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
Twice the Mobility, Twice the Blessing
WILLS POINT, TEXAS (ANS) -- Although Pastor Jahansuz tried to encourage every believer, it was impossible at times. One particular village was located five...
Myanmar Villagers Released After Six Months
WASHINGTON, D.C. (ANS) – Arakan Army (AA) released dozens of villagers from western Myanmar’s Chin State on August 1, 2019, according to International Christian...
Billy Graham chaplains respond to mass shootings
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (ANS) -- Teams of crisis-trained chaplains with the Billy Graham Rapid Response Team (RRT) are on their way to El Paso, Texas,...
The Power of Stories
ATHENS, GEECE (ANS) -- There is something quite spiritual about storytelling.
The power of a story to communicate ideas about people, cultures, or circumstances is...
Christian villages bombed and evacuated
ERBIL, KURDISTAN (ANS) -- Around 10 Christian villages in the northern Kurdistan Region have been evacuated due to frequent and increasing Turkish bombings targeting...
Public Awareness, Pressure Helps Persecuted Indians
NEW DELHI, INDIA (ANS) -- Morning Star News reports an attorney representing Christians threatened at a wedding in northern India – with police joining...
Chinese Christians Forced to Stop Activities
GUIYANG CITY, GUIZHOU PROVINCE, CHINA (ANS) -- Authorities in China have accused Christians in Guizhou of carrying out “illegal religious activities” and forced them...
Is the American Church Asleep Regarding Persecution?
CHAMBERSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA (ANS) — David Curry, head of Open Doors USA, penned an editorial for USA Today last month where he admonished American churches...
Disruptive Hope: What Your Therapist Never Told You.
MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA (ANS) – More than 130 people die daily in the United States after overdosing with opioids or heroin. The misuse of and...
New British PM Boris Johnson urged to follow through on pledge
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM (ANS) -- Release International is urging Britain’s new Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, to follow through on the government’s recent pledge to...
