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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Jun 23, 2015
ISIS Kidnaps 1,227 Children in Mosul for Jihadi Training Camp; Iraqi PM Says Terrorists Have Expanded Recruitment to Over 100 Foreign Countries
As the Islamic State continues to recruit and train children to become the next generation of jihadi fighters in the terror group's militant ranks, ISIS has allegedly kidnapped over 1,200 children from northern Iraq in recent weeks and has shipped them off to a jihadi training facility in Mosul.
Jun 23, 2015
ISIS Celebrates Ramadan by Awarding Sex Slaves as Prizes in Quran Memorization Contest
As a way of celebrating the the month-long Islamic festival of Ramadan, the Islamic State terrorist organization is holding a seven-day Quran memorization contest in which the top three competitors will receive a sex slave as their grand prizes.
Jun 22, 2015
'Small Miracle:' Cal State Re-Recognizes InterVarsity as Official Student Group After Stripping Ministry's Recognition for Requiring Leaders to Be Christian
After being officially de-recognized by America's largest university system because it required its student leaders to be professing Christians, InterVarsity Christian Fellowship is once again a recognized student group in the California State University system after conversations between the two sides has led to a mutual "understanding."
Jun 22, 2015
Parents Television Council Calls on McDonald's to Stop Running Ads During 'Family Guy;' Says Show Humorizes Rape, Molestation
The family television advocacy group Parents Television Council is pressuring global fast food giant McDonald's to stop running ads that air during the Fox adult cartoon comedy series "Family Guy," a show which the organization claims trivializes sexual assault against children.
Jun 19, 2015
Jeb Bush: Christian Faith Should Influence Policies; 'We Must Put Most Vulnerable at the Front of the Line'
After 2016 presidential candidate Jeb Bush said earlier this week that "religion ought to be about making us better as people, less about things [that] end up getting into the political realm," the former Florida governor asserted Friday that faith absolutely needs to have an influence on policy decisions.
Jun 19, 2015
Ben Carson: God Used Me to Miraculously Save Boy Who Other Doctors Said Would Die, Now He Is a Minister
WASHINGTON — Presidential candidate Ben Carson explained on Friday how God worked miracles throughout his medical career and also recalled that God once used him to save the life of a child diagnosed with a malignant brainstem tumor, although many doctors, himself included, predicted the patient would die.
Jun 18, 2015
Lone Message on Dylann Roof's Facebook Calls on Killer to Give His Heart to Jesus: 'He Is the Only One Who Can Save Your Soul'
In the wake 21-year-old Dylan Roof being identified as the gunman who killed nine worshipers at a historic black church in South Carolina Wednesday night, a 30-year-old gospel musician posted a message on Roof's since-deleted Facebook page encouraging him to seek salvation in Jesus Christ.
Jun 18, 2015
Obama Mourns Loss of 9 Killed in Charleston; Says Shooting Massacre Is 'Heartbreaking,' Especially in 'Place of Worship'
In his remarks regarding Wednesday night's massacre inside the historic Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina, President Barack Obama outlined how the congregation has a 200-year history of dealing with persecution brought on by racism and hatred.
Jun 18, 2015
Dylann Roof Kills Pastor, 8 Others During Bible Study at Historic Black Church in South Carolina; Police Call Shooting a 'Hate Crime'
A time of worship and prayer came to a horrific end Wednesday night as a white gunman, identified by the FBI as Dylann Roof, 21, opened fire during a Bible study in a historic black church in Charleston, South Carolina, slaying nine people, including the church's pastor, in what the police have called a "hate crime" and the city's mayor has labeled an act of "pure hatred."
Jun 18, 2015
Baptist Scholar Says Mormonism Is Evolving Toward Becoming Christian Denomination With 'Biblical,' 'Evangelical' View of 'Christ and Salvation'
A Baptist theologian, who's spent years studying the works of leading Mormon scholars, said he has noticed a shift in "Mormonism" that can potentially lead to the the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints one day being viewed as a Christian denomination, much like what occurred in the evolution of the Worldwide Church of God.