Melissa Barnhart
Melissa Barnhart serves as Managing Editor for The Christian Post. She graduated from Liberty University with a bachelor of science degrees in government, religion and communications. Ms. Barnhart began her reporting career while still in college by working for a local newspaper outside Dallas, Texas, where she interviewed pastors, politicians, Olympic gold medalist Jennie Finch, a U.S. women's softball player in the 2004 Olympic Games, and former President of Mexico Vicente Fox. She joined The Christian Post in 2013.
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Rick Warren at Lausanne 4: ‘Part of finishing the task is re-evangelizing the Church’
Ahead of his speech Saturday at the Fourth Lausanne Congress on World Evangelization, Rick Warren, founder of Saddleback Church in California, warned believers must re-evangelize nominal Christians to fulfill the Great Commission, adding that some followers of Christ have traded "spiritual power for political influence."
Michael Oh casts 2050 vision for digital age at Lausanne’s 50th anniversary celebration
The Church must be fully engaged in sharing the Gospel in the digital world if it seeks to make disciples of future generations, according to Michael Oh, global executive director of the Lausanne Movement.
Lausanne apologizes for speaker’s comments on Israel, dispensational eschatology
The Lausanne Congress apologized Wednesday to the many delegates who were offended by a speaker’s comments rebuking dispensational eschatology and her claim that Israel was holding hostages.
‘God is for sex’: Pastor tackles harms of sexual revolution, reflects on Christ’s words at Lausanne 4
“God is for sex.” That was the clear message from the Rev. Canon Vaughan Roberts, rector of St Ebbe's Church in Oxford, England, who advised Christians globally on how to respond to the myriad harms caused by sexual revolution and the distortion of God’s created order.
Lausanne 4: Michael Oh reveals 4 most-dangerous words affecting the global Church
Michael Oh, global executive director of the Lausanne Movement, called on the 5,000 Christians gathered from over 200 countries at the Fourth Lausanne Congress on World Evangelization believers this week to humble themselves and work together to spread the Gospel worldwide effectively, urging them to repent of four things.
'Thank you, Jesus': Kenneth Copeland praises God for Bentley with Breitling clock as seed offering from dying man
Prosperity preacher Kenneth Copeland thanked Jesus for a dying man’s seed offering of a Bentley with a Breitling clock that was given in the hope that it would bring healing.
‘Be not deceived’: Christians react to drag Last Supper, debauchery at Paris Olympics ceremony
Christians expressed offense at the debauchery celebrated during the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Paris that showed a ménage à trois and a depiction of The Last Supper with drag queens as Jesus’ disciples, among other symbols that rankled viewers.
Trump says ‘God alone’ saved him from assassination attempt
Former President Donald Trump said "God alone" spared his life at a campaign rally Saturday where a 20-year-old gunman attempted to assassinate him.
Melania Trump releases first statement after assassination attempt against husband, former president
Former first lady Melania Trump released her first statement Sunday morning in response to the assassination attempt against her husband, former President Donald Trump.
Christian leaders react to Trump surviving assassination attempt: 'Thank God the former president is alive'
Former President Donald Trump was released from the hospital late Saturday night, hours after an assassination attempt was made on his life and caused the death of one campaign rally attendee and critically wounded another. Here's a list of 10 reactions from pastors and Evangelical leaders.