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“Spirit renewed”

Pentecost is approaching. To put us in the mood for the birthday of the church of Christ, here is an inspiring memento from last year’s Pentecost festivities, “Spirit renewed”. This anthem actually suits the occasion every year.

May 11, 2024

Africa Music

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• Pentecost

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God is just a prayer away

Here are some fresh ideas on our 2024 motto. ‌That prayer works is something that brothers and sisters experience often. They feel the power of prayer in church services, concerts, and in everyday life.

May 10, 2024

Africa

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• Annual motto
• Congregation
• District Apostle
• Divine service
• Doctrine 
• Investiture
• Ministry
• Music
• Thanksgiving Day
• Youth

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There is work to be done

“What are you standing there staring into space?” That was the question to the sky-gazing disciples, and it could have been taken as a gentle rebuke. It was followed by the exhortation: “Don’t just stand there. Get on with it.” Here is why Ascension is more topical than ever.

May 9, 2024

Ascension Day

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• Congregation
• Grieving
• Pastoral care
• Pentecost

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Lead-up to Pentecost

God reveals Himself as Trinity. The self-revelation of God is concluded in the Pentecost event, the grand finale. The divine services in the month of May revolve around the promise, sending, and efficacy of the Holy Spirit.

May 3, 2024

Divine service

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• Doctrine 
• History 
• Pentecost

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Church media through changing times

“For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard.” Even today, many people are denied the opportunity to speak about their beliefs. It is important therefore to have a strong media presence. Follow us on a tour through the New Apostolic Church’s media history as we mark World Press Freedom Day on May 3th.

May 2, 2024

Africa

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• Chief Apostle
• Congregation
• District Apostle
• Divine service
• History 
• Pentecost
• Youth

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The special thing about Sundays and Wednesdays

A divine service is a feast that God celebrates with believing people. And sometimes congregations have an additional reason to celebrate. This week’s review looks back on some special services that took place over the last several weeks.

April 26, 2024

Africa Congregation

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• District Apostle
• Divine service
• Doctrine 
• Holy Sealing
• Palm Sunday
• Sacraments
• Social commitment
• Youth

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Laying down our own crown before God

God is eternal, our own earthly existence is limited. God is omnipotent, whereas we often feel powerless. God’s thoughts are much higher than the human mind can comprehend. How can we then worship God appropriately? Following are some inspiring thoughts underlining our annual motto “Prayer works!”

April 23, 2024

Annual motto

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• Bible study
• Congregation
• Divine service
• Easter

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Bringing written music to life

Whether conducting a choir or an orchestra, conductors are all eyes, ears, and hands. From the first bar to the last note, they are in control over the tempo and the dynamics. But they don’t fall from the sky. So how do congregations across the world find their musical leaders.

April 19, 2024

Africa

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• Ascension Day
• Chief Apostle
• Congregation
• District Apostle
• Divine service
• Easter
• Good Friday
• Music
• Palm Sunday
• Youth

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Helping the Church to function well

How do you take great pictures, how do you read aloud effectively, and how does the intranet work? In recent weeks, organisational matters of the Church were discussed. The objectives were clear. The idea was to offer a well-organised environment so that everyone can live their faith

April 12, 2024

Acts of blessing

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• Africa
• Chief Apostle
• Confirmation
• Congregation
• Divine service
• Doctrine 

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Posters with Christian potential

People are already waiting for them: starting May 2024, a new series of posters will be displayed in the showcases of many of our New Apostolic churches. They will also be shared online. This time, the Church was inspired by a trend to show that there is Christian potential in everyone.

April 11, 2024

Congregation

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• Divine service
• Doctrine 
• Europe
• Holy Communion
• Pentecost
• Sacraments
• Youth

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At home worldwide: how congregations celebrated Easter

Singing, celebrating, and hiking is how the brothers and sisters in Africa and Europe celebrated Easter. They enjoyed one another’s fellowship, but also reflected on what Easter means, namely the victory of the Son of God over death.

April 5, 2024

Africa

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• Children
• Congregation
• Divine service
• Doctrine 
• Easter
• Europe
• Holy Sealing
• Music
• Sacraments
• Youth

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The wonders of His power and love

The effects of Easter continue to linger. The event is so big that it does not fit into one gospel or into one divine service. Here is a preview of the sermon topics for the month of April.

April 2, 2024

Divine service

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• Doctrine 
• Easter

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God’s love is indestructible

We are celebrating a grave today, an empty one, because this emptiness entails a doctrine: the angry God is no longer among us, long live the loving God. And this love gives life. A somewhat different approach to Easter.

March 30, 2024

Doctrine 

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• Easter
• History 

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The power of words and the potency of silence

All He would have had to do was say the right words and His agony would have vanished into thin air. But He remained eloquently silent and went His way. Join us as we look at the silent twists and turns on Jesus’ way to the cross.

March 29, 2024

Doctrine 

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• Good Friday
• History 
• Holy Communion
• Sacraments

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Only the humble receive grace

A sinner finds grace before God, a devout man does not. Does that mean that keeping the commandments is unimportant? No, there is more to this than meets the eye. What exactly this is, Chief Apostle Jean-Luc Schneider explained in a divine service.

