Archive for October, 2008
admin / October 31, 2008 10:00 pm
ASSIST News Service (ANS) – PO Box 609, Lake Forest, CA 92609-0609 USA Visit our web site at: www.assistnews.net — E-mail: assistnews@aol.com Friday, October 31, 2008 Victory Christian Fellowship celebrates 10th Anniversary in Southern Philippines By Noel Tarrazona Special Correspondent to ASSIST News Service ZAMBOANGA CITY, PHILIPPINES (ANS) – Victory Christian Fellowship (VCF) in Zamboanga City marks another milestone as [...]
admin / October 31, 2008 10:00 pm
ASSIST News Service (ANS) – PO Box 609, Lake Forest, CA 92609-0609 USA Visit our web site at: www.assistnews.net — E-mail: assistnews@aol.com Thursday, October 30, 2008 Billy Graham, America’s pastor and friend of Presidents turns 90 By Bill EllisSpecial to ASSIST News Service SCOTT DEPOT, WV (ANS) – On November 4, millions of honest and concerned citizens will go to [...]
admin / October 31, 2008 10:00 pm
ASSIST News Service (ANS) – PO Box 609, Lake Forest, CA 92609-0609 USA Visit our web site at: www.assistnews.net — E-mail: assistnews@aol.com Thursday, October 30, 2008 Pakistani Hindus celebrate Diwali Festival (Please use this version) By Sheraz Khurram KhanSpecial Correspondent for ASSIST News Service in Pakistan RAWALPINDI, PAKISTAN (ANS) – The Pakistani Hindu community is celebrating Diwali, a significant festival [...]
admin / October 31, 2008 9:40 am
“Flee the evil desires of youth, and pursue righteousness, faith, love and peace, along with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.” (2 Timothy 2:22) If the Paul made a movie of your life, it would be an action movie. And it would be packed with chase scenes. Of course, in his day all the chasing [...]
admin / October 31, 2008 9:40 am
ASSIST News Service (ANS) – PO Box 609, Lake Forest, CA 92609-0609 USA Visit our web site at: www.assistnews.net — E-mail: assistnews@aol.com Thursday, October 30, 2008 Terror Serial Blasts Hits North East India Gateway Cities; many dead and injured Guwahati Baptist Church Damaged and Pastor Injured For Immediate ReleaseFrom All India Christian Council NEW DELHI, INDIA (ANS) – The North [...]
admin / October 31, 2008 9:40 am
ASSIST News Service (ANS) – PO Box 609, Lake Forest, CA 92609-0609 USA Visit our web site at: www.assistnews.net — E-mail: assistnews@aol.com Thursday, October 30, 2008 Roman Catholic Church in the Philippines Vows to Stop Passage of Reproductive Health Bill By Success Kanayo UchimeSpecial to ASSIST News Service MANILA, PHILIPPINES (ANS) – The Roman Catholic Church in the Philippines is [...]
admin / October 31, 2008 9:40 am
ASSIST News Service (ANS) – PO Box 609, Lake Forest, CA 92609-0609 USA Visit our web site at: www.assistnews.net — E-mail: assistnews@aol.com Thursday, October 30, 2008 World Vision Launches Bold Initiative for Worldwide Elimination of Malaria (Please use this version) By Success Kanayo UchimeSpecial to ASSIST News Service USA (ANS) – The humanitarian agency World Vision, in an effort to [...]
admin / October 31, 2008 9:40 am
ASSIST News Service (ANS) – PO Box 609, Lake Forest, CA 92609-0609 USA Visit our web site at: www.assistnews.net — E-mail: assistnews@aol.com Thursday, October 30, 2008 Possibly Oldest Hebrew Inscription May Have Been Found by Israeli Archaeologist By Michael IrelandChief Correspondent, ASSIST News Service HIRBET QEIYAFA, ISRAEL (ANS) – An Israeli archaeologist digging at a hilltop south of Jerusalem believes [...]
