Melissa Barnhart

Melissa Barnhart

Managing Editor

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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  • Perry Signs 20-Week Abortion Ban Into Law; Lauded by Pro-Lifers as 'Brave'

    Perry Signs 20-Week Abortion Ban Into Law; Lauded by Pro-Lifers as 'Brave'

    Republican Gov. Rick Perry signed a bill restricting abortions into law Thursday morning inside a secure auditorium at the capitol extension in Austin, Texas, where he was joined by select legislators and religious leaders. While pro-lifers lauded the move, pro-abortion protesters shouted "shame" inside the extension, which was heard by the governor.

  • Gov. Perry to Sign Texas' 20-Week Abortion Ban into Law on Thursday

    Texas Gov. Rick Perry will be signing House Bill 2 into law at the state capitol Thursday morning, as pro-abortion protests continue throughout the state. According to Perry, the legislation will not only protect the unborn, but it will also advance the health and safety of women in Texas.

  • Fear of Violent Attacks Stalls Ex-Gay Pride Event; Previously to Be Held at Family Research Council

    Fear of Violent Attacks Stalls Ex-Gay Pride Event; Previously to Be Held at Family Research Council

    The first-ever "Ex-Gay Pride Month" reception, scheduled to be held in Washington, D.C. on July 31, has been postponed until September, following multiple security threats directed toward members of the ex-gay community and the Family Research Council, where a reception celebrating ex-gay leaders and supporters was planned to be held.

  • Hemant Mehta the 'Friendly Atheist' Shares His View of Christians With Oak Hills Church Congregation

    Hemant Mehta the 'Friendly Atheist' Shares His View of Christians With Oak Hills Church Congregation

    The Rev. Randy Frazee, senior minister at Oak Hills Church in San Antonio, Texas, knew he was making a controversial decision when he invited atheist Hemant Mehta to speak to the 8,000-member congregation, and to share his perspective on Christians and their attitudes toward atheists, but he also believed that, in the end, it would benefit him, the congregation, and even Mehta in the process.

  • Hundreds of People Interested in Adopting Unborn Baby With Down Syndrome Days Before Abortion Deadline

    The pro-life community is lauding the Rev. Thomas Vander Woude, pastor of Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Gainesville, Va., for his parish's efforts to save the life of an unborn baby who has Down syndrome from being aborted by finding parents who might qualify to adopt the infant when he's born.

  • Pro-Abortion Advocates Shout 'Shame on You' After Texas House Passes 20-Week Abortion Ban

    Pro-Abortion Advocates Shout 'Shame on You' After Texas House Passes 20-Week Abortion Ban

    The Texas House of Representatives reconvened Wednesday morning for a final reading of House Bill 2 that passed in the chamber 98-49 late Tuesday, following 10 hours of debate and consideration of 26 amendments, none of which passed.

  • Mike Huckabee, Pastor Robert Jeffress Rally Pro-Life Support for Texas' 20-Week Abortion Ban

    Mike Huckabee, Pastor Robert Jeffress Rally Pro-Life Support for Texas' 20-Week Abortion Ban

    To show their support for Texas lawmakers who will be voting in favor of House Bill 2 and Senate Bill 1 which would ban abortion in the Lone Star state after 20 weeks' gestation, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, Michelle and Jim Bob Duggar of the TLC reality television show "19 Kids and Counting" and the Rev. Robert Jeffress, senior pastor of First Baptist Church in Dallas, were joined by an estimated 3,000 to 5,000 pro-life advocates on the south steps of the state capitol in Austin Monday n

  • Street Preachers Protesting Homosexuality Assaulted at Seattle's Pridefest

    Street Preachers Protesting Homosexuality Assaulted at Seattle's Pridefest

    Two street preachers carrying signs that read "repent or else" and "Jesus saves from sin" were protesting against homosexuality at a gay pride event in Seattle, Wash., on Sunday, and were physically attacked, punched and kicked by attendees who warned them that they "better leave or else."

  • Ky. Pastor Takes Heat After Wife's Column Criticizes So. Baptist Convention's Stance on Boy Scouts

    Ky. Pastor Takes Heat After Wife's Column Criticizes So. Baptist Convention's Stance on Boy Scouts

    Bill Thomas, the minister of music and associate pastor of First Baptist Church in Madisonville, Ky., might be resigning from his position following a recent uproar over his wife's commentary about the Southern Baptist Convention's approval of a resolution that expresses the denomination's "opposition to and disappointment in the decision of the Boy Scouts of America to change its membership policy" to allow openly-homosexual members.

  • American Evangelist Arrested in London for Preaching Homosexuality Is a Sin

    American Evangelist Arrested in London for Preaching Homosexuality Is a Sin

    Tony Miano, a retired deputy sheriff from Los Angeles County, Calif., was arrested in London, England, earlier this week for preaching on abstaining from sexual immorality, both heterosexual and homosexual, in downtown Wimbledon. He was found to be in violation of Public Order Act Section 5, for "using homophobic speech that could cause people anxiety, distress, alarm or insult," Miano said in a YouTube video posted on Wednesday.

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