apostles.today

Close to the real McCoy: the IYC reloaded

This weekend is quasi the International Youth Convention’s (IYC) first birthday. And there is a big gift waiting for all who are interested: for four days, the highlights of the event will be put on the virtual stage.

18 05 2020

Africa Ascension Day

+7

• Chief Apostle
• Congregation
• District Apostle
• Divine service
• Event
• Music
• Youth

Listen to it

The word of Christ remains audible

Preaching comes through the word of Christ. Believers know this experience and appreciate it. Here is an overview of where the word of God can be heard and seen this coming Sunday.

15 05 2020

Chief Apostle

+2

• Congregation
• Divine service

Listen to it

Hanging in with faith, love, and trust

We have decided to follow Jesus and yet our life has been turned upside down. Now what? Here is a path-breaking answer from a divine service by the Chief Apostle.

12 05 2020

Africa

+5

• Chief Apostle
• Divine service
• Doctrine 
• Holy Communion
• Sacraments

Listen to it

Feeling God’s love and guidance

Living, working and believing in Malaysia. This is what Evangelist Loganathan Ramaurty Lawrence (51), the rector of the congregation in Kuala Lumpur, tells us about. And he reveals what gives him strength to dedicate himself the way he does.

11 05 2020

Baptism 

+13

• Chief Apostle
• Congregation
• District Apostle
• Divine service
• Doctrine 
• Event
• Holy Sealing
• Ministry
• Pastoral care
• Sacraments
• Society
• Thanksgiving Day
• Youth

Listen to it

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.

08 05 2020

Chief Apostle

+4

• District Apostle
• Divine service
• Pentecost
• Society

Listen to it

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.

07 05 2020

Apostolate Chief Apostle

+5

• Divine service
• Doctrine 
• Holy Communion
• Palm Sunday
• Sacraments

Listen to it

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.

06 05 2020

Africa

+4

• Annual motto
• Chief Apostle
• District Apostle
• Divine service

Listen to it

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.

05 05 2020

Africa

+12

• Chief Apostle
• Congregation
• District Apostle
• Divine service
• Doctrine 
• Easter
• Europe
• Holy Communion
• New Year
• Palm Sunday
• Pentecost
• Sacraments

Listen to it

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.

01 05 2020

Chief Apostle

+3

• Congregation
• Divine service
• Easter

Listen to it

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.

29 04 2020

Chief Apostle

+3

• Congregation
• Divine service
• Doctrine 

Listen to it

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.

24 04 2020

Africa

+4

• Chief Apostle
• Congregation
• District Apostle
• Divine service

Listen to it

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.

23 04 2020

Acts of blessing

+15

• Africa
• America
• Chief Apostle
• Confirmation
• Congregation
• District Apostle
• Divine service
• Doctrine 
• Europe
• Holy Communion
• Organisation
• Pastoral care
• Pentecost
• Sacraments
• Society

Listen to it

“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.

22 04 2020

Chief Apostle

+6

• Congregation
• Divine service
• Doctrine 
• Holy Sealing
• Sacraments
• Youth

Listen to it

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.

21 04 2020

Africa

+5

• Asia
• Congregation
• District Apostle
• Pastoral care
• Youth

Listen to it

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).

20 04 2020

Annual motto

+1

• District Apostle

Listen to it

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.

18 04 2020

Africa

+9

• America
• Chief Apostle
• Congregation
• Divine service
• Doctrine 
• Easter
• Europe
• Holy Communion
• Sacraments

Listen to it

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.

12 04 2020

Chief Apostle Divine service

+1

• Easter

Listen to it

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.

12 04 2020

Chief Apostle

+6

• Concept of salvation for the departed
• Divine service
• Doctrine 
• Easter
• Holy Communion
• Sacraments

Listen to it

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.

11 04 2020

Africa

+4

• Chief Apostle
• Divine service
• Easter
• Europe

Listen to it

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.

11 04 2020

Chief Apostle

+4

• Congregation
• Divine service
• Easter
• History 

Listen to it

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.

09 04 2020

America

+8

• Chief Apostle
• Congregation
• District Apostle
• Divine service
• Doctrine 
• Easter
• Holy Communion
• Sacraments

Listen to it

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.

08 04 2020

Baptism  Chief Apostle

+4

• Congregation
• Doctrine 
• Sacraments
• Society

Listen to it

Spotlight 6/2020: To be free in Christ means learning how to love

Is it better to pick a beautiful flower and take it home or water it so that you can have the pleasure of admiring it all the time? District Apostle Enrique Minio from Argentina has an answer to this question.

06 04 2020

Annual motto

+3

• Chief Apostle
• District Apostle
• Doctrine 

Listen to it

Online divine services on all continents

Additional online offers are constantly being added: more and more countries are making central divine services available so that the members can join the celebration from home. Here is an up-to-date overview.

04 04 2020

Chief Apostle

+3

• Divine service
• Easter
• Palm Sunday

Listen to it

History in the making: the whole world comes together for Easter

When people do renovations, they are usually planning something special. And that is precisely what is happening right now in the middle of Germany. After all, Pentecost will already come on Easter this year. And the Chief Apostle will visit every interested party at home—online.

04 04 2020

Africa

+11

• Buildings
• Chief Apostle
• District Apostle
• Divine service
• Doctrine 
• Easter
• Europe
• History 
• Holy Communion
• Pentecost
• Sacraments

Listen to it

How the sacrifice of Christ gives new life

Why did Jesus have to suffer and die? Well, naturally so that human beings could find their way back to God. But that is not the only significant aspect.

02 04 2020

Baptism 

+5

• Chief Apostle
• Congregation
• Doctrine 
• Holy Communion
• Sacraments

Listen to it

don't miss

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

+2

• History 
• Anniversary

Listen to it

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

+7

• Chief Apostle
• District Apostle
• Divine service
• Organisation
• Local news
• Buildings
• Music

Listen to it

“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

+2

• Anniversary
• History

Listen to it