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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India forces nonprofits to sign affidavits vowing not to engage in religious conversion
Authorities in India are reportedly now requiring employees of foreign-funded nonprofits to sign notarized affidavits saying they will not engage in religious conversion.
Christians told to convert or flee in Burkina Faso as extremist violence continues: report
A leading Catholic charity is reporting that thousands of Christians in northern Burkina Faso fled their homes this month and are seeking shelter in another village after they were given the choice to either flee or convert by Islamic extremists.
‘Freedom Sunday’: Thousands of churches to raise awareness of global slavery crisis
Churches across the world this weekend will be partnering with International Justice Mission by hosting “Freedom Sunday” services to help raise awareness and inspire action in response to the millions of men, women, and children living in slavery worldwide.
Facebook's Zuckerberg admitted 'bias' against Live Action in DC meeting, senator claims
Republican Sen. Josh Hawley claims that Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg admitted to him during a meeting Thursday that there “clearly was bias” when it came to Facebook’s labeling of videos posted by pro-life nonprofit Live Action as “false news.”
Trump to give 'historic' religious freedom speech at United Nations; evangelical leaders invited
The White House announced that President Donald Trump will give a speech on religious freedom next Monday at the United Nations headquarters in New York City and will host a special event to be attended by evangelical leaders and religious freedom advocates.
Facebook creates its own 'Supreme Court' to judge content ban appeals
Facebook has created a new oversight board to help set the tone on which posts violate policies, a body that some are calling the social media giant’s own “Supreme Court.”
US abortions at lowest level since Roe v. Wade, Guttmacher finds; pro-lifers say it's incomplete
As a new report from a leading pro-abortion research organization released this week indicates that the abortion rate in the United States is at its lowest level since abortion was made a national right in 1973, pro-lifers warn that the report does not tell the whole story.
Wheaton College students sue Chicago after being told they can't evangelize in park
Four student evangelists from Wheaton College in Illinois are suing the Chicago city government over a set of rules that they say are restricting their freedom of speech and religion at a popular park.
Persecuted pastor describes tortures of imprisonment facing Christians in Eritrea
A pastor from Eritrea who has since been resettled to Australia has shed some light on the horrifying conditions facing Christians imprisoned for their faith in the Northeast African country.
Iran imprisons bookshop owner for selling Bible as crackdown on Christianity continues
Iran has reportedly imprisoned a business owner for the crime of selling the Bible in his bookshop.
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