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Where two or three gather in my name

A minister, a technician, a musician—divine services are currently being held in a very small setting and are then followed by thousands online. Here are the links for the streams this coming Sunday. The physical attendance of divine services has not been possible for weeks. Assembly bans and stay-at-home orders are restricting congregational life. The […]

May 1, 2020
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Two spirits, one truth

Who shows us what God is really like? Who makes the Bible and the sermon a very personal matter? The Chief Apostle knows someone who can, and he also talks about someone who constantly gets in the way. Photo: Jennifer Jendral Photo: Jennifer Jendral Photo: Jennifer Jendral Photo: Jennifer Jendral Photo: Jennifer Jendral Photo: Jennifer […]

April 29, 2020
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Church leaders explore the possibility of reopening congregations

Online is not everything. How can we resume divine services and congregational life during the coronavirus crisis? Locally and very slowly and cautiously, is the answer of the European Church leaders. In times of assembly bans and stay-at-home orders the offers by the Church have had to be severely reduced. Divine services are currently taking […]

April 23, 2020
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“He does what we cannot do ourselves ”

No matter how powerful evil is, there is always One who can snatch the prey away from even the biggest predator. Yet even He does not do everything Himself. Read how Jesus Christ relies on every single believer. Photo: Jens Lange Photo: Jens Lange Photo: Jens Lange Photo: Jens Lange Photo: Jens Lange Photo: Jens […]

April 22, 2020
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Communion wafers for after the lockdown

The baking machines in Lusaka and Cape Town have come to a standstill, and in Bielefeld the warehouse is being stocked up. Things in the three large wafer bakeries of the New Apostolic Church are anything but normal these days. Photo: Frank Schuldt Photo: NAK Westdeutschland Photo: NAC Sambia Photo: NAC Southern Africa “The suspension […]

April 18, 2020
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Snapshots (2): The Easter divine service

Celebrating Easter with the Chief Apostle. The international leader of the Church addressed his brothers and sisters around the world via YouTube, IPTV, and telephone. The Easter divine service in pictures. Photo: Jörg Idler Photo: Jörg Idler Photo: Werner Ruppe Photo: Werner Ruppe Photo: Jörg Idler Photo: Werner Ruppe Photo: Werner Ruppe Photo: Werner Ruppe […]

April 12, 2020
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Experiencing the powers to come already today

“Let us celebrate Easter together,” Chief Apostle Jean-Luc Schneider called to the faithful in the central divine service that was broadcast worldwide, and went on to explain why we have every reason to celebrate even in the middle of the coronavirus crisis. Hundreds of thousands of New Apostolic Christians experienced this divine service at home—either […]

April 12, 2020
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Global Easter divine service with the Chief Apostle

Easter is the most important holy day on the church calendar. And Easter without a divine service is simply inconceivable. But in these times plagued by the corona pandemic, many things will be different: the churches will remain closed practically everywhere on earth—even on such high holy days. For this reason, the churches will have […]

April 11, 2020
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Sing, all you Christians!

Easter is the feast of the resurrection of the Lord. It is the principal feast in the liturgical calendar of Christian churches. Easter is both commemoration and expectation, for Christ resurrected so that we too can resurrect. Faith feels at home where rational thought no longer reaches. And when it comes to the resurrection, man […]

April 11, 2020
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When less becomes more: an Easter Sunday service

Normally, 60,000 New Apostolic congregations come together for divine service on Sundays—but that was before the Corona crisis. Over the past few weeks, this offer has been reduced to two dozen central video services across the globe. On Easter there will only be one divine service: with the Chief Apostle. We can no longer go […]

April 9, 2020
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Online divine services on all continents

Additional online offers are constantly being added: more and more countries are making central divine services available so that the members can join the celebration from home. Here is an up-to-date overview. “If the faithful cannot go to church, the church will come to the faithful.” This is the principle the New Apostolic Church has […]

April 4, 2020
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History in the making: the whole world comes together for Easter

When people do renovations, they are usually planning something special. And that is precisely what is happening right now in the middle of Germany. After all, Pentecost will already come on Easter this year. And the Chief Apostle will visit every interested party at home—online. It is actually a lobby, but now it is to […]

April 4, 2020
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How the sacrifice of Christ gives new life

Why did Jesus have to suffer and die? Well, naturally so that human beings could find their way back to God. But that is not the only significant aspect. “The sacrifice of Christ”—that is the title of a doctrinal article written by Chief Apostle Jean-Luc Schneider which appears in community and Unsere Familie, the German […]

April 2, 2020
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community 2/2020: something for everybody

Stories from the Bible and news from the congregations, as well as insights into our Church doctrine … Over the next few days, some 200,000 families across the globe will receive their printed copy of the new edition of community. Here is a preview of the online issue. The miracle of Pentecost: not only for […]

April 1, 2020
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As the Father loved Me …

“Jesus loves us as the Father loved Him,” Chief Apostle Jean-Luc Schneider said in Lahore recently. In order to reciprocate this love and fulfil the mission He has entrusted us with, Jesus has given us a manual. The Chief Apostle explained what it looks like … Photo: NAC Pakistan Photo: NAC Pakistan Photo: NAC Pakistan […]

March 31, 2020