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Potato slices and Communion

Jesus is the bread of life. This knowledge held a special significance for District Apostle Gottfried Hinz, because Jesus and bread also played a very important role in his life. Today he would have been 140 years old. “For My thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways My ways” (Isaiah 55: 8). This […]

May 15, 2021
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Divine services in the world’s largest congregation

The New Apostolic Church has been streaming divine services for sixty weeks now. Thousands join these online services, constituting the world’s largest congregation. Whether by postal cable at the very beginning, then satellite, or Internet, at first, the means of transmission were always unusual and constituted a small revolution. Before long, however, the Church and […]

May 14, 2021
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Ascension 2021: Let’s not stand still, but carry on

Whether witnesses are believed or not is something everybody has to decide for themselves. What counts is the credibility of their testimony and whether they themselves believe their own account! The disciples, who witnessed Jesus ascend into heaven, stuck to their version of the story and refused to budge even a millimetre. Nowadays, people find […]

May 13, 2021
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Webcasts around the clock

Divine services in the morning, afternoon, and evening. Anyone who wishes to join a service can do so practically any time thanks to the many time zones. Here is our updated overview for this Sunday. The choice of centrally celebrated divine services on Sunday is extensive: 29 live streams on five continents and in many […]

May 7, 2021
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An encounter at a railway station sets the course

The New Apostolic Church in Malaysia celebrates its fiftieth anniversary this year, and it all began with a love story. The story takes us from Malaysia via England to Germany and back again. Photo: NAC Malaysia Photo: NAC Malaysia Photo: NAC Malaysia Photo: NAC Malaysia Photo: NAC Malaysia Photo: NAC Malaysia Photo: NAC Malaysia Photo: […]

May 6, 2021
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The greatest declaration of love

How wonderful it would be if there were a love that never stops and forgives everything? This is the kind of unconditional affection that people long for. Here is a Good Friday sermon on extraordinary manifestations of love and the human pitfalls. Photo: NAK Süddeutschland Photo: NAK Süddeutschland Photo: NAK Süddeutschland Photo: NAK Süddeutschland Photo: […]

May 5, 2021
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Live streams this weekend

As many countries and regions are battling a new COVID surge, in-person services are no longer possible. So that all have the possibility of joining a divine service, the New Apostolic Church will continue to offer video services across the globe. Coming together for a service on Sunday morning in a virtual congregation has practically […]

April 30, 2021
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Who is God?

Jesus answered this question by his contemporaries by showing them what God is like. Today it is the believers who must do this. Chief Apostle Jean-Luc Schneider explained how in a recent divine service. Photo: Christian Deubel Photo: Christian Deubel Photo: Christian Deubel Photo: Christian Deubel Photo: Christian Deubel Photo: Christian Deubel Photo: Christian Deubel […]

April 28, 2021
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Spotlight 6/2021: Let us stand together as a congregation

The past year brought many new challenges. How did we deal with them? Have they managed to distance us from God? What lies ahead of us? District Apostle Kububa Soko (Zambia) answers these questions in his own way. I believe that none of us anticipated what we experienced in the year 2020. The year 2020 […]

April 26, 2021
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Faith alone

The Bible says that Adam and Eve were disobedient. That’s how we humans are. But Jesus was very different: He was obedient to the point of death. His sacrifice made it possible that human beings can become more and more like Jesus. Photo: NAK Italien Photo: NAK Italien Photo: NAK Italien Photo: NAK Italien Photo: […]

April 21, 2021
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He took the helm in the middle of a storm

Suddenly in charge and in trouble. This is what Hendra Tansahsami experienced time and again. As District Apostle he merged the two New Apostolic sister churches in Indonesia. Here is a look back in tribute to a man who would have been 100 years old today. 5 August 1951: The 30-year-old District Apostle Tan Bian […]

April 19, 2021
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Reliable broadcasts

The New Apostolic Church streams divine services in all parts of the world. Everyone is invited to join us for these public online services on YouTube. “If the faithful cannot come to church…” is a statement we have heard quite often in the past year. Also in the second year of the Covid-19 pandemic, online […]

April 16, 2021
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Jesus Christ, the door to life

Here is the weekly overview of the centrally streamed services of the New Apostolic Church this coming Sunday. “In Jesus we have peace, security, and care,” is one of the comforting central points of the sermon this coming Sunday. Everything a believer needs for spiritual life can be found in Jesus. The Bible text John […]

April 9, 2021
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Vivit: He lives!

Jesus Christ has risen from the dead. This is what Christians celebrate on Easter, whether in person in church or in their virtual congregations. “The resurrection of Jesus Christ has been proclaimed in the teaching of the Apostles right from the start as the core element of the gospel. It is the foundation of hope […]

April 3, 2021