At Christmas, Christians look back and celebrate the birth of their Saviour, Jesus Christ. But they also look ahead, full of hope in the return of Jesus. But the significance of Jesus’ birth can also be experienced in the present. Be watchful On the first Sunday in December we already celebrate the second Sunday of […]

On Sunday Christians around the world will celebrate the first Sunday of Advent. A time of special lights, being together, and extraordinary emotions. Many things are different this year. This also applies to Advent and Christmas, which Christians normally celebrate with festive music, extra activities, and special divine services focusing on the birth of Jesus […]

The charity NAC SEA Relief provides help where it can. Thanks to the pastoral network of the New Apostolic Church in the Philippines, the charity can intervene quickly and sometimes also in unusual ways. The charity just published its annual report for 2021. Photo: NAC SEA Relief Photo: NAC SEA Relief Photo: NAC SEA Relief […]

Natural disasters, diseases, and exorbitant food prices cause great hardship. How comforting when there is help. This week’s review looks at how our brothers and sisters as well as relief organisations provided desperately needed help . One of our flooded churches in the south of Nigeria Photo: NAC Nigeria One of our flooded churches in […]

The periodical points the way, but every preacher has to find his own way into the listener’s heart. This was one of the topics discussed by the authors of the Divine Service Guide at their most recent annual meeting, which took place on two continents. Photo: Kim Kolb Photo: Kim Kolb Photo: Kim Kolb Photo: […]

Would people cut back on donations during the pandemic? This was the anxious question that confronted the New Apostolic relief agency NAK-karitativ in 2020, the year when COVID-19 first reared its head. The answer is to be found in the organisation’s most recent annual report, which is now available. „“The year 2020 was a year […]

Things got off to a turbulent start. But step by step the New Apostolic Church has put order into its sacraments for the departed. Once the practical part had been brought into line, the theory followed suit. Here is the history in fast-forward mode. In the beginning, there was a lot of euphoria about the […]

Eight believers in an attic room: this is how the now twenty congregations in the city of Berlin (Germany) started. And closely connected to it all is one name in particular: Ernst Traugott Hallmann, who died hundred years ago on 20 March 1922. Ernst Traugott Hallmann was born on 21 December 1854 in Altschönau a. […]

Although there is a lot of suffering in the world, people also have reasons to celebrate—some more, some less, and sometimes for no particular reason at all. Community Zárate, 50 years Photo: INA Sud América Community Paternal, 50 years Photo: INA Sud América Community Villa Tesei, 25 years Photo: INA Sud América Community Santa Rosa, […]

Dogs in the church or motorcycles in the Philippines—sometimes help comes in unexpected ways. Over the last few months, natural disasters and explosions were the top stories in world news. What didn’t make the headlines was the good news, namely the help that came. Photo: NAC SEA Relief Photo: NAC SEA Relief Photo: NAC SEA […]

Christmas is the feast of love. Believers do not only celebrate this feast for themselves, but also want to spread the spirit of Christmas. And this they did with music and toys. Not even hygiene protocols could keep them from passing on Christmas cheer. Photo: Photo: ENA RDC Sud-Est Photo: ENA RDC Sud-Est Photo: ENA […]

When we think of Christmas we often imagine a snowy wonderland, white-capped mountains, and frozen lakes. If not from personal experience, then from pop culture. However, given the global mood, this is a never-never land. Behind the façade, Christmas looks different. In many countries around the world, Christmas is nothing but a date in the […]

Christmas is a feast of joy and love even if numerous things can cloud this joy. For Christians, however, there is always a reason to celebrate: namely the birth of Jesus. Christmas commemorates the birth of Jesus Christ and thus refers to one of the central events in salvation history: Jesus Christ, who was conceived […]

The charity human aktiv supports a thrift shop. NACRO and NAK karitativ have made a difference in people’s lives with water pumps. And brothers and sisters wrapped presents for children. Christmas can come. Photo: NAK Süddeutschland Photo: Raoul et Ruben Photo: Raoul et Ruben Photo: NAC SEA Relief Photo: privat Donation to a thrift shop […]

Christmas is coming. The joy of anticipation is rising, but so are coronavirus cases in many countries. Some do not want to join the Advent services in their local congregation despite hygiene measures. Thank God that many can make use of the advantages that technology offers and join a live-streamed church service from home. It […]

As parents wait for the birth of their child the excitement builds. It is a time of intensity: the child will change their life completely. It is similar with the weeks leading up to Christmas. It is an intense time of commemorating the birth of the Son of God and of expecting His return. Three […]

Holger Hantke (70) worked as a composer in the creation of a number of sheet music collections for the New Apostolic Church. Born in Lübeck and today a resident of Hamburg, he talks about his life and what he thinks of New Apostolic music. Holger Hantke studied school and church music at the Hamburg University […]

Figuring out the correct dates of his life is a challenge. But then the pioneers of those days had more important things to do than writing down numbers for posterity. What matters is the spiritual legacy: Apostle George Henwood Mkandawire would have celebrated his 120th birthday in a few days. We are in the year […]