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Confirmation services in midsummer

When in Rome, do as the Romans do, the popular saying goes. Traditionally, confirmation services in Argentina and Brazil take place on the first Sunday in December. It has to do with the school holidays.

18 12 2018

Acts of blessing America

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• Confirmation
• Congregation
• District Apostle
• Divine service
• Doctrine 
• Easter
• Organisation
• Palm Sunday
• Pentecost

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Update for the Catechism app

The Catechism at your fingertips … Whether in the pew, on the road, or at home, this mobile app is an essential tool. Get the latest version of this free app now.

17 12 2018

Congregation

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• Divine service
• Doctrine 

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Inner wealth—now that’s something worth talking about

To be rich would be a Utopia for many people. But there is also a state of wealth that can be assessed inwardly: I am rich because of my joy, my children, or the fulfilment of wishes. Inner wealth: there are many possibilities.

12 12 2018

Buildings

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• Chief Apostle
• Congregation
• Divine service
• Europe
• New Year

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A musical canvas to celebrate cultural diversity

A canvas in brilliant tone colours. This is what the regional church is working on which Chief Apostle Jean-Luc Schneider will be visiting this weekend.

06 12 2018

Africa

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• Chief Apostle
• Children
• Congregation
• District Apostle
• Divine service
• Easter
• Music
• Organisation

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The “gnashing of teeth” is going to stay

“Weeping and gnashing of teeth” is one of those typical neologisms favoured by Martin Luther. And this pithy formulation will also remain in the new 2017 Bible translation. Other expressions, however, will change.

26 11 2018

Chief Apostle

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• Congregation
• Divine service
• Society

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New Year’s message number five

All in all, it went well. In French, the Chief Apostle needed only one attempt to record his 2019 New Year’s message. However, not everything went that smoothly. A look behind the scenes.

22 11 2018

Africa Asia

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• Chief Apostle
• Congregation
• District Apostle
• Divine service
• New Year
• Organisation
• Seniors
• Youth

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A globetrotter full of love and creativity

Urs Hebeisen is always on the go—across geographical, technical, and sometimes even mental barriers. As District Apostle he has left his mark on many people, congregations, and the international Church. On Sunday, the Chief Apostle will be retiring a man who has a heart of gold.

17 11 2018

Apostolate

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• Asia
• Chief Apostle
• Congregation
• District Apostle
• Divine service
• Doctrine 
• Holy Communion
• Investiture
• Ministry
• Organisation
• Pastoral care
• Sacraments
• Youth

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More Bible readings and meditation in divine service

Reading the Bible is essential for Christians. In future, people who attend New Apostolic services will experience even more of this. At the recent session of the District Apostle Meeting International, the District Apostles adopted three changes.

14 11 2018

America

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• Bible study
• Chief Apostle
• Christmas
• Congregation
• District Apostle
• Divine service
• Doctrine 
• Easter
• Europe
• Holy Communion
• Organisation
• Pastoral care
• Pentecost
• Sacraments
• Youth

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Concept of ministry to be launched on Pentecost 2019

Our new concept of ministry has reached the priestly ministry. Starting Pentecost 2019, the separation of spiritual ministry and leadership function will also come into effect at this level. This resolution has just been passed by the District Apostle Meeting.

12 11 2018

Apostolate

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• Baptism 
• Chief Apostle
• Congregation
• District Apostle
• Divine service
• Doctrine 
• Europe
• History 
• Holy Communion
• Investiture
• Ministry
• Organisation
• Pentecost
• Sacraments

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Staying up to date with nac.today

News from around the New Apostolic world is released on nac.today every day except Sunday. How do you find out when the articles go online without constantly having to manually check the website for new content?

09 11 2018

Media

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Giving children space to grow

Children’s services are important, and with an eye on the future, an important offer in our congregations. Children need space, attention, and a great deal of support.

26 10 2018

Africa

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• Charity work
• Children
• Congregation
• Divine service
• Music

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Whoever has eyes, let him hear!

Seeing what is preached, signing what is sung. Sign language makes both language and music tangible—whether in Sunday School or divine service.

27 09 2018

Children

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• Congregation
• District Apostle
• Divine service
• Pastoral care

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The congregation is no country club!

The church pew is half empty, congregations are being amalgamated, and children haven’t been seen in ages—are we to simply sit idly and sadly by and wait for change? How do you bring life into a congregation? And how does a congregation even come into being in the first place?

07 09 2018

Africa

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• America
• Asia
• Congregation
• District Apostle
• Divine service
• Doctrine 
• Easter
• Europe
• Event
• Holy Sealing
• Sacraments
• Youth

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Comfort on the long road of grief

Comforting the recently bereaved is anything but easy. It is difficult to find the right words or even to overcome one’s own speechlessness at someone’s loss. Here are some do’s and don’ts in grief counselling.

05 09 2018

Concept of salvation for the departed

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• Doctrine 
• Easter
• Grieving
• Pastoral care

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Knowing where to look

You can’t know everything, so it really helps if you know where to look for things. In the past, we used to read up in books, now we trawl through the Internet. Here are some useful links.

