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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Aug 7, 2015
ISIS Kidnaps Over 100 Christian Families; Human Rights Groups Fear They Will Be Beheaded or Forced Into Sex Slavery
The Islamic State terrorist group has abducted scores of Syrian Christian families in what has been deemed the terrorist organization's biggest military advance since it conquered the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra in May.
Aug 7, 2015
Ohio Gov. John Kasich at GOP Debate: I Went to a Gay Wedding
As the question "Would you attend a same-sex wedding?" has been thrown at many Republican presidential candidates following June's Supreme Court ruling, Ohio Gov. John Kasich declared during Thursday night's Fox News Republican presidential debate that he has, in fact, attended a gay wedding.
Aug 7, 2015
Iranian Christian Jailed for Being Baptized in Turkey Freed After 3 Years in Evin Prison
A member of the Church of Iran who was arrested in 2010 for being baptized in Turkey has been released early from prison, according to a Christian persecution advocacy group.
Aug 7, 2015
Huckabee, Rubio Say Right to Life Already Inherent in the Constitution at GOP Debate
Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee and Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., argued in Thursday night's Fox News Republican presidential debate that an unborn child's right to life is inherent under the United States Constitution and the passage of a constitutional amendment is not required to ban abortions.
Aug 6, 2015
Sudanese Pastors Now Free After Facing Death Penalty on Bogus Charges: 'I am Born Again,' Pastor Yat Michael Says
Two South Sudanese Presbyterian pastors who faced death penalties on charges of espionage have been freed from prison after months in detention following a judge's order for their release Wednesday morning.
Aug 6, 2015
'Planned Parenthood Better Hope Hillary Clinton Wins This Election,' Bobby Jindal Warns at Fox News Debate
During the 2016 election cycle's first presidential debate Thursday evening, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal implied that Planned Parenthood is likely to be federally investigated and lose its over $500 million in annual federal funds should former First Lady and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton not be elected the next president.
Aug 6, 2015
Only the Gospel Has the Power to Eradicate Sexual Slavery, Says International Mission Board President David Platt
Sexual slavery is alive and well in the United States. In fact, there's an American interstate highway that's known, within certain circles, to be a main artery for sex trafficking. With over 27 million people around the world forced into modern-day slavery, and many of them trapped in various forms of sexual slavery, the Southern Baptist Convention's International Missions Board President David Platt said Wednesday that only the Gospel has the power to eradicate the slavery epidemic.
Aug 5, 2015
City of Houston Plans to Bulldoze Two Churches' Properties to Sell Land to Developers; Congregations File Lawsuit
Two African-American churches that have served their urban Texas community for decades are fighting for survival as the city of Houston has made plans to bulldoze one of the church buildings and condemn the other church's properties in order to clear space for a new urban renewal project.
Aug 5, 2015
Young Girls Sell For $165 at Islamic State Slave Markets; Price List Verified By UN Official
A United Nations official has confirmed the existence of an Islamic State sex slave price list that is distributed in Iraq and Syria to regulate how much enslaved women and children are sold for in the caliphate's slave markets.
Aug 5, 2015
Why Is the World Turning a Blind Eye to the 'Eradication' of Christians in the Middle East?
Christianity is being "wiped out" of its region of birth, said Cato Institute foreign policy expert Doug Bandow Tuesday during a Family Research Council discussion on the increase in Christian persecution in the Middle East and Africa, and he offered reasons why the international community has done little to save those ancient Christian communities.