admin / October 31, 2008 9:40 am
ASSIST News Service (ANS) – PO Box 609, Lake Forest, CA 92609-0609 USA Visit our web site at: www.assistnews.net — E-mail: assistnews@aol.com Thursday, October 30, 2008 Azerbaijan Pastor to be Tried October 31 By Michael IrelandChief Correspondent, ASSIST News Service AZERBAIJAN (ANS) – Hamid Shabanov, a Baptist pastor in Azerbaijan who was arrested on June 20, faces trial on Friday, [...]
admin / October 31, 2008 9:40 am
ASSIST News Service (ANS) – PO Box 609, Lake Forest, CA 92609-0609 USA Visit our web site at: www.assistnews.net — E-mail: assistnews@aol.com Thursday, October 30, 2008 Pakistani Hindus celebrate Diwali Festival By Dan WoodingFounder of ASSIST Ministries RAWALPINDI, PAKISTAN (ANS) – Pakistani Hindu community is celebrating Diwali, a significant festival in Hinduism which is also called “Festival of Lights,” across [...]
admin / October 31, 2008 9:40 am
ASSIST News Service (ANS) – PO Box 609, Lake Forest, CA 92609-0609 USA Visit our web site at: www.assistnews.net — E-mail: assistnews@aol.com Thursday, October 30, 2008 Pakistani Human Rights Activist attends 2008 Christian Lawyer Global Convocation By Sheraz Khurram KhanSpecial Correspondent for ASSIST News Service in Pakistan WASHINGTON, DC (ANS) – Joseph Francis, the National Director of Centre for Legal [...]
admin / October 31, 2008 9:40 am
ASSIST News Service (ANS) – PO Box 609, Lake Forest, CA 92609-0609 USA Visit our web site at: www.assistnews.net — E-mail: assistnews@aol.com Thursday, October 30, 2008 Financial Analyst Has a Message for the Devout: Be Smart, Live Frugally, Keep the Faith By Michael IrelandChief Correspondent, ASSIST News Service LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA (ANS) – Danny Fontana spends his days giving financial [...]
admin / October 31, 2008 9:40 am
ASSIST News Service (ANS) – PO Box 609, Lake Forest, CA 92609-0609 USA Visit our web site at: www.assistnews.net — E-mail: assistnews@aol.com Thursday, October 30, 2008 U.S. Student Arrested in Tehran While Working on Thesis Project By Michael IrelandChief Correspondent, ASSIST News Service LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA / TEHRAN, IRAN (ANS) – Officials in the United States are looking into the [...]
admin / October 30, 2008 9:00 am
“In a large house there are articles not only of gold and silver, but also of wood and clay; some are for noble purposes and some for ignoble. If a man cleanses himself from the latter, he will be an instrument for noble purposes, made holy, useful to the Master and prepared to do any good work.” (2 Timothy 2:20-21) [...]
admin / October 30, 2008 9:00 am
“Nevertheless, God’s solid foundation stands firm, sealed with this inscription: ‘The Lord knows those who are his,’ and, ‘Everyone who confesses the name of the Lord must turn away from wickedness.’ (2 Timothy 2:19) For the next few days, you might hear a lot of doomsday talk about the economy, the election, the future of happiness. You occasionally hear that [...]
admin / October 30, 2008 9:00 am
ASSIST News Service (ANS) – PO Box 609, Lake Forest, CA 92609-0609 USA Visit our web site at: www.assistnews.net — E-mail: assistnews@aol.com Wednesday, October 29, 2008 170 killed as strong quake hits Pakistan By Sheraz Khurram KhanSpecial Correspondent for ASSIST News Service in Pakistan QUETTA, PAKISTAN (ANS) – At least 170 people have been reportedly killed after a powerful earthquake [...]
