Where did District Apostle Noel Barnes (South Africa) celebrate his last divine service? In the same congregation he started out as a District Apostle after his ordination twenty years ago. Mandalay in Cape Town (South Africa) Photo: NAC Cape Mandalay in Cape Town (South Africa) Photo: NAC Cape Mandalay in Cape Town (South Africa) Photo: […]

Growling engines, gleaming choppers, and stuffed toys strapped to the handlebars: scenes like these play out every year in a South African congregation. And behind all the fun there is a good cause. Photo: NAC Cape Biker service in the congregation Dunrobin-Bellville (2016) Photo: NAC Cape Biker service in the congregation Dunrobin-Bellville (2016) Photo: NAC […]

She is remote and rather isolated. Apart from snow-covered mountain peaks, there is not much else around. We are talking about the southernmost New Apostolic congregation in the world: Ushuaia. Photo: lspencer – Fotolia Photo: INA Argentina Photo: INA Argentina Photo: INA Argentina Photo: INA Argentina Photo: INA Argentina The city is situated at the […]

“Not only in Africa are there plans to merge neighbouring church districts, but also in Germany.” This is how nak.org, the official website of the New Apostolic Church, announces a pending third merger. The focus of the merger is on western Germany: the District Church Hesse/Rhineland-Palatinate/Saarland will come under the same roof administratively and pastorally […]

The only way children really have a future is with a good education. This not only applies in everyday life, but also spiritually. Featured in this week’s review are these two aspects, as well the Chief Apostle’s recent trip to the USA. Moving on to the next level in religious education Photo: NAC Cape Moving […]

The region known as Casamance is the breadbasket of Senegal. Some 15,000 New Apostolic Christians live in this fertile region. When Chief Apostle Jean-Luc Schneider visits the city of Sédhiou in Casamance in February 2017, it will only be the second visit of a Chief Apostle to the country ever. Members after a divine service […]

Which New Apostolic magazine has the largest circulation? community or maybe the glossy Unsere Familie. Wrong! The bestseller comes from Africa. A portrait on today’s International Print Day. There certainly is music to it: anyone who leaves through African Joy will be struck by the many reports and photos about musical events and activities. Joyful […]

Music speaks to the soul—in joy as well as in sorrow. Our review this week looks at a choral competition, a choir practice, a memorial service, and a wedding anniversary. Divine service under police protection Photo: NAC Mali Divine service under police protection Photo: NAC Mali Divine service under police protection Photo: NAC Mali Seven […]

On his visit to Cape Town on 18 December 2016, Chief Apostle Jean-Luc Schneider will create a new District Apostle Area: Southern Africa. This will be comprised of the current districts South East Africa and Cape. The new District Apostle will be John Leslie Kriel. Photo: Oliver Rütten Photo: Oliver Rütten Photo: Uwe Hoffmann Photo: […]

Malawi is the cradle of the New Apostolic Church in Central Africa. George Henwood, the later Apostle, was born here in 1901. He was one of the great pioneers of missionary work and instrumental in building up the church in Zambia, Zimbabwe, and Malawi. Chief Apostle Jean-Luc Schneider will celebrate the upcoming service for the […]

The president of the New Apostolic Church flies to Australia regularly. Still, District Apostle Andrew Andersen referred to the Chief Apostle’s recent visit as historic. The reason, all national leaders of the New Apostolic Church had been invited to a conference in Perth. Photo: Peter Johanning Photo: Peter Johanning Photo: Peter Johanning Photo: Peter Johanning […]

Making a guest service out of the service for the departed? Across Europe this will be a first and take place on 6 November 2016. But a congregation in Africa is going even further—and will number more participants in the end than all of Europe put together. “Your heart will rejoice.” This statement, taken from […]

The apostolic churches are continuing their policy of reconciliation: at the beginning of the coming year, they want to close another chapter in their shared history. A ceremony has been planned at which a third statement will be signed. The example: Reconciliation in the Rhineland Photo: Oliver Ruetten The example: Reconciliation in the Rhineland Photo: […]

nak-karitativ invested more than two million euros in humanitarian projects on three continents over the past year. This is documented in the annual report for 2015 that has just been published. The application area of NAK-karitativ … Photo: NAK-karitativ … in the fields of work … Photo: NAK-karitativ … education … Photo: NAK-karitativ … medical […]

They cultivate fellowship, but not only among themselves: the International Sisters’ Fellowship, comprised of New Apostolic women from Zambia, Malawi, and Zimbabwe, is an example of the role women take in church and society in this part of Africa. Photo: NAC Zambia Photo: NAC Zambia Photo: NAC Zambia Photo: NAC Zambia Photo: NAC Zambia Photo: […]

“You gave a wonderful testimony of your faith.” This is how the Chief Apostle responded to the move of the church in Kananga. But he is not the only one by far to have been amazed. The service by the Chief Apostle in Kananga Photo: ENA RDC Sud-Est The service by the Chief Apostle in […]

Church members want to understand Church doctrine. The current issue of community features clearly understandable teaching texts for just such members. What is divine service? What is forgiveness of sins? Answers to important questions. The core content of community consists of twelve pages that are also regularly published in Unsere Familie, the German-language magazine of […]

The rapprochement of apostolic denominations is continuing: after declarations of reconciliation in Germany and Switzerland, as well as an initial meeting in South Africa, there has now also been a meeting in the Netherlands—and this one was in a much larger context. An historic meeting in a large context Photo: Pieter Eikeboom Apostle Jan L. […]