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Proven and up-to-date

During the pandemic, they have proven themselves to be a reliable offer: the central online services in the various time zones and countries. All changes have been taken into account in our weekly overview.

06 05 2022

Chief Apostle Congregation

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• Divine service
• Easter
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The Chief Apostle in the land of 839 languages

A 34-year-old man from Bosnia speaks 73 languages, a language service agency claims. But even with such an amazing talent one could not communicate with all the people in Papua New Guinea. Chief Apostle Jean-Luc Schneider decided to opt for the language of the heart.

05 05 2022

Australia / Pacific

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• Chief Apostle
• Congregation
• District Apostle
• Divine service
• Easter
• Europe

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To live like Christ lives!

“Easter reminds us: ‘Brother, sister, don’t worry, the Lord is here!’” This is the summary of Chief Apostle Schneider’s Easter message for 2022. The divine service took place in Bünde (Germany).

04 05 2022

Chief Apostle

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• Easter
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Spotlight 7/2022: New dimensions of togetherness

How can we be close to someone without being together? Opening new horizons for our annual motto “Together in Christ”. A new perspective from District Apostle John Kriel of South Africa.

03 05 2022

Africa

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• Annual motto
• Concept of salvation for the departed
• Congregation
• District Apostle
• Doctrine 
• Youth

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Walking the path together

It began with positive steps towards one another that developed into a common path forward. Much has happened since the ecumenical work of the New Apostolic Church started 22 years ago. One of the initiators who has done a lot of work in this area has now stepped down.

02 05 2022

Chief Apostle

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• Congregation
• Denominations
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• Europe
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A season of joy

The effects of Easter still feel very real. The joy over the resurrection of Jesus is still the focus of our faith life. Sunday’s service will also concentrate on this.

29 04 2022

Chief Apostle Congregation

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• Divine service
• Easter
• Music

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God’s great love and our response to it

The sacrifice of Jesus, as cruel as it was, shows God’s unconditional love for His children. And the best way for the believers to respond is to love back. That was the content of the Chief Apostle’s sermon on Good Friday.

27 04 2022

Chief Apostle

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• Congregation
• Divine service
• Good Friday

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Unleashing the potential of young people

Whether young people do something for the congregation or something is done for them, they are important because they are the future of the Church.

25 04 2022

Africa

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• Charity work
• Chief Apostle
• Congregation
• Divine service
• Europe
• Event
• Music
• Pastoral care
• Youth

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God is everywhere

The pandemic is still keeping many members from coming back to worship in their congregations. Yet they can receive the word of God. For God’s word easily reaches beyond the four walls of a church building.

22 04 2022

Buildings

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• Easter
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Seven angles of looking at the cross

Recognising that you need help and knowing who can help is a good start to solving a problem—and even more so the basis for eternal redemption. Yet there are even more useful ways of looking up to the cross.

20 04 2022

Africa

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• Divine service
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Spotlight 6/2022: Together at the table of the Lord

It is a beautiful picture: Jesus is sitting at the table with His disciples and passes the cup to His neighbour, who passes it on to his neighbour, and so on until all have drunk from it. For District Apostle Mark Woll from Canada this is a concrete idea that is connected to our motto for 2022.

18 04 2022

Annual motto

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Death and life

Life is followed by death. Jesus reversed this equation. A few days after His death, He came back alive. An apparent defeat became a victory.

14 04 2022

Chief Apostle

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• Congregation
• Divine service
• Easter
• Good Friday
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You are not alone!

“I have never enjoyed going to school on a Saturday that much.” This is how Chief Apostle Schneider said goodbye to the congregation of Ho in Ghana, where he had conducted a divine service in the assembly hall of Mawuli School.

13 04 2022

Africa

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Connecting the youth

It was to be specifically for young people. That was the idea that District Apostle Norberto Batista announced in 2007 when he decided to launch a magazine for his working area. And it is still produced for the youth, every month anew.

11 04 2022

Acts of blessing

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• America
• Confirmation
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• District Apostle
• Divine service
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Palm Sunday

A king enters into Jerusalem on a donkey colt. A paradox? No, the Palm Sunday service will show the greatness of God.

