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 8, 2020
UN stepping up response in Burkina Faso as displacement rose by 1,200% in 2019
The United Nations will step up relief efforts in Burkina Faso amid a 1,200 percent increase in forced displacement while some are concerned that the Trump administration could reduce U.S. troops in violence-ridden West Africa despite the president’s vows to defeat the Islamic State.
Feb 7, 2020
Iranian Christian convert granted early release from prison; 2 others expected to be freed
One Iranian Christian convert imprisoned for his faith has been released early from prison and it is expected that two more converts will also be granted an early release.
Feb 7, 2020
Judge reverses convictions of aid workers who left food, water for immigrants in desert
Four aid volunteers who left food and water for immigrants who illegally entered the country through the Arizona desert in 2017 had their criminal convictions overturned Monday by a federal judge who ruled that the government’s prosecution violated their religious freedom rights.
Feb 7, 2020
'Dirty baker's dozen': 13 companies facilitating sexual exploitation
Major corporations and one state were listed on the National Center on Sexual Exploitation’s 2020 “Dirty Dozen List” of entities that are complicit in “perpetuating” sexual exploitation in any form.
Feb 6, 2020
Judge allows Boston to ban the flying of Christian flag outside City Hall
A federal judge ruled this week that the city of Boston, Massachusetts, does not have to raise a Christian flag at City Hall Plaza even though the city has raised flags representing other cultural and social groups, including flags indicating support for LGBT rights.
Feb 6, 2020
Iranian Christian who met with Trump details how regime shut down her family’s church
Persecuted Iranian Christian Dabrina Bet Tamraz vividly remembers the day that her family’s church was shut down.
Feb 5, 2020
United Airlines to train flight attendants to stop passengers from watching porn onboard
United Airlines is now training flight attendants to intervene when passengers watch pornography on their personal devices as part of an effort to curb the increase of porn viewing on planes, according to the National Center on Sexual Exploitation.
Feb 5, 2020
Abducted seminarian killed by kidnappers in Nigeria; 3 other seminarians released by captors
The Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) is mourning the murder of an 18-year-old seminarian abducted earlier this month along with three other seminarians who have since been released.
Feb 5, 2020
Boko Haram responsible for 59,311 orphans, 59,213 widows: Nigerian governor
The governor of the Boko Haram-infected Borno state in northeast Nigeria has reportedly revealed that the extremist group is responsible for making tens of thousands of widows and orphans in the state as it continues its reign of terror.
Feb 5, 2020
11 featured guests at President Trump's 2020 State of the Union address
President Donald Trump delivered his third State of the Union address Tuesday night before a joint session of Congress, honoring several Americans for their contributions and sacrifices that have helped make the United States and world a better place.