ASSIST NewsThe 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.Pastors Attacked, Tied to a Car and Paraded Half Naked in Karnataka, India- (Found August 15, 2008 ) Two pastors were tortured and arrested by Hindu radicals.http://www.assistnews.net/Stories/2008/s08080099.htm Gaza humanitarian work destroyed by Hamas- (Found August 15, 2008 ) An English-language kindergarten, a cultural center and an attached private home in Gaza were ransacked and looted by Hamas in the early morning hours of July 27.http://www.assistnews.net/Stories/2008/s08080088.htm Top Hamas leaders son converts to Christianity- (Found August 15, 2008 ) The son of a top Hamas leader has converted to Christianity and prays some day his family will also accept Jesus Christ as their savior, according to an Israeli newspaper.http://www.assistnews.net/Stories/2008/s08080090.htm Your Poverty Is Greater Than Ours -- Mother Teresa- (Found August 15, 2008 ) As I recently pondered that we are fast approaching the anniversary of the death of Mother Teresa on September 5, 1997 at the age of 87, my mind slipped back to 1975 when I received a phone call that would change my life.http://www.assistnews.net/Stories/2008/s08080091.htm Catholic Relief Services Supports Emergency Response to Fighting in Southern Philippines- (Found August 15, 2008 ) In the southern Philippines as many as 160,000 people were reported displaced from their homes on Monday after fighting erupted between government forces and Islamic separatists.http://www.assistnews.net/Stories/2008/s08080084.htm One Familys Heartbreak Turns to Celebration;- (Found August 15, 2008 ) Just a few days ago, the atmosphere at the Montgomery Regional Airport was alive with expectancy for one family.http://www.assistnews.net/Stories/2008/s08080092.htm A Marathon, a Chat, and a Prayer Benefit Kids in Ukraine (please use this version)- (Found August 15, 2008 ) A run in the Los Angeles marathon, a chance conversation in Poland, and the prayers of a Ukrainian woman have all come together to provide help and hope for disabled kids in Eastern Europe.http://www.assistnews.net/Stories/2008/s08080094.htm Redeemed from Physical, Financial Bondage- (Found August 15, 2008 ) It might not seem like Nikhil and his pastor, Tanay, have much in common. But they both know what it is like to be in bondage. For Nikhil, it was a debt that held him; for Tanay, it was a disease.http://www.assistnews.net/Stories/2008/s08080095.htm Slavic Churches Lift Up Christ While Helping South Ossetian Refugees- (Found August 15, 2008 ) Refugee families from South Ossetia have flooded north across the Russian border into the cities of North Ossetia, and into the southern Russian regions of Kabardino-Balkaria, Rostov, Stavropol, and Krasnodar.http://www.assistnews.net/Stories/2008/s08080096.htm Students Offered Financial Incentives for Good Ideas- (Found August 15, 2008 ) InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, an evangelical campus mission serving more than 31,000 students and faculty on more than 580 college and university campuses nationwide, is looking for a few good ideas.http://www.assistnews.net/Stories/2008/s08080097.htm |