Now is the Time to Act

Now is the Time to Act

Our suffering brothers and sisters need us to stand with them

By Dan Wooding, Founder of ASSIST News Service

LAKE FOREST, CA (ANS December 29, 2016) -- Every day, untold numbers of Christians in countries like Iran, Iraq, Syria, Nigeria, Pakistan and Sudan, face persecution on a massive scale.

During this year alone, thousands have been slaughtered by Islamic terror groups like ISIS in the Middle East, and Boko Haram in Nigeria, while others are languishing in brutal jail, not knowing whether they will taken out and executed by hanging, firing squad, or beheaded by the sword, the favorite killing choice of ISIS.

However, I want you to know that your prayers and support are having an eternal impact on the lives of so many of these believers as you learn about them through our news service, and then you take action on their behalf.

Thank you for all you have already done! But now, time is running out on 2016. Until December 31st, you can provide a Christian lifeline to these courageous brothers and sisters as you support what we doing by highlighting their cases.

Before the year runs out, I am asking you to make a generous year-end donation to ASSIST of $50, $100, or whatever you can afford to help us meet our goal of bringing you more of these stories that will literally change the lives of those we feature.

Your support will make a real, lasting impact in the lives of those who are in such need.

Please, go to www.assistnews.net and scroll down to where it says DONATE TO ASSIST NEWS and make your donation now. If you prefer a check, please make it out to ASSIST and mail it to PO Box 609, Lake Forest, CA 92609, USA. (All gifts in the USA are tax-deductible, and all envelopes dated December 31st, or earlier, will be deductible for 2016).

Thank you for your continued support and friendship. With gratitude from all of us at ASSIST, which, by the way, means Aid to Special Saints in Strategic Times.

Photo captions: 1) Pakistani Christians shout out their faith in protest against the persecution of their fellow believers. (Reuters). 2) Persecuted believers in prayer. Will you join with them? 3) Dan Wooding pictured in Northern Iraq where there is much violence against Christians.

About the writer: Dan Wooding, 76, is an award-winning journalist who was born in Nigeria of British missionary parents, and is now living in Southern California with his wife Norma, to whom he has been married for more than 53 years. They have two sons, Andrew and Peter, and six grandchildren who all live in the UK. Dan is the founder of the ASSIST News Service (ANS) and he hosts a weekly radio show and two TV shows, all based in in Southern California. Dan also is the author of some 45 books.

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