“It would be great to have Pentecost in Zambia every year!” is what a sister said after the concert in our central church in Lusaka on Saturday. The church offers room for about 3,000 people, but nearly 4,000 were in the church. The audience was thrilled. At the end of the concert there was no stopping the choir and instrumentalists. They just kept on singing and dancing.

“This was a typical Zambian concert – filled with joy and filled with the Holy Spirit! What can I say? Great!” It was with these words that Chief Apostle Jean-Luc Schneider expressed his thanks to the many choir members and instrumentalists – and there were several hundred of them!

Already on Wednesday there was a great deal of bustling excitement in Lusaka. While posters throughout Zambia’s capital and bumper stickers on cars do their share to advertise the Pentecost service with Chief Apostle Schneider, numerous helpers are busy with the final preparations: cleaning the church inside and out, seeing to the floral decorations, and doing welding work on the platform on which Saturday’s concert will take place.

Many different countries — many different ways to live one's faith. Today our overview incorporates some insights into New Apostolic congregations in South and Central America, Africa and Europe.

The Pentecost transmission is set and ready to go. Millions of New Apostolic Christians around the world will be able to participate in this holy day of their Church either over satellite, the Internet, television, or radio.

Everywhere you look there are vibrant congregations. Many are busy planning activities or are lending a hand in helping others or are teaching courses to train the up-and coming generation. Following is a small sample of the activities going on around the globe.

Three Apostles, three languages: the first youth weekend in Senegal placed high demands on others besides the organizers. Even the confirmation represented a challenge that could only be mastered through teamwork. The Apostle responsible for the work of the Church in this country reports for nac.today.

Another week of news—and it is not always good. In Germany, France, and Spain, people are in mourning because a Germanwings passenger aircraft crashed over the French Alps. A total of 150 people lost their lives in the crash.

Kitchener Central is the name of the church where Chief Apostle Jean-Luc Schneider will conduct a divine service in Canada this weekend. The building is relatively unique in the New Apostolic architectural landscape – and conceals historical backgrounds that are not obvious at first glance.

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?

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.

Whereas the countdown for this year’s Pentecost celebration in Zambia is on, preparations in Germany are only just beginning. The New Apostolic Church in Frankfurt will host the Pentecost feast in 2016. A location with a history …

“At home worldwide” is the motto set out in the logo of nac.today. This is also the title of our weekly overview, in which we look at the happenings among our brothers and sisters around the world.

The 120 girls and boys will have had a lot to tell when they returned home to South Africa after their eleven-day concert tour in Germany. They also shared their impressions with nac.today.

Comfort and solace was offered in a recent concert by the Wilhelmshaven Chamber Choir. It was given in memory of the tsunami in South-East Asia ten years ago. How did those affected by the tsunami, either directly or as helpers, experience the disaster? Following are some personal accounts.

Merry Christmas! Pardon? Christmas is long gone. But not in Russia. According to the Russian calendar Christmas is today, 7 January. For New Apostolic Christians this time of the year is a bit of a balancing act between the cultures.

Zurich/Nairobi. The international leader of the New Apostolic Church, Chief Apostle Jean-Luc Schneider spent the last weekend of June in Kenya. This was the first time that he had ever come to the country as Chief Apostle. Hundreds of thousands of members had long been looking forward to this visit.

Cape Town. The exact date on which Evangelist Carl Klibbe arrived in Cape Town is not known. He spread the message of salvation as preached in the New Apostolic Church. This, in time, served as the springboard for the Church into the whole of Africa.