Chief Apostle Jean-Luc Schneider recently used the wine-growing process as an image to give some very clear indications regarding our life of faith.

“Victory with Christ”. It sounds like a battle cry, a fight, a competition. Is that Christ-like? District Apostle Urs Hebeisen from the Philippines is the first contributor to our series on this year’s motto.

Stay tuned on Friday afternoons! The Catechism in Questions and Answers will be podcast. The first two broadcasts are already online—offering the newest of many possibilities to make oneself familiar with the doctrine of the Church.

There is much more to professing our faith in Jesus Christ than just saying amen. The Chief Apostle recently explained in a divine service what this means—for the Apostles and the congregations.

Articles, photos, and videos documenting the life of faith of New Apostolic Christians around the world were viewed at least 38 million times over the past year. That is the assessment of nac.today’s first year. A look behind the scenes.

Being the first or having the last word. Who would not like that? But does that mean that everything is in the right place? In a recent divine service in Rome the Chief Apostle gave tips on how we can clean up our hearts.

Such messages need space! They need an occasion to present themselves: New Year, Christmas, or Pentecost are ideal. Pentecost has long been a popular occasion for a uniform message. Chief Apostle Jean-Luc Schneider is taking a somewhat different approach.

Every day the Chief Apostle prays for persecuted Christians. And one of the countries he has in mind is Nigeria. This coming weekend he will celebrate a divine service in Nigeria, a country being ravaged by Boko Haram, a militant Islamist group.

How is it possible to be joyful in faith despite hardships and still perform miracles on top of everything? This is something the Chief Apostle addressed in a recent divine service.

The journey to Kazakhstan had already been scheduled long in advance, but the question as to whether Chief Apostle Jean-Luc Schneider would indeed be allowed to conduct the divine services that had been planned remained open to the very last minute. The reason: strict legal regulations.

Currently, community is being produced in over 40 languages; some of these languages are available as a PDF on nac.today. The newest issue has just been uploaded—the first of four in the upcoming year.

“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.

“Labour in love” was the motto of the New Apostolic Church in the year 2014. Also for the new year Chief Apostle Jean-Luc Schneider will set impulses. In his New Year’s message he puts the focus on a special source of strength: 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.

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.

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.

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.

“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.