24 08 2018

Acts of blessing

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• Africa
• Confirmation
• Congregation
• Doctrine 

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By young people for young people

Not quite a year from now, the Church will be celebrating its International Youth Convention 2019. For the young people—who are in the process of graduating, starting their first jobs, or moving in with their first roommate—this is still a long time. But for the organisers, who are doing their best to plan an event that is to thrill some 30,000 participants, time is short.

20 08 2018

Acts of blessing

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• Chief Apostle
• Confirmation
• Congregation
• District Apostle
• Doctrine 
• Europe
• Event
• Ministry
• Youth

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The greatest event under heaven

In recent days, small and big premières determined the life in various congregations as well as the work of charities and Church administrations.

10 08 2018

Asia Charity work

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• Congregation
• District Apostle
• Divine service
• Doctrine 
• History 
• Society

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So that the youth can build their future

What would the Church be without its youth? A church without a future! The Chief Apostle and District Apostles repeatedly emphasise the importance of our offers to young people. But what does this mean in concrete terms? What offers are these?

16 07 2018

Australia / Pacific

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• Chief Apostle
• Congregation
• District Apostle
• Divine service
• Europe
• Event
• Local news
• Pastoral care
• Society
• Youth

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The congregation as a living epistle of Christ

The Apostle ministry holds special status In New Apostolic doctrine. Apostolic thinking really only began to take hold on 14 July 1835, when the number of twelve Apostles was complete in the ranks of the Catholic Apostolic Church. And it has endured to this day. This must be evident in congregational life.

14 07 2018

Apostolate

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• Congregation
• Denominations
• Doctrine 
• Europe
• Holy Communion
• Sacraments

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Election by grace, why?

Nobody knows. But this is the wrong question. The question should be: elected by grace, what for? Explanations on a central term of our New Apostolic self-conception.

03 07 2018

Apostolate

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• Chief Apostle
• Doctrine 

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Contributing to a collective solution

The challenges are clear, the objectives are defined. What are the means needed to achieve these? And what are the differences between today and the past? The last part of the interview with the Chief Apostle gives an overview of how the Church is setting itself up for the future.

23 06 2018

Africa

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• America
• Buildings
• Chief Apostle
• Congregation
• District Apostle
• Doctrine 
• Europe
• Investiture
• Ministry
• Organisation

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For the love of life and the joy of faith

It is a year of united Youth Days. There was a double premiere this past weekend in Germany. The start, however, was made in South Africa at the beginning of the year. Join us as we look at three events celebrating the love of life and the joy of faith.

21 06 2018

Africa Chief Apostle

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• Congregation
• District Apostle
• Divine service
• Easter
• Event
• Music
• Organisation
• Youth

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Cuba, an incredible country

He is the face of the New Apostolic Church in Cuba, the largest Caribbean island. He is a journalist with an alert mind and a big heart: Bishop Alex Michel Reyes Martinez is good for the Church. Learn a little more about him.

19 06 2018

Africa

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• America
• Congregation
• District Apostle
• Divine service
• Doctrine 
• Europe
• Investiture
• Ministry
• Organisation

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A faith that is practised in cultural diversity

There is no universal cure. The challenges that the global Church faces in the various regions are just too different. Part two of the interview with the Chief Apostle offers an approach: focus on the essentials. And what are these?

16 06 2018

Africa

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• America
• Chief Apostle
• Congregation
• Divine service
• Doctrine 
• Europe
• Local news
• Social commitment
• Society
• Youth

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When love triumphs over differences

Outlook, review, insight: about one hundred days after the leadership change in the New Apostolic Church in the western part of Germany, the two District Apostles speak about cultural diversity, church mergers, and their private plans.

11 06 2018

Africa

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• Chief Apostle
• Congregation
• District Apostle
• Doctrine 
• Investiture
• Ministry
• Organisation
• Pastoral care
• Retirement
• Youth

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Making people Christians, not members of the Church

Christ comes before the Church, the gospel before rules, and salvation of the soul before tradition: already the first part of the interview with the Chief Apostle gives clear direction. It deals with questions relating to our self-image.

09 06 2018

Apostolate

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• Chief Apostle
• Congregation
• Divine service
• Doctrine 
• Local news
• Sacraments

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Unity in diversity. The Church in conflict?

When cultures clash. Do Africans have to become more European or Europeans more African? Do those who are more conservative have to become more progressive? Or the other way around? The answer can be found in the Bible.

31 01 2024

Chief Apostle District Apostle

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• Doctrine 
• Divine service
• Congregation
• Pastoral care
• Organisation
• Europe
• America
• Africa
• Australia / Pacific
• Society

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When decision-makers should abstain

What if a conflict of interest arises for a member of the Church’s governing body? The Board of Directors of the New Apostolic Church International (NACI) broached this controversial question recently and set down guidelines.

24 01 2025

Organisation

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NACI is working on an e-learning program

The New Apostolic Church would like to offer its ministers better training opportunities—and on a global level, at that. It is for this reason that the New Apostolic Church International (NACI) is working on an e-learning program. Following are some initial insights. 

19 12 2024

Ministry Divine service

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• Pastoral care
• Media

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