Show the young generation that Jesus is the standard. Don’t impose the same restrictions we ourselves experienced. Respond to the alleged absence of God with 
your own experiences—profound thoughts from Chief Apostle Jean-Luc Schneider.

Being able to leaf through and read their own copy of community is something very special for many members. Another edition has just been completed and is on its way to many countries and congregations.

When the Chief Apostle visits a congregation, he is usually the only Chief Apostle there. Not so in the congregation of Nordheide. Chief Apostle Jean-Luc Schneider celebrated the divine service while the retired Chief Apostle Wilhelm Leber played the organ—something rare indeed.

The salvation of your soul is precious. At least, it has cost God an infinite amount. And you? How precious is it to you? – Here are some standards of value from a divine service by the Chief Apostle.

Victory with Christ: the motto for the year 2016 weaves its way through the divine services like a golden thread. It also continues to inspire the thoughts of members—for example, designers. Following is a brief survey in words and images:

Three days after the terror attacks, Apostle Clément Haeck celebrated the Easter divine service with his brothers and sisters in Brussels: comfort and gratitude inside the church, police sirens outside on the street.

Belief in the triune God—Father, Son, and Holy Spirit—is a hallmark of the Christian church, in contrast to other world religions. The divine services in Christian churches are likewise Trinitarian. The New Apostolic divine service also begins in this manner.

The help you need is right there, in front of your nose. But often we do not see it. Sometimes we need an eye-opener. Following are thoughts from a recent service by the Chief Apostle that are to help us sharpen our awareness.

Buchholz? Never heard of it? It is a small town just outside of Hamburg in the north of Germany, where the retired Chief Apostle Wilhelm Leber lives, who led the New Apostolic Church from 2005 to 2013. And Buchholz is where Chief Apostle Schneider will be on Good Friday: the Chief Apostle will visit the Chief Apostle.

In his most recent divine service in Berlin (Germany), Chief Apostle Jean-Luc Schneider developed a multi-dimensional agenda on comfort. There is more to it than just receiving comfort …

A new choir collection is currently being developed for the choirs of our New Apostolic congregations in Sweden. It is a fascinating project because cultures differ from country to country.

Soon young Christians will step up to the altar to be confirmed. Just before this act of blessing they recite a doctrinal text from the early church that deserves to be given a closer look.

The size says nothing. What matters is that there is an atmosphere of joy. That the size of a congregation is not necessarily crucial is proven by many examples around the globe. Our trip takes us from Asia to Brazil and on to Africa and Italy.

A lesson for every Christian: the story of Jacob’s fight. It demonstrates that God can bless us even in trials—if we fight for it. Chief Apostle Jean-Luc Schneider recently illustrated fivefold blessing in a divine service.

Sometimes the response is amazing when God calls, other times His call goes almost unheard. Victory with Christ? District Apostle Leonard R. Kolb (USA) shows why numbers do not count.

At home around the world: A District Elder visits victims of the hurricane in the Fiji Islands. The Church in Zambia welcomes the country’s president. And in the USA, a group of Boy Scouts find their way into the church building.

For New Apostolic Christians, Holy Communion is what manna was to the people of Israel: a source of strength that sustains life and ensures progress—thoughts from a divine service by the Chief Apostle:

This year’s first divine service for the departed will be celebrated by Chief Apostle Jean-Luc Schneider in Bielefeld in Germany. There, at the north-eastern tip of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, the first New Apostolic services are recorded to have taken place in 1868 already. nac.today takes a look at this New Apostolic stronghold.