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 21, 2020
Judge rules in favor of Wheaton College students barred from evangelizing at park
A federal judge ruled Thursday that Wheaton College students who were barred from evangelizing in a downtown Chicago park must be allowed to exercise their First Amendment rights until the legal dispute is resolved.
Feb 21, 2020
Dirty Dozen List: TikTok adds family safety features helping parents control kids' accounts
After being ranked one of the worst corporate entities complicit in “perpetuating” sexual exploitation, the social media giant TikTok is giving parents more control over their children’s use of the app through new family safety control features.
Feb 21, 2020
Museum commemorating 21 Coptic martyrs beheaded by ISIS opens in Egypt
A Coptic martyrs museum has opened in Egypt to commemorate the 21 Christians beheaded by the Islamic State on a Libyan beach in 2015 because they refused to renounce their faith in Christ.
Feb 21, 2020
Islamic terrorism spreading in majority-Christian Mozambique; 700 dead, 100,000 displaced
Over 100,000 people have been displaced and at least 700 have died in the majority-Christian country of Mozambique since 2017, as the spread of radical Islamic extremism in Africa is starting to plague the continent’s southeast region.
Feb 20, 2020
Jagermeister logo is not offensive to Christians, Swiss court rules
A court in Switzerland has ruled in favor of herbal liqueur producer Jägermeister amid a complaint that its logo is offensive to Christians.
Feb 20, 2020
New Disney Channel cartoon branded 'evil,' 'demonic' by One Million Moms
The conservative Christian watchdog group One Million Moms is warning parents that “The Owl House” — Disney Television Animation’s new fantasy-comedy cartoon series — is portraying witchcraft in a positive light.
Feb 20, 2020
14 children, pregnant woman among 32 killed in Cameroon attack as civil war rages on
A pregnant woman and 14 children were among 32 killed in an attack Friday in Cameroon’s civil war-ridden English-speaking region. While the military has been blamed, an Army spokesperson has refuted claims that the military blatantly killed civilians.
Feb 19, 2020
Nigeria vows to 'redouble' efforts to free Leah Sharibu 2 years after Boko Haram abduction
Wednesday marks two years since Christian schoolgirl Leah Sharibu was abducted along with 109 of her classmates from her school in the northeast, Nigeria by a faction of the Islamic extremist group Boko Haram.
Feb 19, 2020
Locust infestation could cause next famine in Africa, evangelical charity warns
A historic desert locust infestation in East Africa could cause the next major famine as people in the region are already struggling with hunger after droughts were followed by cyclone flooding, one of the world’s leading evangelical aid charities has warned.
Feb 18, 2020
14 parents sue school district for affirming kids' transgender identity without consent
A group of 14 parents from eight families have filed a lawsuit against a Wisconsin school district over its policy requiring teachers to call students by their preferred names and pronouns.