admin / October 30, 2008 9:00 am
ASSIST News Service (ANS) – PO Box 609, Lake Forest, CA 92609-0609 USA Visit our web site at: www.assistnews.net — E-mail: assistnews@aol.com Wednesday, October 29, 2008 Christian Aid Worker in Somalia Beheaded for Converting from Islam to Christianity (please use this version) Anti-Christian violence spills into Kenya as Somali Muslims attack in Nairobi By Jeremy ReynaldsCorrespondent for ASSIST News Service [...]
admin / October 30, 2008 9:00 am
ASSIST News Service (ANS) – PO Box 609, Lake Forest, CA 92609-0609 USA Visit our web site at: www.assistnews.net — E-mail: assistnews@aol.com Wednesday, October 29, 2008 Holy God Television in Paris attacked A former homeless Sri Lankan who began this unique Christian television channel reveals what happened By Dan WoodingFounder of ASSIST Ministries SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA (ANS) – A former [...]
admin / October 30, 2008 9:00 am
ASSIST News Service (ANS) – PO Box 609, Lake Forest, CA 92609-0609 USA Visit our web site at: www.assistnews.net — E-mail: assistnews@aol.com Wednesday, October 29, 2008 Indian Social Action Forum’s Fact Finding Team to Orissa Finds Anti-Christian Violence Considered Normal By Michael IrelandChief Correspondent, ASSIST News Service BHUBANESWAR, INDIA (ANS) – According to a member of a fact-finding team visiting [...]
admin / October 30, 2008 9:00 am
ASSIST News Service (ANS) – PO Box 609, Lake Forest, CA 92609-0609 USA Visit our web site at: www.assistnews.net — E-mail: assistnews@aol.com Wednesday, October 29, 2008 Delegates at National Convention Discuss ’The Idea of India’ By Michael IrelandChief Correspondent, ASSIST News Service NEW DELHI, INDIA (ANS) – Nearly a thousand delegates from different religions and secular civil societies from different [...]
admin / October 30, 2008 9:00 am
ASSIST News Service (ANS) – PO Box 609, Lake Forest, CA 92609-0609 USA Visit our web site at: www.assistnews.net — E-mail: assistnews@aol.com Wednesday, October 29, 2008 Noted Media Pundit Announces the 4th Annual Kairos Prize for Spiritually Uplifting Screenplays By Michael IrelandChief Correspondent, ASSIST News Service BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA (ANS) – Throughout history, great art, drama and communications, such as [...]
admin / October 30, 2008 9:00 am
ASSIST News Service (ANS) – PO Box 609, Lake Forest, CA 92609-0609 USA Visit our web site at: www.assistnews.net — E-mail: assistnews@aol.com Wednesday, October 29, 2008 Catholic Priest Dies After Injuries from Anti-Christian Orissa Violence Father Bernard Digal, a Native of Kandhamal District, died in Chennai By Michael IrelandChief Correspondent, ASSIST News Service ORISSA, INDIA (ANS) – The first Roman [...]
admin / October 29, 2008 8:40 pm
ASSIST News Service (ANS) – PO Box 609, Lake Forest, CA 92609-0609 USA Visit our web site at: www.assistnews.net — E-mail: assistnews@aol.com Wednesday, October 29, 2008 Dr. Joseph D’souza, expert on sectarian violence and Dalit discrimination in India, visiting USA and available for interviews on recent unrest in world’s largest democracy For immediate release For further information, contact Peter Dance(770) [...]
admin / October 29, 2008 8:40 pm
ASSIST News Service (ANS) – PO Box 609, Lake Forest, CA 92609-0609 USA Visit our web site at: www.assistnews.net — E-mail: assistnews@aol.com Tuesday, October 28, 2008 Wayne Jacobsen shares God’s love at Hope Builders International By Bill DolackSpecial to ASSIST News Service CHARLOTTESVILLE, VIRGINIA (ANS) – “When you think about how God loves us, how can you not want to [...]
