Again the Chief Apostle was hardly able to travel in the first half of the year and could therefore ordain and retire only a few Apostles. Instead, he asked the District Apostles to perform these ministerial acts on his behalf. At the end of June 2021, 337 Apostles were active around the world. Apostlel Matthias […]

What is hidden will be revealed—this also applies to things about God that we do not understand. The Chief Apostle talks about secrets and hidden things that God reveals to those who believe. Photo: Daniel Berger Photo: Daniel Berger Photo: Daniel Berger Photo: Daniel Berger Photo: Daniel Berger Photo: Daniel Berger Photo: Daniel Berger On […]

None of us know how the future will look. And yet there is one thing we do know: Christ is our future. District Apostle Wolfgang Nadolny of Berlin in Germany tells us about the tasks involved. True faith in the triune God works on two levels: it helps us in the present and points us […]

The celebration of divine services is something that, outwardly, has changed in the course of Church history. Now circumstances have forced us to go online as well. But can online services even provide a dignified setting? The liturgy, The liturgy, the prescribed form of divine service, has been adapted in the churches time and again: […]

The church and the faithful are ablaze. And this fire enlightens, warms, purifies, shapes, and gathers. Yet this fire needs to be fed. Here is how from a recent sermon by the Chief Apostle. Photo: ENA France Photo: ENA France Photo: ENA France Photo: ENA France Photo: ENA France Photo: ENA France Photo: ENA France […]

The Chief Apostle’s trip to Zambia and the DR Congo has been cancelled. He will not be able to travel there. He is very disappointed, but what pains him the most is the disappointment of the brothers and sisters. He is well acquainted with the conditions of the members there. “I have the tickets: I […]

“There is no place like home.” This is something that many people have discovered also in terms of online services. If you cannot be together with the members of your own congregation, you can draw joy from the plurality of languages and personalities. My congregation, my Priest, my hymnal… Things that are familiar to us […]

“It is the same everywhere, only different,” Chief Apostle Hans Urwyler once said many years ago. Life and faith differ greatly in the congregations around the world, yet there is so much we have in common. community presents some of these commonalities in its latest issue, 03/2021. The same faith: focus on Jesus Christ “As […]

The gospel contains some unbelievable accounts, in a positive sense. For example, there is the story of the Good Samaritan, who not only talked, but also took action. What a good example for Christians today! “Living in accordance with the gospel”—such is the rather unwieldy motto of the Sunday divine services in the New Apostolic […]

Wambel is one of the congregations in the city of Dortmund in Germany. On 30 May 2021 Chief Apostle Jean-Luc Schneider preached about God’s love there and what our response to His love can be like. Photo: Frank Schuldt Photo: Frank Schuldt Photo: Frank Schuldt Photo: Frank Schuldt Photo: Frank Schuldt Photo: Frank Schuldt Photo: […]

Divine service broadcasts are part of the Church’s past and its present. Following is this Sunday’s streaming offer. It was a small revolution decades ago when divine services started to be transmitted by postal cable. At some point, the Church members not only heard the sermon but also saw images. Video transmissions via satellite made […]

Even though the Earth is a ball it has lots of corners and ends. And this is where the glad tidings are to be carried. Here is a road map from a divine service by the Chief Apostle to show us where this will lead. Photo: Marcel Felde Photo: Marcel Felde Photo: Marcel Felde Photo: […]

As case numbers rise and fall measures are tightened or loosened as required. Countries all over the world experience the pandemic differently. To help people stay safe, many districts offer online divine services to complement their in-person services. The New Apostolic Church broadcasts centrally conducted online services on a weekly basis in 30 regions worldwide […]

There was certainly plenty of buzz on the social media sponsored by the New Apostolic Church. The subject of women in ministry generated hundreds of comments. And the reactions could hardly have been more different. Naturally there were some posts that used words like embarrassing and shameful to target the “old men” antagonists in the […]

There was amazement and wonder at the ascension of Jesus two thousand years ago, but even today a look back at this event can elicit wonder and surprise. Here is a sermon by the Chief Apostle to ponder about. Photo: ENA France Photo: ENA France Photo: ENA France Photo: ENA France Photo: ENA France Photo: […]

Wilhelm Sebastian was a man who was entrusted with special missions. He was barely 25 years old when he was sent from Hamburg to Brunswick to establish a congregation there. One of the special assignments given him is still of importance to the Church today. Wilhelm Sebastian was born 175 years ago in Germany. After […]

The central divine services that the Church broadcasts are a global and multilingual offer that is independent of time and place and the current development of the pandemic. We miss going to church, the gathering with others, and the celebration of Holy Communion, but we can hear the sermon, the absolution, and the benediction. Online […]

The deliberations on the topic of women in ministry are entering the next round. This is what the Chief Apostle says in his annual interview of 2021. He gives a concrete roadmap and an update on the current status of the discussions. This is a vast and multifaceted topic, Chief Apostle Jean-Luc Schneider says. But […]