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
Chinese Authorities Ban Major House Church in Beijing
BEIJING, CHINA (ANS) -- More than 20 police officers and other Chinese government officials raided a Bible school class at Beijing’s Shouwang Church.
The authorities...
Join The Pack — Is Back!
COCONUT CREEK, FL. (ANS) -- Food For The Poor's annual community food packing event -- Join The Pack -- is back this spring, but...
Cyclone Idai causes massive flooding in East Africa
ZIMBABWE (ANS) -- Barnabas Aid’s regional coordinator on the ground in Zimbabwe relayed shocking scenes of “total and utter devastation” as Cyclone Idai smashed...
‘Jesus Wells’ bring water to 5,300 villagers
SOUTH ASIA (ANS) -- As human beings, we need about 13 to 26 gallons of water each day (1). Research from the United Nations...
Minority Rights Group Leader Calls for Release of Asia Bibi
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM (ANS) -- The Chief Executive of International Minorities Concern, a UK-based advocacy group for minority rights, has called on believers in...
Dr. Robert ‘Bob’ Finley is with the Lord
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (ANS) -- Dr. Robert (Bob) V. Finley, who led a reformation in foreign missions and founded International Students, Inc. (ISI) and Christian...
Disabled Iraqi Christian Woman Overcomes Persecution
WASHINGTON D.C. (ANS) -- Although the reconstruction of Mosul is slow, following its three-year occupation by the Islamic State (ISIS), the city’s bustling university...
Police in India File Charges against Pastors
HYDERABAD, INDIA (ANS) -- Three pastors in western India have been criminally charged in retaliation for refuting a false account of a Hindu extremist...
Drought and Death are Frequent Visitors to those Without Water
WILLS POINT, TEXAS (ANS) -- Every March through May, drought settled in Vimal’s area, an agrarian village where most of the locals were farmers,...
Alabama Recognizes the Assyrian, Armenian, Greek Genocide
MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA (ANS) -- Alabama has officially become the 49th U.S. state to recognize the Armenian Genocide.
Governor Kay Ivey issued a powerful proclamation recognizing...