admin / October 29, 2008 8:40 pm
ASSIST News Service (ANS) – PO Box 609, Lake Forest, CA 92609-0609 USA Visit our web site at: www.assistnews.net — E-mail: assistnews@aol.com Tuesday, October 28, 2008 Christian Aid Worker in Somalia Beheaded for Converting to Islam Anti-Christian violence spills into Kenya as Somali Muslims attack in Nairobi By Jeremy ReynaldsCorrespondent for ASSIST News Service NAIROBI, KENYA (ANS) – Among at [...]
admin / October 29, 2008 8:40 pm
ASSIST News Service (ANS) – PO Box 609, Lake Forest, CA 92609-0609 USA Visit our web site at: www.assistnews.net — E-mail: assistnews@aol.com Tuesday, October 28, 2008 Eritrean Officials Imprison 20 Members Of Underground Church By Dan WoodingFounder of ASSIST Ministries WASHINGTON, DC (ANS) – The Washington-DC based human rights group, International Christian Concern (ICC) — www.persecution.org – says that it [...]
admin / October 29, 2008 8:40 pm
ASSIST News Service (ANS) – PO Box 609, Lake Forest, CA 92609-0609 USA Visit our web site at: www.assistnews.net — E-mail: assistnews@aol.com Tuesday, October 28, 2008 The Amazing Story of Dan Wooding: From Tabloid to Truth By Brian NixonSpecial to ASSIST News Service ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO (ANS) – I first saw international journalist, Dan Wooding, from afar. He was standing [...]
admin / October 29, 2008 8:40 pm
ASSIST News Service (ANS) – PO Box 609, Lake Forest, CA 92609-0609 USA Visit our web site at: www.assistnews.net — E-mail: assistnews@aol.com Tuesday, October 28, 2008 World Evangelical Alliance Commissions New Leaders in Poverty and Religious Liberty By Michael IrelandChief Correspondent, ASSIST News Service PATTAYA, THAILAND (ANS) – The World Evangelical Alliance has commissioned two new leaders to take forward [...]
admin / October 29, 2008 8:40 pm
ASSIST News Service (ANS) – PO Box 609, Lake Forest, CA 92609-0609 USA Visit our web site at: www.assistnews.net — E-mail: assistnews@aol.com Tuesday, October 28, 2008 God no Longer ‘dead’ in Albania; The Church is getting Stronger By Success Kanayo UchimeSpecial to ASSIST News Service TIRANA, ALBANIA (ANS) – God is no longer “dead” in Albania, and with this news [...]
admin / October 29, 2008 8:40 pm
ASSIST News Service (ANS) – PO Box 609, Lake Forest, CA 92609-0609 USA Visit our web site at: www.assistnews.net — E-mail: assistnews@aol.com Tuesday, October 28, 2008 Update on Relief Work for Christians Brutalized by Violence in Orissa State By Michael IrelandChief Correspondent, ASSIST News Service ORISSA, INDIA (ANS) – The All India Christian Council (AICC) continues its advocacy efforts on [...]
admin / October 29, 2008 8:40 pm
ASSIST News Service (ANS) – PO Box 609, Lake Forest, CA 92609-0609 USA Visit our web site at: www.assistnews.net — E-mail: assistnews@aol.com Tuesday, October 28, 2008 Nun who was Gang-raped by Hindu Extremists tells her Story to the Media By Michael IrelandChief Correspondent, ASSIST News Service ORISSA STATE, INDIA (ANS) – On the same day that a Roman Catholic nun [...]
admin / October 29, 2008 8:40 pm
ASSIST News Service (ANS) – PO Box 609, Lake Forest, CA 92609-0609 USA Visit our web site at: www.assistnews.net — E-mail: assistnews@aol.com Tuesday, October 28, 2008 Who will Speak the Truth on Religious Conversions in India? By Michael IrelandChief Correspondent, ASSIST News Service HYDERABAD, ANDHRA PRADESH, SOUTH INDIA (ANS) – According to Rev. Dominic Emmanuel, director, Delhi Catholic Archdiocese, the [...]
