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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Pakistani Christian man tortured to death for bathing in well water; family wants justice
A 22-year-old Christian man was beaten to death in Pakistan’s Punjab province by men who accused him of “contaminating” water in a well owned by a Muslim farmer.
Televangelist wonders if liberal whitewashing of sin is the 'Great Apostasy' before Christ's return
Georgia megachurch pastor and televangelist Michael Youssef fears that the tendency today among some Christian leaders to water down the Gospel to make it “palatable” for today’s culture could be a sign of the “great apostasy before the return of Christ.”
'Great Awokening': CPAC panelist says 'woke' culture is seeking 'salvation from the mob'
A panelist at the 2020 Conservative Political Action Conference warned Friday that being “woke” is like seeking “salvation from the mob” as liberal activists are promoting “authoritarianism” to push their political agenda.
Asia Bibi says imprisonment was a 'trial sent by God,' refused to renounce her faith
During a trip to France to promote her new book, Christian mother Asia Bibi opened up about how prayer and Scripture sustained her throughout a decade of imprisonment over allegations that she insulted Islam and its prophet, Muhammad.
Christian college recruiter fired for lining students up by skin color, 'nappiest' hair
An admissions counselor for Oklahoma Christian University was fired after allegedly forcing 11th-grade students at a preparatory school in Oklahoma City to line up according to skin color and “nappiest” hair during a gym assembly visit.
House minority leader Kevin McCarthy compares big tech censorship to China's ‘social score’ system
While speaking at the 2020 Conservative Political Action Conference Friday, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of California compared big tech censorship of conservatives to the “social score” system that the Chinese government uses to persecute political and religious dissidents.
Is the American family in better shape now than 30 years ago? CPAC speakers disagree
The state of the American family was among the many topics of discussion at the 2020 Conservative Political Action Conference, with some speakers disagreeing about whether the strength of American families is better now than it was decades ago.
‘This is the worst place in the world’: US faith leaders meet victims of Boko Haram, Fulani herdsmen
American faith leaders met with representatives of Nigerian communities devastated by Boko Haram and Fulani tribesmen as well as key figures within the Buhari administration as part of a fact-finding mission to investigate reports of escalating insecurity in the West African country.
Pakistani Christians attacked over church construction, 1 left partially paralyzed
A Pakistani Christian man is partially paralyzed after a mob of Muslim men shot two Christians and attacked another with an ax for constructing a church in a village in Punjab province.
Trump praises India's Modi for working to improve religious freedom as rampant persecution rages on
President Trump wrapped up his trip to India this week by praising Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Hindu-nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday, saying that they have worked hard to improve religious freedom conditions in the country.
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