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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Anglican vicar banned for life after affair with married woman seeking pastoral support
An Anglican vicar has been banned for life for having an intimate affair with a married parishioner who came to him for pastoral support.
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A New York City pastor was charged with stealing over $631,000 from two charities that served HIV/AIDS-infected drug addicts and spent much of the money on things like Carribean vacations as well as restaurant and bar tabs.
Nigerian priest killed by suspected Fulani gunmen; clergy march to protest killings
A priest in Southern Nigeria was reportedly killed Thursday by gunmen suspected to be Fulani radicals while five pastors from a Pentecostal denomination were abducted in a separate incident just outside of Lagos.
40 percent of white evangelicals support idea of Green New Deal, poll shows
A new survey sponsored by NPR and PBS NewsHour indicates that almost about four out of 10 white evangelicals support the idea behind the "Green New Deal" while 66 percent say they will definitely vote for President Donald Trump in 2020.
One Million Moms launches boycott of Whole Foods over Drag Queen Story Hour event
The Christian conservative advocacy group One Million Moms is calling on parents to boycott popular grocery store chain Whole Foods Market over the organization's sponsorship of a "Drag Queen Story Hour" event in Atlanta.
3 Founders Ministries board members resign after controversial trailer is called 'sin'
Three Founders Ministries board members resigned this week after a controversial trailer the organization released for its upcoming cinedoc on social justice in the Southern Baptist Convention seemed to demonize sexual abuse survivors.
Trump DHS extends deportation protection for 7,000 Syrians as civil war continues
The Department of Homeland Security on Thursday approved an 18-month extension for the temporary protected status for thousands of Syrian immigrants who feared they might face deportation.
Christian girl kidnapped, forced into Islamic marriage in Pakistan
The parents of a 14-year-old Pakistani Christian girl who was abducted in July and forced into an Islamic marriage are now battling the justice system in an attempt to rescue their daughter from her captors.
Iran sentences Christian convert to 1 year in prison for 'acting against national security'
An Iranian Christian convert was sentenced to one year in prison on charges of “acting against national security" and engaging in “propaganda against the system" as crackdowns against Christians continue, the aid group International Christian Response reports.
Syrian Christians in US fear deportation as their protected status is in 'jeopardy'
Thousands of Syrian immigrants in the U.S., including Christians, could be at risk of deportation back to their dangerous and deadly home country as a decision by the Trump administration to extend their longstanding temporary protected status has yet to be made as a crucial deadline looms, advocates say.
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