2016
Principal Suspended for Criticizing Islam, Gays and Planned Parenthood Returns to School
A high school principal in Georgia returned to work on Monday after he was suspended in January for issuing Facebook posts that were critical of Muslims, the LGBT movement and the abortion giant Planned Parenthood.
Feb 9, 2016
10,000 Sign Petition Calling for Repeal of Washington's Statewide Transgender Bathroom Mandate
Over 10,000 people have signed a petition calling on Washington state to repeal a recently passed "first-of-its-kind" statewide regulation that makes it illegal for businesses and institutions to prohibit transgender individuals from using the bathrooms and changing areas designated for the opposite biological sex.