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 7, 2019
Boko Haram kidnaps pastor, churchgoers on their way to evangelize and deliver aid
Suspected members of Boko Haram have reportedly kidnapped a pastor, a Christian relief worker and members of Living Faith Church while on their way to deliver relief supplies and evangelize in the northeast Borno State.
May 7, 2019
HBO releases trailer for new televangelist comedy series 'The Righteous Gemstones'
HBO released a teaser for a new comedy series that centers around the lives a grandfather-father-son trio who carry on the family legacy as televangelist megachurch pastors — complete with crude humor and private jets.
May 7, 2019
Iranian intelligence minister concerned with growth of Christianity; converts summoned
Iran’s intelligence minister, Mahmoud Mahmoud Alavi, openly expressed concern last weekend about the spread of Christianity in the Islamic republic and said that some converts to Christianity were “summoned” to explain why they have converted.
May 7, 2019
Evangelical-supported charity looking to secure every vulnerable synagogue in the world
An evangelical-backed philanthropic organization has announced an effort to help every vulnerable synagogue in the world protect themselves as extremist attacks against synagogues and other places of worship are becoming all too frequent.
May 4, 2019
North Korean defector details decade of abuse, forced labor at orphanage
A North Korean defector recounted Thursday the “hell” she experienced during a decade full of abuse, starvation and enslavement as an orphan in the rogue nation, a fate that too many children are still experiencing today under the Kim regime.
May 3, 2019
Cory Booker faces pushback for speaking at 'anti-LGBT' Willow Creek Church in 2011
After declining to speak at a Christian conservative gathering this week, Democrat presidential candidate Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., is facing pushback for his decision years ago to speak at an Illinois megachurch known for its traditional stance on sexuality.
May 3, 2019
National Day of Prayer: Americans called to 'love one another' or risk destruction as divided nation
Christian leaders, lawmakers and distinguished guests packed into the U.S. Capitol for the 68th National Day of Prayer observance Thursday night, calling on Americans of all political stripes to “love one another” or run the risk letting a divided kingdom fall.
May 2, 2019
100 Nigerian Christians killed in April by Fulani militants, Boko Haram: NGO report
At least 100 Christians in Nigeria were killed and hundreds of others injured in April, according to a human rights watchdog group warning that Fulani attacks against Christian farming communities seem to be spreading further south.
May 2, 2019
National Day of Prayer: David Platt on the 'greatest hindrance' to advancing the Gospel
Influential megachurch pastor and best-selling author David Platt voiced concerns about a trend within church culture that he suspects might be the “greatest hindrance to the advancement of the Gospel” today.
May 2, 2019
Over 100 injured, 2 killed in Venezuela uprising; Maduro still in power
Dozens are injured and at least one woman is dead as clashes continued for the second day in Venezuela between opposition supporters and security forces loyal to socialist president Nicolas Maduro.