A reliable offer: online services

There is a first easing of the lockdown measures. The Church is working on concepts. What is clear now already is that online services will continue until churches can be reopened for worship. Here is a look at the latest developments.

May 8, 2020

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God has everything under control

These days many people are worried about their health and their livelihood. “Let us trust God,” the Chief Apostle recommends. Why and how can we experience this first-hand? Here are four pieces of advice and two promises from the Palm Sunday service.

May 7, 2020

Apostolate

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Spotlight 8/2020: Free and committed until the end

Lifelong freedom through Christ is not a given. Sometimes people have to fight to be able to stay free and keep themselves from being taken captive again. District Apostle Joseph Ekhuya, who lives in Kenya and looks after East Africa, has some enlightening thoughts about this.

May 6, 2020

Africa

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Pentecost—local and online

Pentecost … At home with the Chief Apostle or in our own congregation, maybe even with Holy Communion? The first option is open to everyone, the second one only to a few. The Chief Apostle’s recommendation is clear.

May 5, 2020

Africa

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• Easter
• Europe
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• New Year
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Pastoral care (02): real concern and care

Caring for others only works if you focus on the essentials. Here is a how-to-guide from the Master Himself. Jesus Christ has set an example for us: His pastoral care in seven approaches.

May 4, 2020

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Where two or three gather in my name

A minister, a technician, a musician—divine services are currently being held in a very small setting and are then followed by thousands online. Here are the links for the streams this coming Sunday.

May 1, 2020

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Two spirits, one truth

Who shows us what God is really like? Who makes the Bible and the sermon a very personal matter? The Chief Apostle knows someone who can, and he also talks about someone who constantly gets in the way.

April 29, 2020

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The Sacraments (8): As long as you use water!

Baptism is as old as the New Testament. It is both a bone of contention as well as a binding element among Christians. Some see it as a rite of entry into Christian life, others regard it as merely a private celebration. In fact, it is more than people think!

April 28, 2020

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Helping caregivers

Families who care for a disabled family member or who look after a seriously ill child do not have an easy time of it. They do not only have to cope with the care situation but also with the impact it has on their social life. The charity human aktiv is aware of this and wants to help.

April 27, 2020

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Online services on Sunday, 26 April

This coming Sunday there will again be live broadcasts of central divine services on all continents. Here are the links for the video streams. New on the list is the link from Russia.

April 24, 2020

Africa

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Church leaders explore the possibility of reopening congregations

Online is not everything. How can we resume divine services and congregational life during the coronavirus crisis? Locally and very slowly and cautiously, is the answer of the European Church leaders.

April 23, 2020

Acts of blessing

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“He does what we cannot do ourselves ”

No matter how powerful evil is, there is always One who can snatch the prey away from even the biggest predator. Yet even He does not do everything Himself. Read how Jesus Christ relies on every single believer.

April 22, 2020

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Getting through it together

Sewing masks, shopping for others, or creating online learning resources—many people are looking for ways to help others and keep in touch during the coronavirus crisis. Members of the New Apostolic Church are also organising all kinds of campaigns and activities to help others stay positive despite social distancing. Here is a look at some of the projects.

April 21, 2020

Africa

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Spotlight 7/2020: The way to true liberty

Many people think they are free if they can do whatever they want. Yet often such supposedly free decisions lead to new dependencies, says District Apostle Leonard Kolb (USA).

April 20, 2020

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Communion wafers for after the lockdown

The baking machines in Lusaka and Cape Town have come to a standstill, and in Bielefeld the warehouse is being stocked up. Things in the three large wafer bakeries of the New Apostolic Church are anything but normal these days.

April 18, 2020

Africa

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• Congregation
• Divine service
• Doctrine 
• Easter
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Divine services are just a click away

Following the international Easter transmission, the various districts will now go back to their individual online services. For the Western Pacific region online services can now be called up via a central Internet address. And here are the latest links for all.

April 17, 2020

Australia / Pacific

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The Sacraments (7): In the name of God or the church?

Who is entitled to dispense the sacraments? The various Christian denominations have some very similar answers to that question—even though they all come from very different perspectives in arriving at them. Also common to all of them is the one big exception.

April 16, 2020

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• Investiture
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Congregational life goes digital

Although the app is still under development, the idea has really taken off. The web and app project “my digital congregation” is entering the second stage.

April 14, 2020

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Snapshots (2): The Easter divine service

Celebrating Easter with the Chief Apostle. The international leader of the Church addressed his brothers and sisters around the world via YouTube, IPTV, and telephone. The Easter divine service in pictures.

April 12, 2020

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Snapshots (1): The preparations

For the first time ever, New Apostolic Christians celebrated Easter with a divine service that was broadcast worldwide. Employees at Bischoff Publishers made the video broadcast of the divine service possible in co-operation with the various District Churches.

April 12, 2020

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Experiencing the powers to come already today

“Let us celebrate Easter together,” Chief Apostle Jean-Luc Schneider called to the faithful in the central divine service that was broadcast worldwide, and went on to explain why we have every reason to celebrate even in the middle of the coronavirus crisis.

April 12, 2020

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Global Easter divine service with the Chief Apostle

Easter is the most important holy day on the church calendar. And Easter without a divine service is simply inconceivable.

April 11, 2020

Africa Chief Apostle

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Sing, all you Christians!

Easter is the feast of the resurrection of the Lord. It is the principal feast in the liturgical calendar of Christian churches. Easter is both commemoration and expectation, for Christ resurrected so that we too can resurrect.

April 11, 2020

Chief Apostle

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• Easter
• History 

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Why Good Friday is indeed a good Friday

Good Friday is definitely not a bad day. Actually, only hopeful Christians can understand this turn of phrase. For Good Friday, after all, is the day of the Lord’s death, but with His death Christ also made new life possible. Perspectives of a special kind.

April 9, 2020

Anniversary

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When less becomes more: an Easter Sunday service

Normally, 60,000 New Apostolic congregations come together for divine service on Sundays—but that was before the Corona crisis. Over the past few weeks, this offer has been reduced to two dozen central video services across the globe. On Easter there will only be one divine service: with the Chief Apostle.

April 9, 2020

America

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Suffering with Christ

Pakistan is a country where it is often difficult for Christians to profess their faith in public. Chief Apostle Jean-Luc Schneider just recently preached about the Passion of Christ and the fact that those who follow Jesus Christ often do not have an easy time of it. Nevertheless, it is worth it.

April 8, 2020

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