Melissa Barnhart

Melissa Barnhart

Managing Editor

Melissa Barnhart has served as managing editor for The Christian Post since February 2021. She graduated from Liberty University with a bachelor's degree in government, religion and communications, and a master's degree in communications. 

She joined CP in 2013, reporting on a variety of national political issues, including immigration, and has covered numerous church and ministry events.   

Along with her colleagues, she has won several Evangelical Press Association awards.           

Ms. Barnhart began her reporting career in college by working for a city newspaper where she interviewed pastors, politicians, Olympic gold medalist Jennie Finch, and former President of Mexico Vicente Fox. 

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  • African American Clergy Coalition Criticized for Not Praising White Legislators Who Defended Traditional Marriage

    African American Clergy Coalition Criticized for Not Praising White Legislators Who Defended Traditional Marriage

    Following the defeat of the same-sex marriage bill in the Illinois House last Friday, critics claim the African-American Clergy Coalition should be thanking the 64 white legislators who stood up for traditional marriage.

  • Teacher Who Was Fired After Artificial Insemination Wins Case Against Catholic Archdiocese

    Teacher Who Was Fired After Artificial Insemination Wins Case Against Catholic Archdiocese

    Christa Dias was awarded $171,000 Monday by a federal jury in Cincinnati, Ohio, which found that the 34-year-old gay teacher was wrongly fired by the Catholic archdiocese for becoming pregnant by artificial insemination in 2010.

  • Ark Encounter Theme Park to Include Ride Through Plagues of Egypt

    Ark Encounter Theme Park to Include Ride Through Plagues of Egypt

    Kentucky aims to be a top tourist destination for all who want to experience biblical history through the eyes of Noah, Abraham and first-century Christians by way of the Ark Encounter, which is on schedule to open in 2014. The 160-acre complex will include a full-scale replica of Noah's Ark, the Tower of Babel, and a first-century village, along with a theme ride that will take visitors through the 10 plagues of Egypt.

  • Noah's Ark Inspires Gay Wedding Cruise? Christians Call Painting Ironic

    Noah's Ark Inspires Gay Wedding Cruise? Christians Call Painting Ironic

    Noah's Ark plays center stage in artist Paul Richmond's oil painting "Noah's Gay Wedding Cruise: MarriageEvolved Edition," which features Westboro Baptist Church members drowning in a deadly flood while the lives of gay animals and gay celebrities are spared on the ark.

  • Los Angeles School District Teaches Children to Share HIV, STD Status With Peers

    Los Angeles School District Teaches Children to Share HIV, STD Status With Peers

    A first of its kind sex education program is being taught in the Los Angeles Unified School District, in which students as young as 12 are encouraged to share their HIV and STD status with their sexual partners by way of a text message that reveals they were tested for HIV, chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis. The text message also includes a disclaimer, which reads: "This person MAY have had sex since being tested. Always be safe, use condoms."

  • Dead Sea Scroll Fragments Up for Sale; Will Another Private Citizen Be Owner?

    Dead Sea Scroll Fragments Up for Sale; Will Another Private Citizen Be Owner?

    Fragments of the Dead Sea scrolls are set to be auctioned off to the public, which will give private citizens and religious institutions the opportunity to own a part of biblical history – if they can afford the asking price.

  • Dolly Parton Embraces 'Book Lady' Title; Aims to Distribute 1 Million Free Books a Month to Children

    Dolly Parton Embraces 'Book Lady' Title; Aims to Distribute 1 Million Free Books a Month to Children

    Country music legend Dolly Parton is best known for her entertainment career that spans more than 50 years, but the role she's most proud of is that of the "book lady," a title bestowed on her by the hundreds of thousands of children who receive free books delivered to their homes, courtesy of Parton's Imagination Library.

  • Zero Jobs Created by $150K Stimulus Spent to Study Lesbian Parents

    Zero Jobs Created by $150K Stimulus Spent to Study Lesbian Parents

    Clark University in Worchester, Mass., received a $152,000 grant awarded by the Department of Health and Human Services to interview 50 lesbian couples before and after they became adoptive parents. The grant was awarded to the Trustees of Clark University to fund a research project, titled "Transition to Adoptive Parenthood," to study the potential strengths and challenges faced by lesbian parents three months after they adopted their children.

  • Ill. Gov. Pat Quinn Ready to Sign Gay Marriage Bill; Pressure Mounts on Lawmakers

    Ill. Gov. Pat Quinn Ready to Sign Gay Marriage Bill; Pressure Mounts on Lawmakers

    Illinois Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn says he will sign the "Religious Freedom and Marriage Fairness Act" into law if the House will vote on the bill before adjournment on Friday. Gay rights groups and even former President Bill Clinton are placing mounting pressure on House members to make the state the 13th in the nation to approve gay marriage.

  • Sentencing Begins for Gosnell Employees; Pro-Life Group Calls for Excavation of Landfills to Locate Babies

    Sentencing Begins for Gosnell Employees; Pro-Life Group Calls for Excavation of Landfills to Locate Babies

    Elizabeth Hampton, Kermit Gosnell's sister-in-law who worked at the Women's Medical Society abortion clinic in West Philadelphia, was sentenced Tuesday morning to serve one year of probation after pleading guilty to one count of perjury for lying to FBI and DEA agents about practices inside the clinic during their Feb. 18, 2010, raid to investigate Gosnell's illegal prescription drug operation.

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