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2025: the photos of the year

30 12 2025

Author: Andreas Rother

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Lively, diverse, and reflecting local traditions: that is how the congregations of the New Apostolic Church can be described. The photos of the year on nac.today testify to this. 

Chief Apostle Jean-Luc Schneider conducted a divine service in Worcester, South Africa, in January.

On 20 February, Chief Apostle Hans Urwyler would have turned one hundred. Here is a twopart retrospective.

It is the most topical aspect of our annual motto. And it can be explained by all kinds of weather. Here is an entire divine service about a tiny little word.

A drone view of a congregation waving? This may not be all that unusual these days, but the story behind it is touching. And the Chief Apostle himself tells the story in April on nac.today.

The destination was a region that no District Apostle had ever visited before. On the way there, Tshitshi Tshisekedi used every conceivable means of transport. Pictures of a pastoral journey.

No New Apostolic Pentecost gathering has ever seen a concert like this before: the New Apostolic Church Western Germany, who hosted the event, struck a new chord with a combination of music and lighting effects, words and movement.

People celebrating around a well. What’s going on? Three years of work have achieved their goal. The picture and its story were featured in July.

Nave with a tailwind. A divine service on a sailing ship is not something that happens every day. And even more surprising was the unexpected visit of the District Apostle. Here is the picture and its story, told in August.

It is only with the heart that one can sing well. Children during a divine service with the Chief Apostle in Boya (Democratic Republic of the Congo) on 25 July 2025. Our photo of the month, September 2025.

They have been there for 75 years. In fact, thanks to its anniversary, the congregation of Sinzig in Germany has made it into the Church’s international news. Why? Our October picture tells the story. 

Now they have more time for their grandchildren: District Apostle Mark Woll (Canada) and his assistant, Frank Dzur, pictured here at their retirement. This is our November photo.

The Chief Apostle is almost cheerful as he faces the camera, delivering his New Year’s address. He is on his home stretch, and this is his last address. Observations from twelve years.

Photos: NAC Southern Africa, NAKI, Jens Lange, NAC USA, ENA RDC Sud-Est, Simon Kisselbach, NAK-Karitativ, Frank Schuldt, NAC Canada, Oliver Rütten

30 12 2025

Author: Andreas Rother

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