"It is the same everywhere—only completely different." That is how Chief Apostle Hans Urwyler described our common faith in the gospel in the context of the very different living conditions that prevail from country to country. This week, nac.today will also take a look around the globe.

What moves through the heart of the longest-serving Apostle as he looks back over his life—more than half of which he spent in this ministry—just before his retirement? What does he remember when he thinks back on his musical activities and his active missionary work? Answers from an interview with Apostle Rudolf Kainz.

Tomorrow, 8 March, is International Women's Day – a celebration that has its roots in the battle for equal rights. Women in the New Apostolic Church cannot exercise a ministry, but they do perform invaluable pastoral work. How does that fit together?

Have you fallen ill? Have you stumbled upon the wrong person in your search for healing? Has the one who can help you asked something unexpected of you? Chief Apostle Jean-Luc Schneider breaks down a biblical account that has a great deal to tell us in the here and now.

"Come over to Macedonia and help us!"—on 8 March 2015, Chief Apostle Jean-Luc Schneider likewise heeded this call from Acts 16:9. There he encountered a small, but joyful community with a rich and varied history, and members who often live in bitter poverty.

After 34 years in ministry, the longest serving Apostle currently in ministry will take his retirement: Rudolf Kainz—a man of humbleness as well as clear words, filled with vision and initiative, but above all, well-practised in the love of Jesus—will be discharged from active ministry on 15 March in Schaffhausen.

Joy is meant to be shared. This applies first and foremost to our “joy in Christ”. It is for this reason that nac.today has initiated a participation campaign: get creative and share your joy. The first submissions have already arrived.

Sharing joy! – That is the maxim of nac.today’s participation campaign on the motto for the year 2015. Joachim H. Böttcher-Domschat from Frankfurt on the Oder (Germany) has submitted a canon on the Bible text from the New Year’s Day divine service (Habakkuk 3: 18). The notes are available for download here.

Communicating in timely fashion, quickly and globally—that is what Chief Apostle Jean-Luc Schneider hopes to achieve. Last year, the District Apostle Meeting ratified a corresponding media concept. And part of this newly structured media bond that spans the globe is a magazine called “community”.

Over the past few weeks, there have been a number of important occasions for which brothers and sisters have come together. Besides divine services and meetings with Christians of other denominations there were sacramental acts and ordinations.

Three times a year, New Apostolic Christians celebrate a divine service in which they remember the departed. Unlike All Souls’ or All Saints’ Day—which are a day of prayer for the dead—this is a Sunday on which the sacraments are administered to the dead. What is behind this?

Rest and peace. Would that not be nice? But finding it is not that easy. Thank God there is an offer we can grasp, the offer of grace. In his latest divine service, the Chief Apostle gave a few pointers.

Soft yet firm, someone who blazed the trail and someone who guided others on it, that was Chief Apostle Hans Urwyler. Today he would have turned 90 years of age.

Nobody is perfect. Oh yes, there is! And of all things we are to become like Him. How are we going to manage that? Following are a few pointers from a recent divine service by the Chief Apostle.

What aids can Priests resort to when making soul care visits? Since 2013, the New Apostolic Church Cape has been publishing a Devotional Journal for its ministers, an 88-page diary with articles based on Bible texts.

Hardly noticed by the world, thousands of people in southern Malawi are suffering from the consequences of a flood disaster. Hundreds of thousands have not only lost their homes but also their livelihood. In addition to the United Nations (UN), NAK-karitativ and the Henwood Foundation are on the ground and helping.

“Divine service is the activity of God upon human beings and a work of human beings for God,” it says in the Catechism (Catechism 12.1). nac.today looks back at some special divine services held over the last few days.

Everybody goes through turbulent times, not only the individual believer but also the Church as a whole. God poses the question: “Where is your faith?” Chief Apostle Jean-Luc Schneider gives a number of answers and allows a glimpse of one of the most profound moments of his life.