admin / October 29, 2008 8:40 pm
ASSIST News Service (ANS) – PO Box 609, Lake Forest, CA 92609-0609 USA Visit our web site at: www.assistnews.net — E-mail: assistnews@aol.com Tuesday, October 28, 2008 Germany’s Biggest Mosque Opens Politicians and Church Leaders Urge More Religious Freedom in Turkey By Wolfgang PolzerSpecial to ASSIST News Service DUISBURG (ANS) – The opening of the biggest mosque in Germany has prompted [...]
admin / October 29, 2008 8:40 pm
ASSIST News Service (ANS) – PO Box 609, Lake Forest, CA 92609-0609 USA Visit our web site at: www.assistnews.net — E-mail: assistnews@aol.com Tuesday, October 28, 2008 Christian Leaders Conduct International Dialogue on Middle Eastern Church Crises By Michael IrelandChief Correspondent, ASSIST News Service AMMAN, JORDAN (ANS) – In a strategic gathering of Middle Eastern, European and American Christian leaders, westerners [...]
admin / October 29, 2008 8:40 pm
ASSIST News Service (ANS) – PO Box 609, Lake Forest, CA 92609-0609 USA Visit our web site at: www.assistnews.net — E-mail: assistnews@aol.com Tuesday, October 28, 2008 World Vision Meets the Needs of Thousands of Flood Victims in Zambia By Success Kanayo UchimeSpecial to ASSIST News Service SINAZONWE, ZAMBIA (ANS) – God has continued to use World Vision, a Christian humanitarian [...]
admin / October 29, 2008 8:40 pm
ASSIST News Service (ANS) – PO Box 609, Lake Forest, CA 92609-0609 USA Visit our web site at: www.assistnews.net — E-mail: assistnews@aol.com Monday, October 27, 2008 The Tree-branch Bridge By Brian NixonSpecial to ASSIST News Service ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO (ANS) – Fall is a picturesque time of year in Albuquerque. The cottonwood trees lining the Rio Grande River are yellow-gold; [...]
admin / October 29, 2008 8:40 pm
ASSIST News Service (ANS) – PO Box 609, Lake Forest, CA 92609-0609 USA Visit our web site at: www.assistnews.net — E-mail: assistnews@aol.com Monday, October 27, 2008 Taos Pueblo: Learning from the Tiwa By Brian NixonSpecial to ASSIST News Service TAOS, NEW MEXICO (ANS) – My family and I decided to take a day trip on one of the last warm [...]
admin / October 28, 2008 7:20 am
“Avoid godless chatter, because those who indulge in it will become more and more ungodly. Their teaching will spread like gangrene. Among them are Hymenaeus and Philetus, who have wandered away from the truth. They say that the resurrection has already taken place, and they destroy the faith of some.” (2 Timothy 2:16-18) Paul continues to warn Timothy not to [...]
admin / October 28, 2008 7:20 am
ASSIST News Service (ANS) – PO Box 609, Lake Forest, CA 92609-0609 USA Visit our web site at: www.assistnews.net — E-mail: assistnews@aol.com Monday, October 27, 2008 Screenwriting Expo Features Panel Discussion on Spiritually Uplifting Family Films and Television By Michael IrelandChief Correspondent, ASSIST News Service LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA (ANS) – A panel of guests from film and television will address [...]
admin / October 28, 2008 7:20 am
ASSIST News Service (ANS) – PO Box 609, Lake Forest, CA 92609-0609 USA Visit our web site at: www.assistnews.net — E-mail: assistnews@aol.com Monday, October 27, 2008 Historic Ukraine Missions Forum By Peter Wooding, MNS UK and Safe Worlds IPTV Europe Bureau ChiefSpecial to ASSIST News Service IRPEN, UKRAINE (ANS) – During extremely challenging times in Eastern Europe, both politically and [...]
