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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May 16, 2019
21 Christian leaders: Equality Act would gut religious freedom protections
Twenty-one prominent conservative Christian leaders including Franklin Graham and James Dobson are calling on congressional leaders to oppose the pro-LGBT Equality Act because of the “threats to religious liberty” the legislation poses.
May 16, 2019
Promise Keepers to relaunch men's ministry with first stadium rally in 20 years
After years of fading and stagnation, the once popular evangelical men’s ministry Promise Keepers is ushering in a “new era” with plans to host its first national stadium event in over two decades next summer in Texas.
May 15, 2019
Transgender powerlifter stripped of women’s records because he is male
A biologically male trans-identified powerlifter who broke four world records last month during a women’s weightlifting competition in Virginia has been stripped of titles and medals because organizers say the lifter should have been classified as "male."
May 15, 2019
After Sri Lanka bombings, 60 Christian refugees flee homes over revenge threats
Persecuted Christian refugees and asylum seekers in Sri Lanka are in hiding inside a police station as a result of death threats from angry Sri Lankans following last month’s Easter Sunday bombings that claimed the lives of over 250.
May 14, 2019
4 killed during Catholic procession in Burkina Faso; third attack on Christians in 2 weeks
Four Catholics carrying a statue of the Virgin Mary were killed in northern Burkina Faso Monday, one day after a priest and five other congregants were killed by gunmen in a neighboring province.
May 14, 2019
How one of America's largest black denominations is campaigning against abortion
Black churches across the nation are engaging in a campaign against abortion that involves not only political advocacy against groups like Planned Parenthood but also the provision of resources to vulnerable mothers who choose to give birth.
May 13, 2019
Indiana church pays off $1.5 million in crippling medical debt for people in poverty
A church in Indiana will pay off over $1.5 million in medical debt that is plaguing people living at or below the poverty level in its local community.
May 13, 2019
India Supreme Court grants bail to Christian falsely imprisoned for over 10 years
The Supreme Court in India has granted bail to one of seven Christian men that advocates say was wrongly convicted of murdering a Hindu leader over a decade ago in Kandhamal.
May 13, 2019
How should churches respond to porn use among Christians?
As pornography use is becoming more common and acceptable in today’s culture, many practicing Christians today feel trapped in a shameful dependency they know is direct disobedience to the will of God.
May 13, 2019
Ex-North Korea military officer once loved regime more than Christ, now he's helping victims escape
As a former North Korean military officer marked for execution, Kim Yong-Hwa says he knows all too well the tribulations facing the thousands of defectors on the run for their lives from the repressive Kim regime of North Korea.