Michael Ireland
Michael Ireland is an Internet journalist and Media Missionary serving as Chief Correspondent for the ASSIST News Service. He is also an ordained minister and an award-winning local cable-TV host/producer. Michael has served with Dan Wooding and ASSIST News Service (ANS) since its beginning in 1989. He has reported for ANS from Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Israel, Jordan, China, and Russia. Follow Michael on Facebook at MichaelIrelandMediaMissionary and on Twitter at @Michael_ASSIST. You may support Michael as a media missionary at https://actintl.givingfuel.com/ireland-michael
Restrictions on Religious Freedom in Europe during Covid-19
STRASBOURG, France (ANS) -- According to a study of more than 40 European countries it appears that in the vast majority of them, religious...
China’s ‘tainted’ cotton picked by persecuted Uighur Minority
XINJIANG, China (ANS) -- China is forcing hundreds of thousands of Uighurs and other minorities into hard, manual labour in the vast cotton fields...
Soccer stars raise funds for Persecuted Christians
LONDON, United Kingdom (ANS) -- French Connect London, a French-speaking church in London, along with the Christian association Plus Que Sportifs, recently organised “The...
Iran Alive Celebrates 10,000 Salvations Since May
MELISSA, Texas (ANS) -- In October, Iran Alive https://iranaliveministries.org received amazing news: they reached 10,000 salvations through their broadcast ministry since May!
To honor this...
Billy Graham Rapid Response Team providing support after law enforcement officer...
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (ANS) -- A team of chaplains with the Billy Graham Rapid Response Team (BG-RRT) are in Mount Holly providing emotional and spiritual...
TRAFFICKED: A Parent’s Worst Nightmare
DETROIT, Michigan (ANS) -- Based on multiple true events, the feature-length drama TRAFFICKED: A Parent’s Worst Nightmare, which shines a light on the harsh...
Vietnam Denies Permission for Evangelicals to Hold Clergy Assembly
HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam. (ANS) – The government of Vietnam has denied the Evangelical Church of Vietnam (South) permission to hold its scheduled...
Jihadist Militants Slaughter Christians in Congo
Clergyman loses wife, four children in horrific attack.
NAIROBI, Kenya (ANS) – Suspected members of an insurgent jihadist group slaughtered 20 Christians in villages in...
Indonesian Terrorist Group Behind Salvation Army Attack Identified
Eastern Indonesia Mujahideen (MIT) Terrorists Still at Large
WASHINGTON, D.C. (ANS) – Following the November 27 terrorist attack on the Salvation Army’s service post in...
Trial begins for accused Sudan church arson attackers
KHARTOUM, Sudan (ANS) -- The trial of nine defendants accused of setting fire to a church in Omdurman, Khartoum, commenced on November 29 at...
