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
Mexican Pastor Killed During Church Service
OAXACA, MEXICO (ANS) -- A pastor from the Fraternidad Cristiana church was shot and killed in Oaxaca, south-west Mexico, on August 18.
Christian Solidarity Worldwide...
After Killing of Clergyman, Priest Narrowly Escapes Death
JOS, NIGERIA (ANS) -- After the killing of a Roman Catholic priest and a parishioner in southeastern Nigeria earlier this month, another clergyman on...
Gospel for Asia Supported Churches Caught in Monsoon Flooding
WILLS POINT, TEXAS (ANS) -- While the Chennai state is plagued by drought, other parts of India, Nepal, and Bangladesh are enduring the annual...
Live Simulcast of OPRYLAND Sing!
NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE (ANS) -- Keith and Kristyn Getty’s upcoming Getty Music Worship Conference: Sing! 2019 will be live simulcasted around the world from August...
Now Entering Filth and Fertile Ground
WILLS POINT, TEXAS (ANS) -- Prisha had heard about this village before.
Punya Basti’s residents lived in squalor with no electricity, running water or toilets.
Most...
Muslims Converge on Mecca
MECCA, SAUDI ARABIA (ANS) — More than two million Muslims converged on Mecca this year on the last day of the Hajj, an annual...
Gospel For Asia fighting back against deadly mosquitoes
WILLS POINT, TEXAS (ANS) – Although unusual in the United States, the U.S. is not immune to deadly mosquito-borne diseases. In July, health officials...
Taliban recruiting in Afghan Universities
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN (ANS) -- The Taliban continues to launch deadly attacks, most recently in the capital Kabul where a bomb blast killed at least...
Cuban Pastor Threatened with Imprisonment
HAVANA, CUBA (ANS) – A Cuban pastor has been told he risks imprisonment if his church goes ahead with a planned women’s conference.
Christian Solidarity...
Author Examines Hospitality Around the World
HARRISONBURG, VIRGINIA (ANS) — Piles of laundry, yardwork, hectic schedules, napping kids.
Let’s face it—there’s never a perfect time to invite others into our homes...
