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“Let us be a good instrument in God’s hands” 

It’s not a business. It’s not politics. And there is no plan: the plan is with God. We are merely instruments.”—It was with this pointer that the Chief Apostle assigned Apostle Martin Rheinberger as District Apostle Helper for Southern Germany. 

12 07 2025

District Apostle Investiture

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• Ministry

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The apostolate—old familiar faces leave, while new faces come

There is currently one Apostle for every day of the year—the New Apostolic Church International registered a total of 365 active Apostles for the period between November 2024 and April 2025. Among them are sixteen new Apostles and one District Apostle Helper.

11 07 2025

Apostolate

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• Investiture
• Ministry
• Retirement

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A faith that defines our lives 

“Let us not get stuck in traditions, but truly live our faith! Such was the appeal of the Chief Apostle. In a recent divine service he summed up what this really entails.

09 07 2025

Chief Apostle

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• Divine service
• Europe

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Spotlight 10/2025: Download in progress …?

God’s programme is to do good. Updates happen in divine services and only become active if we want them to. District Apostle Helper Elie Tatien Mukinda from the DR Congo-West shares his thoughts on our annual motto.

04 07 2025

Annual motto

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Comfort that strengthens

Comfort—at first this sounds like a response to tears. But divine comfort is much greater than that, as Chief Apostle Schneider explains. God gives us His word that He is there for us, that He knows us, that He loves us, and that He is with us—no matter the situation in which we find ourselves.

02 07 2025

Chief Apostle

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• Divine service

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“I learn a lot from young people”

They are the newcomers to the District Apostle Meeting: assistants today and Church leaders tomorrow. It is time to get to know them better. Today we meet District Apostle Helper Herman Ernst from South America.

26 06 2025

America District Apostle

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• Profile

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Belief in the resurrection changes everything

Rather than demand our silent devotion, Jesus wants us to act: let us go out, testify, and help others. Those who merely pray without taking action have failed in their mission. Chief Apostle Schneider calls for transformation.

25 06 2025

Australia / Pacific

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• Chief Apostle
• Easter
• Investiture
• Retirement

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A Swiss Brit for Europe’s north-east

An experienced Apostle with an international profile is going to become the new District Apostle for Northern and Eastern Germany: David Heynes not only brings two passports to the table, but also a great deal of spiritual experience and linguistic diversity.

23 06 2025

Apostolate

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• Investiture
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• Profile

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From the Black Forest to the globally spanning church: who is Martin Rheinberger?

He is very familiar with the southern part of Germany, and soon he will get to know thirty more countries: Apostle Martin Rheinberger will become a District Apostle Helper. A new responsibility, a new chapter, both for him and the New Apostolic Church.

20 06 2025

District Apostle

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• Investiture
• Organisation

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“The congregation is for everyone”

They are the new members of the District Apostle Meeting: assistants today, Church leaders tomorrow. It is time to get to know them a bit closer. Here is a short interview with District Apostle Helper Arnaud Martig from Canada.

19 06 2025

District Apostle

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Love to the very end: living for Him who died

Absolute defeat turned out to be the greatest victory of all. And this has implications far beyond the here and now: in order not to die, one must live for it. The Chief Apostle explained what this means in a divine service in Australia.

18 06 2025

Chief Apostle

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• Divine service
• Good Friday

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Spotlight 09/2025: Out of love and for the Lord

“It’s time to do good.” Why exactly? In his article on our annual motto, District Apostle Michael Ehrich (Southern Germany) gives two or three good reasons.

16 06 2025

Annual motto

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• District Apostle

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Get up!

A mathetria, a female disciple, is mentioned in the New Testament only once. Her appearance on the biblical stage lasts only seven verses, but her fate makes an impact. It is a situation of life and death.

12 06 2025

Apostolate

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• Bible study
• Congregation
• Divine service
• Doctrine 
• Grieving
• Pastoral care

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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

Buildings

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• Chief Apostle
• District Apostle
• Divine service
• Investiture
• Local news
• Music
• Organisation
• Pentecost

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Loving. Trusting. With God.

Not power, but love and closeness to others: In the first interview, the Chief Apostle Helper shows how he thinks, feels - and believes.

09 06 2025

Apostolate

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• Chief Apostle
• Investiture
• Ministry
• Pentecost
• Profile

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The divine service in pictures

Pentecost 2025, a divine service that will not be easily forgotten. And here are the memories for the photo album.

09 06 2025

Chief Apostle

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• District Apostle
• Divine service
• Pentecost

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 “The beginning of the language of the heart”

Knowing the truth and living truthfully: this was the call made by the Chief Apostle and his new assistant during the 2025 Pentecost service in Wiesbaden, Germany.

08 06 2025

Chief Apostle Pentecost

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Preparing for the future together

During the Pentecost service, Chief Apostle Jean Luc-Schneider designated his successor: the assignment of Chief Apostle Helper Helge Mutschler in the video.

08 06 2025

Chief Apostle

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• Investiture
• Pentecost

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Chief Apostle announces succession

Chief Apostle Jean-Luc Schneider intends to retire at Pentecost 2026. He announced this during the Pentecost service in 2025, and also named his successor.

08 06 2025

Chief Apostle

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• Pentecost

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A series of festive services

The extra feast before Pentecost: the District Apostles and their assistants fanned out to around twenty congregations within a two-hour drive time radius on Wednesday evening to conduct divine services. Here are the evening’s pictures.

05 06 2025

District Apostle

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• Divine service
• Local news
• Pentecost

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Church leaders arrive

They had barely landed when the spotlight was focused on them. The District Apostles from overseas who arrived in Frankfurt (Germany) yesterday were welcomed by the social media team of the host church Western Germany. After a brief chat, they continued on to their hotel.

04 06 2025

District Apostle

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• Pentecost

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A city of superlatives

The first Sunday in June will take the Chief Apostle to Moscow, the Russian capital. Far removed from day-to-day political events, the leader of the New Apostolic Church International wants to touch and reach the congregations in the country with the good news of salvation in Christ.

29 05 2025

Chief Apostle Congregation

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• Europe
• Local news

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The feet are enough—but merely washing them is not

It was a sign that even the disciples did not understand. And its message still resonates today. Here is the story of Jesus washing His disciples’ feet, explained by the Chief Apostle.

27 05 2025

America

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• Chief Apostle
• Divine service

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His help has been there all along

“I am thinking of the many brothers and sisters who are in great need today,” the Chief Apostle says. And: “This is the message I would like to share with each and every one of you,” the video ends.

24 05 2025

Chief Apostle

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• Divine service

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His era was one of development and stability

For nearly thirty years, District Apostle Otto Gerke steered the affairs of the New Apostolic Church in Australia. He passed away twenty years ago this Saturday. Follow us as we take you back to an eventful period in Church history.

23 05 2025

Australia / Pacific

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• District Apostle
• History 

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Motivated by good reasons

No one is immune to it. Everyone who takes on a ministry or a task in the Church appreciates some kind of gratitude or recognition. But when positive reactions fail to materialise, the only true motivation becomes apparent.

21 05 2025

America

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• Chief Apostle
• Divine service

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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

Buildings Chief Apostle

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• District Apostle
• Divine service
• Investiture
• Local news
• Music
• Organisation
• Pentecost

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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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