Source: Mission Network News, August 20, 2020<\/p>\n
Lebanon is still recovering from the massive explosion in the port of Beirut that shattered windows around the city and killed hundreds [on August 4].<\/p>\n
Pierre Houssney of Horizons International<\/a> says many Lebanese are ashamed of the way their government has failed to respond in any way to the explosion. \u201cBut we could not be prouder of the Church, because churches almost instantly hit the ground.\u201d<\/p>\n These churches, who have already been helping Syrian refugees in the country for years, immediately sent out teams to help clean up and distribute medical supplies and humanitarian aid. Houssney says, \u201cThe volunteers are touching the lives of these people, serving these people, and helping them clean up the broken glass. They pray with people and give out meals and sandwiches and medical aid. It\u2019s incredibly impactful and glorifying to Jesus.\u201d<\/p>\n \u00bb Read full story<\/a> and another from MNN, Lebanon Turns 100 in the Midst of Crisis, Catastrophe<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u00bb You might also want to watch a beautiful tribute to the city of Beirut<\/a> recorded by Assyrian Christian singer Ilona Danho (h\/t Joel News) or read about the country\u2019s spike in COVID-19 cases since the explosion<\/a> (International Rescue Committee).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Source: Mission Network News, August 20, 2020 Lebanon is still recovering from the massive explosion in the port of Beirut that shattered windows around the city and killed hundreds [on August 4]. Pierre Houssney of Horizons International says many Lebanese are ashamed of the way their government has failed to respond in any way to … Continue reading LEBANON: The Church Steps up in Beirut<\/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-9536","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-briefs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9536","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=9536"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9536\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9537,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9536\/revisions\/9537"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9536"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9536"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}