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Neighbourly love instead of xenophobia

“The stranger is your neighbour!” This was one of the core messages from Chief Apostle Jean-Luc Schneider over the past year. And—even in times of terrorism and war, waves of immigration, and xenophobia—this also remains our mission for the new year.

January 1, 2016

Africa Chief Apostle

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• Europe
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The year of “Joy in Christ”

Joy is meant to be shared. And this was precisely what New Apostolic Christians around the world experienced—in particular with a view to the motto which the Chief Apostle had announced for the year. And it was in connection with this announcement that the Church marked a first this year.

December 31, 2015

Africa

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• Annual motto
• Asia
• Buildings
• Chief Apostle
• Congregation
• District Apostle
• Divine service
• Europe
• New Year
• Youth

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Europe—working on events, reforms, and ecumenism

Big events, structural reforms, and confessional dialogue: the year 2015 had its very own distinctive character in Europe, the last stop on our intercontinental year-in-review roundtrip on nac.today.

December 30, 2015

Africa

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• District Apostle
• Divine service
• Europe
• Event
• History 
• Music
• Society
• Youth

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Great distances and strong community in America

Organizationally well established—both as a team and in terms of leadership: that is how the New Apostolic Church in the Americas has presented itself. Here is part three of our year-in-review journey around the world on nac.today.

December 29, 2015

America

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• Australia / Pacific
• Chief Apostle
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• Denominations
• District Apostle
• Divine service
• Doctrine 
• History 
• Holy Communion
• Music
• Sacraments
• Thanksgiving Day

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Need, joy, and fellowship in Asia

Great need, many small joys, and an energetic sense of community: that was the year 2015 from the perspective of New Apostolic Christians in Asia and Australia, the second region to look back over the year on nac.today.

December 28, 2015

Acts of blessing

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• Australia / Pacific
• Charity work
• Confirmation
• Congregation
• District Apostle
• Doctrine 
• Holy Sealing
• Investiture
• Ministry
• Sacraments

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Africa inspires with music and surprises with church construction

Youth development of a different kind, generational change in leadership, and a celebration of faith with a whole lot of “paaaahhhhh”: such was the year 2015 in Africa. The continent with the most New Apostolic Christians in the world opens our series of annual reviews here on nac.today.

December 26, 2015

Africa Buildings

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• Investiture
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• Music
• Pastoral care
• Pentecost
• Youth

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Bright, tropical, and multicultural

Stop-and-go at Christmas in Brazil … This is not only caused by people travelling home over Christmas, but especially because people are stopping to admire the Christmas lights. This can even interfere with carefully timed bus schedules, Karin Zwar reports.

December 24, 2015

Advent

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• Christmas
• Divine service
• Europe

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Christmas dinner cooked over camel thorn wood

Forty degrees Celsius in the shade and a long holiday break … While the people in the northern hemisphere are dreaming of a white Christmas, the southern hemisphere is in the midst of summer. We asked a European living in South Africa about the festive season there …

December 23, 2015

Africa

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• Congregation
• Denominations
• Divine service
• Europe

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Christmas in Australia means a holiday spent at the beach

Christmas in Australia! How does that go? It is summer in the southern hemisphere. Daytime temperatures range between 25 to 32° Celsius, people are soaking up the sun. Do people get in the Christmas spirit? nac.today asked an “expert” in these matters, and his answer was a definite yes.

December 22, 2015

Advent

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• Asia
• Australia / Pacific
• Christmas
• District Apostle
• Divine service
• Europe

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Posters for 2016: I manage to …

The new poster series for the upcoming year is ready. The series is captioned “I manage to …”. The Public Relations working group wants to express how great God’s help is—for each and everyone. Following is a brief introduction.

December 21, 2015

Buildings

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• Christmas
• Congregation
• Europe

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At home worldwide: new church buildings

Building new churches nowadays is not that easy. There are many obstacles. Either there is not enough money or the members of the congregation or politicians are against it. Following are some positive examples.

December 18, 2015

Asia

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• Congregation
• District Apostle
• Divine service
• Thanksgiving Day

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Cape Town has a District Apostle Helper

Apostle John Leslie Kriel has been appointed as a District Apostle Helper for the Cape district. Chief Apostle Jean-Luc Schneider commissioned John Kriel, a longstanding minister, in a divine service this past Sunday.

December 16, 2015

Africa

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• Investiture
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Proud of Gambia

“We can be proud of the development in Gambia; the impulse comes from within,” Apostle Jens Lindemann from Germany says. He has been responsible for the New Apostolic Church in this African country since 2007. At the beginning of December, the Gambian youth gathered for their Day of the Youth.

December 14, 2015

Africa

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• Congregation
• Divine service
• Doctrine 
• Event
• History 
• Youth

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At home worldwide: Aunty Molly and Aunty Pam retired

Featured this week are some recent retirements and ordinations, as well as an interdenominational information session in South Africa on World Aids Day.

