community 4/2025: The Spirit of truth 

The new and final issue of community for 2025 is ready. It features a colourful mix of impulses, stories, and news from around the New Apostolic world.

October 1, 2025

Africa America

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• Asia
• Chief Apostle
• Children
• Divine service
• Doctrine 
• Europe
• Investiture
• Media
• Music
• Pentecost

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Full of enthusiasm and devotion

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.

September 30, 2025

Chief Apostle

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• Children
• Congregation
• Divine service
• Media

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More than words: translators are bridge builders 

Translation makes the world linguistically borderless. Not everyone realises this. Today is a day dedicated entirely to the art and importance of translation. 

September 29, 2025

History 

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• Society

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Strong in faith, steadfast in serving the Lord

His secret: he trusted in God even when the going was tough. Accompanied by much gratitude and recognition, District Apostle Helper David Devaraj from India has retired.

September 27, 2025

Chief Apostle

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• Divine service
• Retirement

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While donations fluctuate, aid remains stable

With more than 3.3 million euros, NAK-karitativ has helped thousands of people in need back on their feet. Here is the 2024 Annual Report .

September 26, 2025

Africa

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• Asia
• Charity work
• Europe

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Spotlight 13/2025: Passing on faith  

It’s time to do good! Let us help our children benefit from our own experience. This is the appeal made by District Apostle Helper Arnaud Martig with respect to our 2025 motto. 

September 25, 2025

Annual motto District Apostle

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We need time for quiet reflection 

Speech is silver, silence is golden. But not everyone can be silent. The Chief Apostle explains why this is important for our own salvation. 

September 24, 2025

Africa

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• Chief Apostle
• Divine service

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Blessing, gratitude, and giving—magnified sevenfold

Blessing is one thing, giving thanks is another. And on top of all of that there is still our offering to God. But these three aspects are connected in a different way than some might think. Here are references from seven divine services.

September 22, 2025

Chief Apostle

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• Divine service

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Loving God as He loves us

“It’s that simple,” the Chief Apostle says, referring to our heavenly relationship with God. Here is the video excerpt from a divine service.

September 20, 2025

Chief Apostle

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• Divine service
• Europe

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The right person in the right place

It is not his first attempt: he wanted to retire a good fifteen years ago already. But he stayed on and continued to move things along and make a difference. Here is a profile of District Apostle Helper David Devaraj from India.

September 19, 2025

Asia

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• Profile

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Homiletics (7): Preaching between collectivism and tradition

In Africa, especially south of the Sahara, preaching works differently than in the West. A different developmental history and traditional cultural values require a unique approach.

September 18, 2025

Africa

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• Divine service
• Ministry

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Lost, found, and carried home

God goes after everyone: this is the meaning of the parable of the lost sheep. But the parable is not just about the ones who have strayed. Because, in fact, it affects every single one of us.

September 17, 2025

Chief Apostle

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• Divine service
• Europe

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Loads of blessing

Rich, beautiful, and healthy. That’s the meaning of blessing, right? Maybe in the Old Testament. The New Testament, however, paints a different picture, and the Chief Apostle explains this again and again.

September 16, 2025

Divine service

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• Doctrine 

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On the trail of Sietze Faber

A hundred and twenty-five years ago, a man was ordained as an Apostle for South America—and nobody really remembered him. But then an Argentinian-Dutch co-operation set out on a search.

September 15, 2025

America

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• History 

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“The God who carries us home”

No matter how lost you may feel, no one is forgotten! Because there is someone who watches over us all. Thoughts from the Chief Apostle Helper.

September 13, 2025

Divine service

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Support without being patronising

“No one can dry another person’s tears without getting their own hands wet,” a saying goes. Here is how we can help those who have suffered a loss.

September 12, 2025

Concept of salvation for the departed

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• Grieving
• Pastoral care
• Society

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Leading with creativity and courage

She was a wife and mother, and decided over war and more mundane conflicts. Nothing was too much for her. A singular biblical figure tells us about her time, her life, and her heroic deeds. In all modesty.

September 11, 2025

Bible study History 

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• Society

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Five steps to the ultimate celebration 

The marriage in heaven is the greatest event of all time! Who wants to participate? And what do we need to do to achieve this? Following are clear instructions from the Chief Apostle. 

September 10, 2025

Africa

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• Chief Apostle
• Divine service

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Taking the future into their own hands 

Dreams that become reality? Good prospects in life? Opportunities for further development? All this is possible in Chabota. 

September 9, 2025

Africa

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• Charity work
• Local news

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Preserving creation

“It’s time to do good!” This year’s motto is especially important for our children. This time the question is: How can we teach our children that we are responsible for the creation?

September 8, 2025

Annual motto

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• Children
• Congregation

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A moving call to come 

“Fulfill Your Promise, Lord!” Just how upbeat the call for the Lord’s return can be, is demonstrated by the New Apostolic Church Southern Africa with the African traditional “Nora Lizalisili Ndinga”. It will get your toes tapping. 

September 6, 2025

Africa

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• Music

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“The truly rich are those who give much” 

You don’t have to possess a lot to be able to give. The International Day of Charity on 5 September serves as a reminder of this. A congregation in Denver, Colorado (USA) sets a lasting example. 

September 5, 2025

America Congregation

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• Local news
• Social commitment
• Society

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Triumph in a chariot of fire 

The story is about two men: one with a coat and one with a plough. And that’s all it took to bring about the beginning of a new era. Except for a huge portion of faith that was involved, and which became sight.

September 4, 2025

Bible study

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Those who seek God will find His goodness 

The fear of God is not a fearful dread, but rather deep respect, trust, and gratitude. This is what the Chief Apostle made clear recently and showed what this means for our day-to-day lives. 

September 3, 2025

Africa

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• Chief Apostle
• Divine service

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Faith under pressure – four points of encouragement

Contradictions in the prayer of prayers and misunderstandings in the interaction of blessing and gratitude: this is what the Sunday services in September are all about.

September 2, 2025

Congregation

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• Divine service

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Rumours, calmness, and a good spirit

It was a milestone on a long and bumpy road: the first Council of Apostolic Denominations on 1 and 2 September twenty-five years ago. Here is what happened and where it has led.

September 1, 2025

Denominations

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• History 

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