War, terror, hunger, and poverty are the reasons why many people are leaving Africa and fleeing to Europe. What can be done to help the people at home. District Evangelist Jörg Leske, director of the aid organization Nak-karitativ, gives some answers in the following interview. The school and the students of the New Apostolic primary […]

Mental illness can affect anyone. When it strikes a parent, the children are automatically affected too. It is a big burden for the whole family. This is where the District Church Southern Germany and its relief organization come in. The Missionswerk of the District Church Southern Germany distinguishes between humanitarian relief overseas and domestic assistance. […]

Construction, development, and growth—there is a great deal going on in the congregations and districts around the world. A new Bishop was ordained, a new school inaugurated, and new websites launched. Read on. Photo: NAK Schweiz Photo: NAK Schweiz Photo: NAK Schweiz Photo: NAK Schweiz Photo: NAK Schweiz Photo: NAC Ghana Photo: NAC Ghana Photo: […]

They are 60, 70, or even 100 years old. And in their fight for survival following the drought in Ethiopia they often had to fend for themselves. A project of the New Apostolic Church Southern Germany shows how important it is to help people help themselves. Graves in a refugee camp—the 2011 famine in East […]

Being able to go to kindergarten or pre-school is something that is important for a child’s development. In fact, it is of tremendous importance to consider the needs and desires of our children. They still have their whole life ahead of them; the future is theirs. Photo: NAK-karitativ Photo: NAK-karitativ Photo: NAK Österreich Photo: NAK […]

Emergency aid was quick, but the reconstruction process is taking its time. More than a year after the devastating earthquake in Nepal, the situation in the country is still far from normal. Following is a look at a small village in the foothills of the Himalayas. Photo: NAC Canada Photo: NAC Canada Photo: NAC Canada […]

Terrible: nearly 250 million children around the world are currently living in countries affected by war! This is the highest number since World War Two. UNICEF calls it an era of humanitarian crises. Things are particularly bad right now: no matter where one looks there are wars, conflicts, and fighting. In the Near East, Africa, […]

Bread is being distributed in church. No, not Holy Communion, real bread. It is the sheer poverty of the people that is making this necessary. And these scenes were experienced by New Apostolic Christians in Moldova, a country in the eastern part of Europe. The Chief Apostle will be visiting Moldova this weekend. A typical […]

The New Apostolic Church in Nepal just celebrated its twenty-fifth anniversary—although our faith has been known there longer. The official celebrations took place a year after the fact. There were good reasons for both of these exceptions. Photo: NAC Canada Photo: NAC Canada Photo: NAC Canada Photo: NAC Canada Photo: NAC Canada Photo: NAC Canada […]

Christians offer practical help in many situations. Whether this is in the form of humanitarian aid after an earthquake, or the support of educational or social projects, or through hands-on support—they are there. nac.today takes a look at three continents Asia: Reconstruction in Nepal Photo: NAK-karitativ Asia: Reconstruction in Nepal Photo: NAK-karitativ Asia: Reconstruction in […]

Heat, dust, and parched fields … When harvests fail and hunger threatens, the people need help desperately. nac.today takes a look at the drought that has hit the Philippines. Photo: NAC Philippines Photo: NAC Philippines Photo: NAC Philippines Photo: NAC Philippines Photo: NAC Philippines Photo: NAC Philippines Photo: NAC Philippines Photo: NAC Philippines Photo: NAC […]

Being able to leaf through and read their own copy of community is something very special for many members. Another edition has just been completed and is on its way to many countries and congregations. community is the member magazine of the New Apostolic Church and along with African Joy and the German magazine Unsere […]

Active Christian love translates into hands-on help. This is the principle of the various aid organizations of the New Apostolic Church around the globe, who are currently working on many smaller and larger projects. Following are three examples in Africa, Asia, and Europe. Philippines: Rebuilding after typhoon Photo: NAC South East Asia Philippines: Rebuilding after […]

A women’s rights activist and the hosting organization under a new name … These were two distinct aspects at the recent opening of a new clinic run by the New Apostolic Church in Zambia. Photo: NACRO Zambia Photo: NACRO Zambia A new medical centre in Zambia Photo: NAC Zambia A new medical centre in Zambia […]

The New Apostolic Church Australia has established its own charity. The name says it all: NACare. nac.today followed up on it. We kept getting requests from our members over the years, Carley Love, the events coordinator of the New Apostolic Church Australia says, asking whether the national Church could not found its own charity. An […]

Great need, many small joys, and an energetic sense of community: that was the year 2015 from the perspective of New Apostolic Christians in Asia and Australia, the second region to look back over the year on nac.today. Earthquake in Nepal: Priests Bel Bahadur (1st from left) and Indra Bahadur (5th from left) with injured […]

This week nac.today looks at a soup kitchen, the Chief Apostle’s recent trip to Cambodia, and a new church in Fiji. Photo: René-Louis Pieper Photo: Photo: René-Louis Pieper Photo: René-Louis Pieper Photo: René-Louis Pieper Photo: René-Louis Pieper Photo: NAC SouthEastAsia Photo: NAC SouthEastAsia Photo: NAC SouthEastAsia Photo: NAC SouthEastAsia Photo: NAC SouthEastAsia Photo: NAC SouthEastAsia […]

Helping others is charity in action, something that brothers and sisters around the world do all the time—whether in big or small ways, collectively or individually. Following are three current examples. Photo: SRK Photo: SRK Photo: SRK Photo: NACSea Photo: NACSea Photo: NACSea Philippines: Aid for victims of Typhoon Lando Another typhoon has hit the […]