Assist News Service
The ASSIST NEWS SERVICE (ANS) provides a wide variety of national and international stories that goes to 2,600 media around the world. The news service is headed by veteran journalist Dan Wooding and has a string of experienced journalists and writers that include Michael Ireland, Mark Ellis, Jeremy Reynalds, Elizabeth Kendal, Rolland Baker, Bill Ellis, Maurice Rowlandson, Gordon Bailey, Herbert Eze, and many others.
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Saudi Arabia: shaken by apostasy and dissidence
In 1683, centuries of Islamic advance through military conquest came to a halt at the gates of Vienna. Islam then went into almost 300 years of decline. In the early 1770s, an Arab named Muhammad ibn Abdul Wahhab embraced the teachings of Ibn Ta...
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Six Missionaries and a Bible College Student Beaten in Uttarakhand
Anti-Christian extremists brutally attacked Rasul Sarvak, a Bible college student, and seven Gospel for Asia missionaries on India’s Independence Day, August 15. The mob became enraged after they saw Rasul passing out Gospel literature...
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Zambia’s ‘born-again’ president Levy Mwanawasa dies at 59
The Zambian president, Levy Mwanawasa, a committed Christian died in France on Monday, August 19, nearly two months after suffering a stroke during an African Union conference. He was 59.
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Ministering During Summer Vacation
Summer outreach is a means through which students at Gospel for Asia’s 67 Bible colleges have the opportunity to participate in hands-on outreach along with their training in the classroom...
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Taking Boston Beans to Blighty
When the Boston colonialists (disguised as American Indians) dumped British tea in Boston Harbour in protest to high taxes, they attempted to break all ties with England and everything it stood for. On the other hand myself, a Boston native, was...
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Israelis host Beijing ceremony during 2008 Beijing Olympics to remember the Munich Massacre
Hundreds of Israeli, Chinese and Olympic officials gathered Monday (August 18) at the Hilton Beijing to commemorate the massacre of Israeli athletes at the 1972 Munich Games.
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‘Christian persecution surged during Musharraf’s rule’
Joseph Francis, the National Director of Centre for Legal Aid, Assistance and Settlement (CLAAS) has said that Christian persecution and discrimination with minorities surged during former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf’s rule.
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US Christian Group Leaves Chinese Airport After Standoff
Members of an American Christian group have ended a standoff with Chinese customs officials over Bibles they were trying to bring into the country.
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Stephanie Brown Trafton Testifies From China as Planned
For two years, 4 Winds Christian Athletics provided Olympic athlete testimonies to the media throughout the world, including the underground Chinese church.
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The Kind of Leader America Needs:
On the heels of the Saddleback Civil Forum on the Presidency the night before, Dr. Rick Warren, pastor of Saddleback Church, preached a Sunday morning sermon to his congregation and uplinked to the nation...
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Young Woman Set Free
Sanjula was a young newlywed. For many, this would be an exciting time; but for Sanjula, each day was torture. Sanjula did not realize it, but demons were causing her torment. During the night, she would shiver in fear and cringe as though she w...
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In the Midst of Tragedy, Pastor Greg Laurie Urges Audiences to put their Faith in Christ
It was just three weeks ago that Riverside, Calif. pastor and evangelist Greg Laurie learned that his son, Christopher, had been killed in a tragic automobile accident...
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Pakistan’s Musharraf Steps Down
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf, facing impeachment on charges drawn up by the country’s governing coalition, has announced that he is resigning.
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Chinese Airport Officials Seize 300 Bibles from American Christians
A group of American Christians who had more than 300 Chinese Bibles confiscated by officials when they arrived in China is refusing to leave Kunming International Airport until they get the books back.
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Obama and McCain Supports PEPFAR idea for Orphans
Rick Warren told both Democratic candidate Barack Obama and his Republican rival John McCain at his Civic Form at Saddleback on Saturday night (August 16) that he believed that the time had come for a US Government supported Emergency Plan...
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The ‘fingerprints’ of Christopher Laurie were all over this year’s Harvest Crusade in Anaheim
Christians in Southern California and around the world were devastated when the news came through that 33-year-old Christopher Laurie had died on July 24 when his car hit the back of a Caltrans truck on Highway 91 near Corona, California.
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The Lost Dogs Travel Route 66 and Come to Joy Junction
Michael Roe, Terry Scott Taylor, Derri Daugherty and Steve Hindalong are The Lost Dogs.
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Hindu Radicals Attack Christians in Madhya Pradesh, India
Hindu radicals attacked a Christian meeting recently.
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China, India, and Other Emerging Nations Need Christianity
The publisher of the Missionaries News Service, Alan Metcalfe praised US President George W. Bush for having the courage and the commitment to attend a church service in Beijing during his recent visit to the Olympics...
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Helicopters, secret service and sniffer dogs at Saddleback Church as Barack Obama and John McCain try to win the votes of American Christians
The scene at Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, California, on Saturday evening (August 16) was like that of a movie set as U.S. Presidential candidates, Barack Obama and John McCain, both tried to woo the votes of American Christians.
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