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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Pastor's Ex-Wife Composes 'Christian Erotica' to Help Others 'Save' Their Marriages by Spicing Things Up in the Bedroom
The ex-wife of an Alabama pastor has created her own genre of erotic fiction literature that she has labeled "Christian erotica." She says it's designed to help married Christian couples save their marriages.
Ohio Woman Tells Judge She Was Praying Behind the Wheel When She Ran Over Grandma
An Ohio woman who was charged with vehicular assault after she struck and injured a grandmother last August has told a judge that the accident occurred because she was praying behind the wheel.
America's Largest Pro-Israel Group Launches New Lobbying Effort Led by Gary Bauer, Urges Congress To Vote Against 'Stunningly Bad' Iran Nuke Deal (Interview)
America's largest pro-Israel advocacy group, Christians United for Israel, has launched its own lobbying arm that is already working to persuade Democrats in Congress to vote against the Obama administration's' proposed nuclear agreement with Iran in order to get enough votes to override a possible veto.
Congress Looks to Defund Planned Parenthood After Explosive Undercover Videos
Legislation has been introduced in both the House and Senate that would prevent the federal government from giving the controversial abortion-giant Planned Parenthood any taxpayer funds for a period of one year, unless the organization can assure the money will not be used to perform abortions.
Obama Requiring Christian Groups to Offer Abortion Referrals to Receive Funds for Trafficking Victims
Religious and other pro-life charity organizations that aid sex trafficking victims will longer be awarded federal grants if they are unable to offer abortion counseling services due to religious convictions come this fall after the Obama administration passed a new Department of Health and Human Services grant requirement last month.
Watch 6 Presidential Candidates Answer Christian Leaders' Question About Poverty (Video)
A coalition of Christian leaders devoted to helping end poverty has released a series of videos featuring six 2016 presidential candidates, in which each candidate explained the approach that he or she would take to solve poverty and hunger issues in the United States and across the globe if they were elected president.
'The Whole Purpose' of Planned Parenthood Is to 'Eliminate Black People,' Ben Carson Says
Republican 2016 presidential candidate Ben Carson recently made the assertion on a Iowa conservative radio show that the "purpose" behind Margaret Sanger's founding of the abortion giant Planned Parenthood was to "eliminate black people," and also questioned whether or not President Barack Obama realizes that.
Mississippi School District Fined Over $7,500 for 'Proselytizing Christianity' After Minister Prays at Event
A U.S. Federal District Court has fined Mississippi's third largest public school district $7,500 after a minister opened a districtwide honors assembly with a prayer invocation, an act that violated a 2013 court settlement that ordered the district to stop "proselytizing Christianity."
ISIS Claims Responsibility for Kidnapping Christians in Libya; Terror Group Releases Photos of Men Bound, Blindfolded
The Islamic State's affiliate organization in Libya has claimed responsibility for the kidnapping of three African Christians in eastern Libya by posting the men's passport photos and pictures of them being bound and blindfolded on social media websites sympathetic to the terrorist group's cause.
6 Years Later: Christian Mother Asia Bibi on Death Row Finally Gets Appeal Hearing at Pakistan's Supreme Court
Six years after being sentenced to death on the charge of blasphemy, Pakistan's Supreme Court has finally issued Christian mother of five, Asia Bibi, an appeal hearing, which serves as the last chance to spare her from death and secure her freedom.