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
Somali Pastor beaten in Kenya
GARISSA COUNTY, KENYA (ANS) -- The Somali pastor of an underground church in Kenya near the Somali border suffered a broken thigh bone and...
Middle East ministry features Muslim Women’s Testimonies
BEIRUT, LEBANON (ANS) – Horizons International (www.horizonsinternational.org) media team in Beirut has produced a powerful series of testimonies by 13 women who have come...
Christianity in the Middle East now a significant minority
MIDDLE EAST (ANS) -- In the early part of the 20th century, Christians of varying denominations once made up one-third of the complicated religious...
London street preacher disputes police statement
LONDON, UK (ANS) -- A Nigerian street preacher claims police drove him five miles away after arresting him for breaching the peace before releasing...
UK MP Appeals to British Prime Minister about Leah Sharibu
LONDON, UK (ANS) – Marking International Women’s Day (March 8), a British MP appealed to the Prime Minister to prioritize the release of a...
Hard line cleric heads up Iran’s judiciary
WASHINGTON, D.C. (ANS) -- Hardline cleric Ebrahim Raisi was sworn into office as the new Judiciary Chief of Iran’s Islamic Republic, according to International...
Asia Bibi unwell in Pakistan safe house
KARACHI, PAKISTAN (ANS) -- Asia Bibi, who was cleared of blasphemy in Pakistan, is said to be "very unwell" and is reportedly being denied...
Nigerian street preacher arrested in London
LONDON, UK (ANS) -- A Nigerian street preacher has been arrested in London, according to Barnabas Fund contacts and other sources.
The Metropolitan Police has...
Fifty years a friend, 30 years a colleague
MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA (ANS) -- At the age of 14 when I first met author, broadcaster and journalist Dan Wooding, I never dreamed I would...
‘Dying of Thirst’: Critical Water Shortage
WILLS POINT, TEXAS (ANS) -- Dying of thirst, nearly 2 billion people – one in every four people on the planet – live in...
