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 25, 2020
Christian Aid furloughs 20% of UK staff to continue int'l work during COVID-19 outbreak
The U.K.-based humanitarian organization Christian Aid will furlough about one-fifth of its U.K. staff and temporarily cut wages of still-employed staff to help ensure its “core international work” can continue amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Apr 24, 2020
Most Protestant pastors believe global warming is 'real and man-made,' LifeWay finds
A majority of Protestant pastors somewhat agree that global warming is real and caused by humans, according to polling data released by LifeWay Research this week showing a divide in the beliefs of evangelical and mainline leaders.
Apr 24, 2020
New Spring Church turns campuses into blood donation centers during COVID-19 pandemic
The South Carolina megachurch NewSpring Church is hosting blood drives at its campuses across the state through a partnership with a local nonprofit that has issued an urgent call for blood donations amid the novel coronavirus outbreak.
Apr 24, 2020
4 killed, 36 houses destroyed as Fulani radicals raid another village in Nigeria
Four residents were reportedly killed and two others injured when suspected Fulani herdsmen raided a farming village in the Kaduna State of Nigeria Sunday evening.
Apr 23, 2020
Christian leaders demand access to COVID-19 relief loans for business owners with criminal record
Evangelical and Catholic leaders are calling on federal lawmakers to make legislative changes to allow coronavirus relief loans to be given to business owners with criminal records as Congress works to pass a second coronavirus stimulus bill this week.
Apr 23, 2020
Louisville church drops lawsuit after mayor allows drive-in worship services
On Fire Christian Church in Louisville, Kentucky, has come to an agreement with city officials to end its lawsuit against an order that banned churches from holding drive-in worship services.
Apr 23, 2020
Protestant families in Mexico denied water access, kids barred from school: NGO
Some Protestant minority families from indigenous communities in Mexico are being denied access to crucial utilities like water and electricity while some kids are denied access to school, a new report from an international Christian persecution watchdog warns.
Apr 22, 2020
Iran sentences Christian woman to 3 months in prison, 10 lashes for protesting regime
Iranian Christian convert and human rights activist Mary Mohammadi has been sentenced to three months and prison and torture for protesting the government’s downing of a Ukrainian passenger plane in January.
Apr 22, 2020
Christian group calls on churches to resume in-person services on May 3
A national Christian conservative legal nonprofit is calling on churches nationwide to resume in-person worship services while taking appropriate safety precautions on May 3, arguing that “now is the time to act” after weeks of in-person services being suspended due to COVID-19.
Apr 22, 2020
Trump says Christian faith 'treated very unfairly' during COVID-19 pandemic
President Donald Trump said over the weekend that the Christian faith is being “treated very unfairly” during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic as state and local governments have enforced social distancing against church gatherings.