admin / October 28, 2008 7:20 am
ASSIST News Service (ANS) – PO Box 609, Lake Forest, CA 92609-0609 USA Visit our web site at: www.assistnews.net — E-mail: assistnews@aol.com Monday, October 27, 2008 Why was Protestant Bishop Deported from Belarus? By Jeremy ReynaldsCorrespondent for ASSIST News Service BELARUS (ANS) – The Ukrainian founder of one of Minsk’s largest charismatic churches said he believes his Oct. 16 deportation [...]
admin / October 28, 2008 7:20 am
ASSIST News Service (ANS) – PO Box 609, Lake Forest, CA 92609-0609 USA Visit our web site at: www.assistnews.net — E-mail: assistnews@aol.com Monday, October 27, 2008 Persecution “Way of Life” in India Gospel for AsiaFor Immediate Release The attacks taking place in Orissa are making the news, yet so much of the ongoing persecution throughout India goes largely unnoticed by [...]
admin / October 28, 2008 7:20 am
ASSIST News Service (ANS) – PO Box 609, Lake Forest, CA 92609-0609 USA Visit our web site at: www.assistnews.net — E-mail: assistnews@aol.com Monday, October 27, 2008 Think Tank Says Atheist Posters Are ‘Great Adverts For Christianity’ By Michael IrelandChief Correspondent, ASSIST News Service UNITED KINGDOM (ANS) – A British think tank (www.theosthinktank.co.uk), set up with the support of the heads [...]
admin / October 28, 2008 7:20 am
ASSIST News Service (ANS) – PO Box 609, Lake Forest, CA 92609-0609 USA Visit our web site at: www.assistnews.net — E-mail: assistnews@aol.com Monday, October 27, 2008 Africa Sends Out Missionaries by the Thousands in New Wave of Missions Activity By Michael IrelandChief Correspondent, ASSIST News Service ETHIOPIA (ANS) – An Ethiopian tells how when he landed on Indian soil as [...]
admin / October 28, 2008 7:20 am
ASSIST News Service (ANS) – PO Box 609, Lake Forest, CA 92609-0609 USA Visit our web site at: www.assistnews.net — E-mail: assistnews@aol.com Monday, October 27, 2008 Stark Truths Of Hinduism: The Hindu Right Fears not Conversions, but Equitable Society By Michael IrelandChief Correspondent, ASSIST News Service NEW DELHI, INDIA (ANS) – Right-wing Hindus never had any issue with Christians or [...]
valerie / October 27, 2008 5:23 pm
You my dear Lord Jesus are my strength and shield. In you I will stand when wicked winds come my way. I will not fear for you are with me. I will not fade away. Though my enemies are encamped about me. I will not be their captive. Instead my Lord I will cling to you for peace, joy, love [...]
valerie / October 27, 2008 5:22 pm
Psalm 62 Oh Lord, lead me to Your towering rock of safety for You are my refuge. Nothing can overtake me for You are my Lord, Your dominion is huge. Let me live in Your sanctuary safe beneath the shelter of Your wings so strong. Let me live there for eternity, for Your peace and safety I long. [...]
admin / October 27, 2008 6:40 am
“Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a workman who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth.” (2 Timothy 2:15) Anyone who spent time in the AWANA program will probably recognize their main verse here. It’s where the name AWANA comes from — “Approved Workmen Are Not Ashamed.” Paul [...]
admin / October 27, 2008 6:40 am
“Keep reminding them of these things. Warn them before God against quarreling about words; it is of no value, and only ruins those who listen.” (2 Timothy 2:14) For the next week or so, we’re going to learn how to live by reading someone else’s mail. Paul is writing to Pastor Timothy about what the younger preacher should be teaching [...]
admin / October 27, 2008 6:40 am
ASSIST News Service (ANS) – PO Box 609, Lake Forest, CA 92609-0609 USA Visit our web site at: www.assistnews.net — E-mail: assistnews@aol.com Sunday, October 26, 2008 Restoring Faith in Hard Economic Times By Jackie O’NealSpecial to ASSIST News Service ATLANTIC CITY, NJ (ANS) – There is no question that the economic crisis and the struggling world markets have caused Americans [...]
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