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 12, 2015
(Interview) St. Louis Cardinals Manager Mike Matheny on How His Christian Faith Influences His Coaching Style, Why He Only Coaches a Youth Team of 'Orphans'
The manager of the St. Louis Cardinals Major League Baseball team, Mike Matheny, released a new book offering his critique of how today's parents are ruining the youth-sports experience for children and also touched on how he boldly expresses his love for Jesus in today's increasingly secular environment.
Feb 11, 2015
Fmr. Church of England Archbishops' Council Member Comes Out as Gay; Pushes for Church to Affirm Same-Sex Marriage as 'Biblical'
A former orthodox member of the Church of England's Archbishops' Council, who once staunchly opposed the church's affirmation of same-sex partnerships, has been appointed the new director of an LGBT-activist Christian coalition seeking to change the church's biblical beliefs about homosexuality after publicly announcing for the first time that she's a lesbian.
Feb 11, 2015
Megachurch Pastor Robert Jeffress: Homosexuality 'Will Pave the Way for Antichrist to Persecute, Martyr Christians'
In speaking as a guest on a national syndicated Christian radio show this week, Texas Southern Baptist megachurch pastor Robert Jeffress explained how society's growing acceptance of homosexuality and attack against those who express their biblical view of marriage is paving the path for the Antichrist.
Feb 11, 2015
Franklin Graham's Operation Christmas Child Exceeds Goal, Collects 10 Million Shoeboxes
The evangelical humanitarian organization Samaritan's Purse has exceeded its donation goal of 10 million gift-filled shoeboxes in 2014 in its popular charity program, Operation Christmas Child.
Feb 11, 2015
ISIS Female Police Disfigure 15 Women With Acid for Not Wearing Niqab
The Islamic State policing unit in Mosul severely disfigured the faces of 15 Iraqi women by pouring acid on them as a form of punishment after the women were caught without their faces being veiled appropriately, by ISIS standards, last weekend.
Feb 9, 2015
Grammy-Nominated Bluegrass Singer Rhonda Vincent Stands Up to Heckling Atheist Who Made Abomination of Gospel Song 'How Great Thou Art'
Grammy-nominated bluegrass singer Rhonda Vincent, who was deemed the "new queen of bluegrass" by The Wall Street Journal in 2000, shared in a recent interview how she stood up to an atheist who made a mockery of her gospel music.
Feb 9, 2015
Christian Parents on the Run From CPS Helped by Donors to Evade Police in 1,000-Mile Chase
A Christian couple who fled their Washington home with three small children in tow to evade Child Protective Services were eventually tracked down by police in California last week, but not before they had managed to elude authorities for more than a week after receiving donations from various anti-CPS supporters throughout their 1,000-mile journey, a source close to the family has said.
Feb 6, 2015
Bobby Jindal on Common Core: Trust Moms, Not Bureaucrats
Louisiana Governor and potential 2016 Republican presidential candidate, Bobby Jindal, is continuing to voice his growing outrage over the Common Core education standards, which the federal government played an influential role in causing most states to adopt.
Feb 6, 2015
ISIS Is Crucifying, Burying Iraqi Children Alive; Using Mentally-Challenged Kids as Suicide Bombers, Says UN Watchdog
In issuing its first report on the plight of Iraqi children for the first time since 1998, the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child painted a horrifying glimpse into how the Islamic State terrorist organizations is beheading, crucifying, and even burying alive religious minority children.
Feb 6, 2015
Franklin Graham Responds to Obama's ISIS-Christian Prayer Breakfast Comparison: Jesus Lived for Peace, Mohammed Killed Innocent People
Leading Evangelist Franklin Graham took to Facebook on Thursday to respond to President Barack Obama's implication at the National Prayer Breakfast that ISIS' brutality abuse of religious minorities in Iraq and Syria is similar to that of Christian brutality over 1,000 years ago.