Imagine you have been invited to a big banquet but decide not to go. The banquet takes place anyway of course, only without you. You simply miss out. The Chief Apostle had some interesting thoughts on this in a divine service in São Paulo (Brazil). Photo: Iglesia Nueva Apostólica Sud América Photo: Iglesia Nueva Apostólica […]

When the head of the international Church flies to Liberia this coming weekend, it will be the first ever visit of a Chief Apostle to this country in West Africa. There is excitement and joy all around. Photo: NAK Süddeutschland Photo: NAK Süddeutschland Photo: NAK Süddeutschland Photo: NAK Süddeutschland Photo: NAK Süddeutschland Photo: NAK Süddeutschland […]

Creativity needs room. After all, ideas need to be able to develop and grow. This is not always easy. In fact, sometimes it requires persistence. However, when a good result has been achieved everyone is happy. Photo: NAC International Photo: ENA RD Congo Sudeste Photo: ENA RD Congo Sudeste Photo: ENA RD Congo Sudeste Photo: […]

The trip began at the International Date Line: Samoa and American Samoa are separated by a 24-hour time difference, even though they are located in the same island archipelago. From there, the journey continued onward to the islands of Fiji. Photo: NAC Western Pacific Photo: NAC Western Pacific Photo: NAC Western Pacific Photo: NAC Western […]

Since its founding in the year 1997, Stichting Corantijn, the relief agency of the New Apostolic Church in the Netherlands, has been providing charitable aid to Suriname. For a few years now, it has been receiving some support from the Church aid organisation, NAK-karitativ. Photo: Martin Petzoldt In cooperation with NAK-karitativ, the Stichting Corantijn constructed […]

Fostering fellowship with sisters and brothers, sometimes while seated on the ground under the open sky, sometimes in divine services. The visit of the Church leader unleashed great joy. Travelling through Oceania Photo: NAC Western Pacific Travelling through Oceania Photo: NAC Western Pacific Travelling through Oceania Photo: NAC Western Pacific Travelling through Oceania Photo: NAC […]

Two divine services—on the same day and at the same time, but in two different places: and the Chief Apostle does not need to tear himself in two in order to make this happen. All he has to do is travel backwards in time. Totally normal—for ministers in the South Pacific, that is. Photo: NAC […]

Something has to happen when the machines run twice as quickly as originally planned. But even elsewhere, baking wafers is anything but child’s play – how production started in Africa, America, and Asia. Photo: NAC Sambia Photo: NAC Sambia Photo: NAC Sambia Photo: NAC Sambia Photo: NAC Sambia Photo: NAC Sambia Photo: NAC Sambia Photo: […]

The digital age does not stop at the church door. It is quite apparent when ministers and teachers have modern technology and technical support at their fingertips. Current examples from Canada and Europe. Website and app in North America Photo: NAC International Website and app in North America Photo: NAC International Website and app in […]

Not everyone can be so carefree when they partake of Holy Communion: some of the ingredients in the wafers can be harmful for people with certain illnesses. But even here, Germany’s main wafer bakery can provide assistance. What happened previously: hygiene and scarcity — as of 1919, the wine for Holy Communion was no longer […]

When the District Apostle Meeting was in session, he always sat in the first row, there where the Spanish-speakers sat. Because although he is the District Apostle of Brazil—where Portuguese is spoken—he speaks Spanish and is a native of Uruguay. A man with many talents is retiring. District Apostle Raúl Montes de Oca greets brothers […]

The Church’s own health insurance, a football league of congregational teams, and a working area that spanned half the globe: today we celebrate the 125th birthday of Heinrich Franz Schlaphoff—an Apostle unlike any other. Photo: NAC International Photo: NAC International Photo: Photo: Photo: Zentralarchiv NAK Westdeutschland Photo: Photo: “So, if it were not for a […]

Week after week, believers around the world gather for divine services in their congregations—a joy they all share. However, their living conditions could not be more different. The new issue of community takes a look at the diversity of our congregations and features special divine services. The Chief Apostle thanks the congregations “The congregation is […]

Pentecost 2019 will enter New Apostolic history as a feast of internationality. Hardly ever before have so many impulses of such international significance been aired. Here are some of them to re-read. Message No. 1: Participate! Photo: Oliver Rütten Message No. 1: Participate! Photo: Oliver Rütten Message No. 1: Participate! Photo: Oliver Rütten Message No. […]

Yesterday, today, and tomorrow … the Holy Spirit works powerfully, and can comfort in suffering and need. This is what the Chief Apostle told the worldwide congregation in the Pentecost service. About 100 countries across the continents were set to receive the divine service from Goslar (Germany) on 9 June 2019. The sermon was based […]

The International Youth Convention 2019 (IYC) kicked off with four divine services in nine languages on Thursday evening. Over the next three days, the up to 30,000 participants can look forward to approximately 250 different events. Photo: Marcel Felde Photo: Thomas Brunschede Photo: Bernhard Holdener Photo: Jessica Krämer “And I, if I am lifted up […]

Whether via video stream or live in Germany, young people and District Churches from all over the world will be gathering at the International Youth Convention (IYC). Here is a glance at the schedule of events and the hall plan. Photo: Oliver Rütten Photo: Oliver Rütten Photo: Oliver Rütten Photo: IJT2019 Photo: Marcel Felde Photo: […]

Jan Schalk has a doctorate in agricultural sciences. He is presently employed as a development worker for Bread for the World, a German aid agency. His current base of operations is Maseru, the capital city of Lesotho. We interviewed him recently. The horse is the most important form of transport in mountainous Lesotho Photo: Jan […]