Everyone has a smartphone nowadays. And that means that all things Church related are right within reach too: want to stay up to date? Feel like browsing through the Catechism? Need to find a congregation? Well, there are apps for this and more—an overview of the official apps on offer.
NAC News
The application known as “NAC News” is currently being updated and will soon be available in a new version as nacnews. In clear and concise terms it displays news from the New Apostolic Church International, the various District Churches, as well as aid organizations. The future push function will provide users with information on new developments even more quickly than before.
System: iOS– Android
Publisher: New Apostolic Church International
Languages: English, French, German, Portuguese, Spanish
Free
nacmaps
On the way to church? With nacmaps you will always be able to find the nearest church. The downloadable app previously known as “NAC mobile” will also be updated and will soon be released with new functionality.
System: iOS– Android
Publisher: New Apostolic Church International
Languages: English, French, German, Portuguese, Spanish
Free
Catechism
This application contains the long version of the Catechism of the New Apostolic Church. With bookmarks, expanded searches, and Bible passage display, the app is just as well suited for occasional reading as for intensive study of the contents.
System: iOS– Android
Publisher: New Apostolic Church International
Languages: English, French, German, Portuguese, Spanish
Free
NAC USA
This app offers short video clips with excerpts from sermons by Chief Apostle Schneider and District Apostle Kolb (USA). Beyond that, it provides doctrinal content, the Word of the Month, the Vision newsletter, and lots of other information from the District Church.
System: iOS– Android
Publisher: New Apostolic Church USA
Languages: English only
Free
NAC O-Box
In the District Church of Northern Germany, you can transfer your offerings online. In addition to online transfers, the O-Box provides yet another way to offer. Upon request, the app will remind users about their offerings at regular intervals. Transfers by way of O-Box are directed exclusively to the District Church of Northern Germany.
System: iOS– Android
Publisher: New Apostolic Church Northern Germany
Languages: English, German
Free
NAC Choir book
The German choir book of the New Apostolic Church as an app with exhaustive search functions for the hymn texts.
System: iOS– Android
Publisher: Verlag Friedrich Bischoff GmbH
Languages: German only
Fee required
NAC Hymnal
The German-language hymnal of the New Apostolic Church as an app for choir members, choir leaders, and ministers—for reference and text searches.
System: iOS– Android
Publisher: Verlag Friedrich Bischoff GmbH
Languages: German only
Fee required
Other apps
Beyond that, there are also apps with a more local focus. These offers are free of charge and are not published through the Church, but rather on a private basis:
- Congregation of Bochum-Gerthe: GermaniOS– Android
- Congregation of Fellbach: GermaniOS– Android
- Congregation of Portage, USA: English iOS– Android
- Congregation of Schwalmstadt-Treysa: German iOS– Android
- JUGI Mittelland, Switzerland: German iOS– Android
And last but not least there are occasionally apps that refer to specific events. In the past, these included the “ICC Guide” and “NAC You&Me” for the International Church Convention 2014 or the “NAC Search“ on the occasion of the “Ruhr 2010 Action Day”. Thus it will also be worthwhile to browse through the app store from time to time in the future as well.