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
Muslim Clerics Threaten Sudanese Christian in Egypt
JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN (ANS) -- Muslim clerics have threatened a Sudanese Christian in Cairo.
Days after the Muslim leaders in Egypt came to his apartment...
Christian Persecution on the Rise
NEW YORK, NEW YORK (ANS) -- While you might have seen a decrease in mainstream media reporting regarding Christian persecution, there has only been...
Cricket World Cup can be tool for evangelism
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM (ANS) – Besides football (soccer), the next most popular sport in England is cricket. It can be a confusing game to...
30th Anniversary of Tiananmen Square Massacre
BEIJING, CHINA (ANS) – Thirty years ago, in June 1989, Chinese army troops brutally suppressed peaceful protests for freedom and democracy, killing and wounding...
Steiger: Reaching the Global Youth Culture
KROGIS, GERMANY (ANS) – How do you tackle the question of reaching the Global Youth Culture for Jesus?
Join church and mission leaders, and people...
Freeing Mideast Women from Ongoing Violent Oppression
MIDDLE EAST (ANS) -- Ongoing discrimination, oppression and violence against women in the Middle East and parts of North Africa, remains pervasive and entrenched.
In...
Christian captive Terry Waite reflects on life at 80
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM (ANS) – Special envoy Terry Waite is reflecting on forgiveness as he turned 80 years old.
The Archbishop of Canterbury's special envoy,...
Franklin Graham seeks prayer for the President
CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA (ANS) -- Evangelist Franklin Graham is asking Christians in the US to pray for President Donald Trump on Sunday, June 2.
Franklin...
Christians wary as Modi sworn in for second term in India
INDIA (ANS) -- Christians in India are wary as India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi was sworn in yesterday for a second five-year term.
During Modi’s...
The ‘Beautiful Game’ in Iraq
ERBIL, IRAQ (ANS) – The ‘beautiful game’ is everywhere, even in the most run-down refugee camps.
If war is a fact of life in Iraq,...
