In Algeria, about 95 percent of the population follows Islam and less than two percent are Christians. The government bans conversion from Islam to Christianity, regulates non-Muslim worship, and enforces blasphemy laws, which can be used as a cudgel against followers of Jesus.…

Aisha*, 27, grew up in a Muslim family. Her father was devoted to Islam and her mother was obedient to her father. As a Muslim woman, she felt that she had no other choice.…

 “When Nature Calls,” Gospel for Asia improves health and well-being by providing simple necessities By Michael Ireland, Chief Correspondent, ASSIST News Service (www.assistnews.net)   WILLS POINT, TEXAS (ANS – Nov. 14, 2018) – “When Nature Calls” is the theme of an international campaign to provide essential sanitation.…

A discussion on the importance of birds to people and the Bible

ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO—One-hundred years ago, the U.S. Congress signed the Migratory Bird Treaty Act—MBTA (codified at 16 U.S.C. …

 Canada considering Asia Bibi asylum bid
By Michael Ireland, Chief Correspondent, ASSST News Service (www.assistnews.net) OTTAWA, CANADA (ANS – Nov. 12, 2018) — Asia Bibi may be granted asylum in Canada.…

Pray, ponder, and seek God’s pastures of protection in a time of violence

ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO—“Ponder the lives that were lost..and the day humans will learn war no more” (Isaiah 2:4), the newly installed Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of the Rio Grande, Michael Buerkel Hunn, reminded a congregation of several hundred people during a service of Remembrance at The Cathedral of St.…