March 27, 2024

Chief Apostle

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• Concept of salvation for the departed
• Divine service
• Doctrine 
• Sacraments

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The donkey, that’s me

Jesus knew exactly what He was doing when He chose His mount to enter Jerusalem. What’s more, He sent signals right up to our own time. Here is a reflection on the theme of Palm Sunday.

March 23, 2024

America

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• Congregation
• Good Friday
• History 
• Palm Sunday

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Imitation is encouraged

Giving others the feeling that they are welcome, getting to know each other better, enjoying one another’s company, and participating: these are the stages of togetherness that New Apostolic young people practise. Here are examples from Europe and Africa.

March 22, 2024

Acts of blessing Africa

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• Annual motto
• Chief Apostle
• Confirmation
• Congregation
• Divine service
• Doctrine 
• Europe
• Youth

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Inseparable. Loved forever.

Nothing can separate us from the love of Christ. Are we really sure? What about suffering, injustice, and weakness? Not even that, the Chief Apostle makes clear, and explains what this love really means.

March 20, 2024

Chief Apostle

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

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Joy and contemplation in our congregations

‌The period preceding a service for the departed or the season of Lent, which we are currently in, are a good time for contemplation and prayer. ‌‌Many took the time to do so, creating joy for themselves and for others. Here is news from across the globe.

March 15, 2024

Acts of blessing

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• Africa
• Children
• Concept of salvation for the departed
• Confirmation
• Congregation
• Divine service
• Doctrine 
• Europe
• Music

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Believing passionately

Easter is coming up … and the divine services in March point the way there. There will be talk about mercy and solidarity, fellowship and the rule of God, and examples and precursors. Here is a glimpse at the Passiontide.

February 29, 2024

Concept of salvation for the departed

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• Congregation
• Divine service
• Doctrine 
• Easter
• Good Friday
• Holy Communion
• Palm Sunday
• Sacraments

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God considers each individual

For God, it is the individual who counts: every single person. The example of the Ethiopian treasurer shows on whom, how, and why God bestows His salvation. Here are some extracts from a divine service for the departed.

February 28, 2024

Africa

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• Baptism 
• Chief Apostle
• Concept of salvation for the departed
• Congregation
• Divine service
• Doctrine 
• History 
• Holy Communion
• Holy Sealing
• Sacraments
• Society

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Never keep silent about good news!

Sacraments are dispensed, large churches are filled with young people, and donations are able to effect great things—the news pages of the New Apostolic congregations around the world were once again filled with good news that needs to be told.

February 22, 2024

Africa Asia

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• Charity work
• Christmas
• Congregation
• District Apostle
• Divine service
• Doctrine 
• Holy Sealing
• Sacraments
• Social commitment
• Youth

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Finding pathways through the desert of our own making

It’s the other Advent: this week, Christians around the world begin preparing themselves for Easter. There are various names for this segment of the calendar, but only one common goal, namely to reflect upon the essential.

February 16, 2024

Advent

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• Denominations
• Easter
• Grieving
• Pastoral care

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Celebrating with God

It would be a shame to waste a good excuse to celebrate, whether due to a Chief Apostle visit, the dedication of new place of worship, or simply an opportunity to be together. In any event, our brothers and sisters around the world had good reason for collective merriment over the past weeks.

February 15, 2024

Africa

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

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Prayer works everywhere

Prayer has always been an important part of our life, but this year it became just a little bit more so thanks to our motto. Brothers and sisters from Ghana, Germany, and the Netherlands used this year’s annual motto “Prayer works!” as an opportunity to put on a short play and to gather with other denominations and pray outside our church walls.

February 9, 2024

Africa

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• Annual motto
• Congregation
• Denominations
• Divine service
• Music
• New Year

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Walking with God

Those who believe talk and share. They talk to God and they talk to other people about their faith. The divine services in the month of February examine our devotion to God. The month will be about profession, praise, gratitude, and intercession. Because prayer works!

February 2, 2024

Concept of salvation for the departed

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• Congregation
• Divine service
• Doctrine 
• Holy Communion
• Sacraments

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The donkey, that’s me

Jesus knew exactly what He was doing when He chose His mount to enter Jerusalem. What’s more, He sent signals right up to our own time. Here is a reflection on the theme of Palm Sunday.

March 23, 2024

America Congregation

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• Good Friday
• History 
• Palm Sunday

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Ascension means: now it’s your turn

Pentecost is considered the birthday of the church. But like a plant that germinates underground before the first shoots emerge, the origins of the church lie deeper and earlier.

May 28, 2025

Ascension Day Divine service

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• Pentecost
• Society

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Lead-up to Pentecost

God reveals Himself as Trinity. The self-revelation of God is concluded in the Pentecost event, the grand finale. The divine services in the month of May revolve around the promise, sending, and efficacy of the Holy Spirit.

May 3, 2024

Divine service Doctrine 

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• History 
• Pentecost

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Not your typical Christmas article

Star, stable, shepherds, angels—and a crying baby in the living room. This year, Christmas will not just be explained, but experienced. A Christmas article of a different kind.

December 24, 2025

Christmas Advent

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