The Rev. Dr. Melody Bellefeuille-Frost is a theologian, artist, and minister whose vocation is rooted in a lifelong call to ministry and a delight in God the Creator. Melody completed a PhD in Divinity through the Institute for Theology, Imagination and the Arts at the University of St Andrews. Her research examined visual theology in intercultural contexts, with a particular focus on images of Christ in 16th- and 17th-century Western European and Japanese Christian religious visual cultures. As a practicing artist, Melody makes mixed-media collages that often explore themes of journey and home. She is an ordained minister with the Wesleyan Church. Melody joined the Regent College community in April 2026, serving as the Arts Administrator and Associate Curator of the Dal Schindell Gallery.

Areas of Expertise:

• Theology and the Arts
• Visual Theology
• Missiology/Intercultural Studies
• Japanese Christianity
• Pilgrimage Studies