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AMMAN, JORDAN (ANS) — “Christian” is not just a political party in Lebanon. Many true evangelical believers live in that war-torn nation, and they are not all in the “safe” areas, away from the rockets, bombs and troops.Many Christians are among the hundreds of thousands of Lebanese already displaced by the escalating conflict. They have taken refuge in open parks and playgrounds. Others have fled into Syria and Jordan. Read more.

7:06 p.m. COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Episcopal Church has elected the world’s first female presiding bishop, spurring a reaction of shock, delight and some dismay among thousands of delegates and bishops gathered here. Katharine Jefferts Schori, 52, bishop of the 6,000-member Episcopal Diocese of Nevada, is the church?s new presiding bishop, a post equivalent to that of archbishop. She beat out five men for the post, winning on the fifth ballot this afternoon. Read more.

World Vision relief teams in Jakarta have dispatched emergency supplies to thousands of people left homeless by Saturday’s 6.3 magnitude earthquake in central Java, Indonesia. Read more about World Vision’s response. Also: World Relief also responds, through local church contacts, plus reports from Operation Blessing, and from Food for the Hungry, and also Samaritan’s Purse.