December 11, 2015

Africa

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• Chief Apostle
• Congregation
• Denominations
• Divine service
• Doctrine 
• Investiture
• Ministry
• Retirement
• Youth

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On his way to South Africa

On Thursday, Chief Apostle Jean-Luc Schneider will embark on his trip to South Africa. He is planning to conduct a divine service already on Thursday evening. This will be followed by visits, meetings, conferences, and a divine service on Sunday.

December 9, 2015

Africa

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More than just consumers and spectators …

The first Christians supported the efforts and the mission of the Apostles by professing the gospel, by revealing their love, their joy, and their steadfastness, and by bringing their offerings. It is not any different today. Following are thoughts from Chief Apostle Schneider on how we can help along.

December 7, 2015

Apostolate

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• Divine service
• Doctrine 
• Holy Communion
• Sacraments

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Combatting AIDS through awareness and care

On 1 December, World AIDS Day reminds us that some 35 million people around the world are living with this disease. Approximately three million new infections are added every year. This is also a matter with which the New Apostolic Church is dealing — particularly in Africa.

December 1, 2015

Africa Congregation

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• District Apostle
• Divine service
• Youth

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At home worldwide: close, yet far away

This week nac.today looks at a soup kitchen, the Chief Apostle’s recent trip to Cambodia, and a new church in Fiji.

November 27, 2015

Asia

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• Australia / Pacific
• Charity work
• Chief Apostle
• Congregation
• District Apostle
• Divine service

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Rome: the Eternal City and faith

Already the poet Tibullus referred to the city as eternal. By then the city on the Tiber was already several centuries old if one believes the myths that have been handed down. Today bella Roma is the largest city of Italy, and certainly worth a trip.

November 26, 2015

Chief Apostle

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• District Apostle
• Divine service
• Europe

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Flowers, songs, and prayers—coping with grief in Paris

Grief is a process, also in Paris. In the wake of the bloody attacks, people continue to come to the sites of the attacks to pay their respects to the victims. The central congregation of the New Apostolic Church in Paris is close to one of the locations. How are our brothers and sisters coping?

November 25, 2015

Congregation

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• District Apostle
• Divine service
• Grieving
• Pastoral care
• Youth

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A triad of Christian love

Whether friend, stranger, or enemy, every single one of them is our neighbour in the biblical sense. Jesus Christ demands that we love them. How is that possible? Answers from a divine service by the Chief Apostle …

November 24, 2015

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A thousand kilometres for a choir practice

“The congregations are like remote islands,” Raúl Eduardo Montes de Oca, the responsible District Apostle of Brazil, says. Following is his report about the Chief Apostle’s recent visit to Brazil and the life of the congregations there.

November 23, 2015

Africa America

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A man who blazed new trails

“It can never be said that the Apostle was a coward. I risked everything to help in the quick movement and furtherance of the Church work.” These words were written by the Chief Apostle’s right hand: Apostle Heinrich Franz Schlaphoff. Fifty years ago today he passed away.

November 20, 2015

Africa

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• Chief Apostle
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• District Apostle
• Divine service
• Doctrine 
• Europe
• Grieving
• History 
• Holy Communion
• Pastoral care
• Pentecost
• Sacraments

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At home worldwide – An isolated country opens itself

Myanmar—for many years this extraordinary country was isolated from the rest of the world. Following the landslide victory of Aung Suu Kyi, many new possibilities have opened up for the country.

November 19, 2015

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“There is no room in the Lord’s house for hatred”

Lit tea-lights in the shape of a heart in Luxembourg, flowers and a “Pray for Paris” banner in Germany: the terror attacks last Friday in Paris have left people in shock, especially in Europe. But the District Apostles are also directing attention beyond Europe’s borders, to other parts of the world.

November 17, 2015

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• Sacraments
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Tolerance – more than a word

“To tolerate means to offend,” the great German poet and playwright Johann Wolfgang von Goethe says. In his Maxims and Reflections he writes that tolerance should only be a passing mood; it ought to lead to acknowledgement and appreciation. What is tolerance? And why do we need a day to officially observe this?

November 16, 2015

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On land, on water, and in the air

The destination was a region that no District Apostle had ever visited before. On the way there, Tshitshi Tshisekedi used every conceivable means of transport. Pictures of a pastoral journey.

May 8, 2025

District Apostle Congregation

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• Local news
• Africa

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One love, one faith: New Apostolic in Jamaica

Faith, fellowship, and Caribbean vibes: In Jamaica, the New Apostolic Church brings people together with heart, commitment, and an extra dose of love.

April 4, 2025

District Apostle Congregation

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• America
• Event

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Living one’s faith in the land of fire and ice

Between glacier blue and lava black: Iceland blends natural wonders and beliefs. And in Reykjavík, a simple profession of faith illuminates a small chapel: Sjáið merkið - Kristur kemur.

October 14, 2025

Profile Divine service

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Music offers glimmers of hope

Music can help us heal: this was the focus of a joint project in a children’s home north of the Arctic Circle. The participants came from Germany, Austria, Great Britain, and Greenland.

May 14, 2024

Good Friday Easter

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• Doctrine 
• Sacraments
• Holy Communion
• Concept of salvation for the departed
• Divine service
• Congregation
• Youth
• Pastoral care
• Europe
• Music

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