08 04 2022

Chief Apostle

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• Easter
• Music
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We have a Saviour

Passiontide is not a sad time. After all, Jesus paved the way into the kingdom of God for us with His sacrifice. What we still have to do to be able enter it, Chief Apostle Jean-Luc Schneider recently developed in a divine service.

05 04 2022

Baptism 

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• Holy Sealing
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Spotlight 5/2022: Empathy makes the difference!

Empathy is more than pity. It shows interest in the neighbour, supports actively, and connects people. This is the conviction of District Apostle Kolb (USA). He describes four levels of empathy in his article.

04 04 2022

Annual motto District Apostle

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• Doctrine 

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Upcoming divine services

Fluctuating case numbers and adapting to changing Covid-19 measures are challenging people everywhere. But there is a comforting constant in all of this—our online and dial-in services.

01 04 2022

Chief Apostle

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How to get everything you need

Tired? Tired of fellowship, of promises, of faith? The answer can be found in a letter whose authorship and the identity of its recipients is unclear. Here is a wake-up call from a divine service by the Chief Apostle.

31 03 2022

Chief Apostle

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The sacraments (52): Not only here, but also in the beyond!

The dead are not truly dead—at least not for God. For God there is no dividing line between life on earth and life in the hereafter. That is what Christians believe, and that is also what the Bible states. Here is an overview of how sacramental acts are dispensed for the dead.

28 03 2022

Apostolate

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• Concept of salvation for the departed
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Weekly online services

A lot is possible in spite of Covid measures, such as the weekly video services on Sundays. Every week, nac.today offers an overview of the worldwide streaming offers.

25 03 2022

Chief Apostle

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• Divine service
• Easter
• Local news
• Music

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“I will stick with You in spite of everything!”

Jesus the good shepherd, various folds in different stables, and the search for the lost sheep… The Chief Apostle recently developed this old and well-known biblical image in a surprising new way.

23 03 2022

Chief Apostle Concept of salvation for the departed

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• Holy Communion
• Holy Sealing
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Spotlight 4/2022: Togetherness then and now!

“And he who has, gives to him who has not, without boasting.” What beautiful testimony the Greek philosopher Aristides of Athens gave the first Christians. Reflections by District Apostle Michael Deppner (DR Congo).

22 03 2022

Annual motto

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• Congregation
• District Apostle

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A pioneer in Berlin and East Prussia

Eight believers in an attic room: this is how the now twenty congregations in the city of Berlin (Germany) started. And closely connected to it all is one name in particular: Ernst Traugott Hallmann, who died hundred years ago on 20 March 1922.

21 03 2022

Anniversary

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• Christmas
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• Doctrine 
• Grieving
• Holy Sealing
• Local news
• Pastoral care
• Profile
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At home worldwide: Let’s not forget the children and young people

The Covid crisis is still not over, there are wars, natural disasters, and catastrophic hunger. With all the negative news, it is easy to forget a very important group within the Church: children and young people, who are our future.

18 03 2022

Africa

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• Children
• Congregation
• District Apostle
• Divine service
• Doctrine 
• Europe
• Music
• Pastoral care
• Youth

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The weekly update

Changing YouTube channels and upcoming services on Good Friday… here is this week’s update on the central video services offered by the New Apostolic Church.

18 03 2022

Chief Apostle

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• Doctrine 
• Good Friday
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A leader with an open heart and mind

His faith, his foresight, and his humility made him a formative figure in New Apostolic history: Chief Apostle Hans Urwyler would have turned 100 on 20 February. Today and tomorrow, we will pay tribute to this man as a way of saying thank you.

19 02 2025

Profile Chief Apostle

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• History 
• Anniversary

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Faith. Fellowship. Future.

A feast that will stay: Pentecost 2025 has left deep impressions and provided an outlook for the future. Here is an overview of everything there is to know.

11 06 2025

Pentecost Investiture

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“Step by step, courageously forward” 

Twenty years ago today, Chief Apostle Richard Fehr handed over the ministry to his successor. In a video interview later, Chief Apostle Wilhelm Leber revealed how this came about.

15 05 2025

Investiture Chief Apostle

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• Anniversary
• History

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