Source: Mission Network News, October 29, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A holistic, loving, and strategic approach is helping Heart for Lebanon navigate the aftermath of war and bring lasting change to the people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Near the biblical city of Sidon, Christians are building a new ministry center to serve local Lebanese in a predominantly Muslim area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Camille Melki of Heart for Lebanon<\/a> says, \u201cFor the first time in modern Lebanese history, a Christian community is buying property from Muslims to build a church on it!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n In an area largely populated by Shia and Sunni Muslims, this development became possible only after nearly 20 years of consistent presence, practical help, and genuine love. Over time, the ministry earned the community\u2019s trust.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Hope Ministry Center stands in southern Lebanon, a region home to many refugees and displaced families. Despite the ceasefire, drones still buzz overhead as Hezbollah activity continues. Years of conflict with Israel, coupled with the nation\u2019s economic collapse, have left parents unable to educate their children and businesses struggling to survive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cA lot of the problems that this country has been experiencing are because it is spiritually poor, where the Gospel is not reaching the masses,\u201d Melki explains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Read the full story<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Meanwhile, in Iran, the government has named a metro station after the Virgin Mary in a gesture of goodwill toward Christians<\/a> (RFE\/RL).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Source: Mission Network News, October 29, 2025 A holistic, loving, and strategic approach is helping Heart for Lebanon navigate the aftermath of war and bring lasting change to the people. Near the biblical city of Sidon, Christians are building a new ministry center to serve local Lebanese in a predominantly Muslim area. Camille Melki of … Continue reading Lebanon: Muslims Welcome the Hope Ministry Center<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14253","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-briefs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14253","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14253"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14253\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14254,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14253\/revisions\/14254"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14253"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14253"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14253"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}