Lebanon rarely garners headlines like other Middle East actors. It’s a relatively stable homeland. Yet the country hangs in the balance as a beacon of Christianity and stability amid growing threats from radical Islam. Christians accounted for about 70% of Lebanon’s population a century ago. Today, they are in the minority, numbering 20% to 40%, or roughly 2 million people in a nation of nearly 6 million people. Statistics vary depending on the source. The last nationwide census was in 1932.