The publication with the largest circulation in the New Apostolic Church is tiny in comparison. Printed, it is leaflet size. Several languages also produce a yearbook version. We are talking about the Divine Service Guide. ‌The authors recently met so that the publication can continue to be created. Photo: Oliver Rütten Photo: Oliver Rütten Photo: […]

The Church’s own health insurance, a football league of congregational teams, and a working area that spanned half the globe: today we celebrate the 130th birthday of Heinrich Franz Schlaphoff—an Apostle unlike any other. Photo: NAC International Photo: NAC International Photo: Photo: Photo: Zentralarchiv NAK Westdeutschland Photo: Photo: “So, if it were not for a […]

Believing, recognising, and spreading the word; compassion, help, and fellowship: these are the focal points of the Sunday services in August. Here is what you can look forward to. It was a double taboo: He, a Jew and a member of God’s people, spoke to a Samaritan. How unclean. He, a man and a rabbi, […]

“No development, no redemption!” This is how the Chief Apostle sums up the matter of faith. But why is it sometimes so difficult to apply God’s word? And what makes it easier? Photo: NAK Westdeutschland Photo: NAK Westdeutschland Photo: NAK Westdeutschland Photo: NAK Westdeutschland Photo: Westdeutschland Photo: Westdeutschland Photo: Westdeutschland Photo: Westdeutschland Photo: Westdeutschland Photo: […]

They conduct divine services, dispense the sacraments, and sometimes they are allowed to sit back and relax. Three District Apostles and a District Apostle Helper provide insight into their daily work. Photo: ENA RDC Ouest Photo: ENA RDC Ouest Photo: ENA RDC Ouest Photo: ENA RDC Ouest Photo: INA Colombia Photo: INA Colombia Photo: INA […]

Karl Hartmann had to move, and God was already there. This was something He often experienced. Instead of sitting back and enjoying congregational life, he put his shoulder to the wheel and became involved. One hundred years ago today, he became a District Apostle. Photo: NAK Zentralarchiv Photo: NAK Zentralarchiv Photo: NAK Zentralarchiv Photo: NAK […]

Donations in kind, activities, or a move to the other side of the world can make a difference. Brothers and sisters in Africa and Europe have just made this experience. Photo: NAC Southern Africa Photo: NAC Southern Africa Photo: NAC Southern Africa Photo: INA España Photo: INA España Photo: INA España Photo: INA España Photo: […]

It is not enough to just preach. We must go to the people. This was the call to ministers in a divine service conducted by the Chief Apostle in East Timor. A thought-provoking service not only for ministers. Photo: INA Timor-Leste Photo: INA Timor-Leste Photo: INA Timor-Leste Photo: INA Timor-Leste Photo: INA Timor-Leste Photo: INA […]

In Angola, a woman becomes a mama by her mid-30s at the latest—even if she has no children. Because then she can take part in the activities of the Groupe des Mamas. Without mamas congregational life in Angola is unthinkable. Mamas are the foundation on which the structure of the New Apostolic Church in Angola […]

If you want to find your inner balance, you need answers to two questions: Who am I? And what should I do? Important is, though, who the answers come from. Here are some tips from a youth service conducted by the Chief Apostle. Photo: Peter Obkircher Photo: Carolin Fitzner Photo: Peter Obkircher Photo: Peter Obkircher […]

If is often said that young people are the future of the Church. Yet not only they but everyone can contribute to the future of our Church. Whether with ideas, with a ministerial mandate, or with a smile to create a congregation in which everyone feels welcome. Photo: INA España Photo: INA España Photo: INA […]

People always have a great many wishes and needs. But which of these should we pursue and which ones should we abandon? The Chief Apostle had some clear words to offer on this subject in a recent divine service. And what is the standard here? Love for God and our fellow human beings. Photo: NAK […]

He was a man of action and a father figure for his small flock in Europe and his large flock in Africa. This was District Apostle Robert Higelin. On 17 July he would have celebrated his ninetieth birthday. Here is a portrait. Photo: Bischoff Verlag Archiv Photo: Bischoff Verlag Archiv Photo: Bischoff Verlag Archiv Photo: […]

The 14th of July is something of an apostolic holy day. But its history contains some surprises. And as it commemorates the event this year, the New Apostolic Church takes a rather special perspective. A kind of three-stage plan had developed for the renewed personal occupation of the Apostle ministry in the Catholic Apostolic movement: […]

Building, renovating, rebuilding: although you don’t necessarily need a roof over your head to have faith, it is still a good reason to celebrate when your congregation gets to move into a church building of its own. Following is a look at congregations on the build around the globe. Photo: DM Fa. Ney Photo: DM […]

He really did have a preaching style all His own: Jesus Christ. He was able to impart the deepest truths using the simplest, shortest everyday stories. However, most people were missing one key ingredient for understanding the mystery and message behind the parables. Again and again, Christ speaks in parables, which are prominent elements of […]

The Lord’s Prayer contains so many thoughts that there is not enough time to cover them all in a single divine service. The Chief Apostle gave some tips for faith in daily life in a divine service in Angola, and in so doing shed some new light on a well-known part of the service. Photo: […]

A structure full of symbolism: the altar connects the one bank of the river with the other. This is how young people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo celebrated their preparation for the service for the departed. Here is the story behind the image. Photo: ENA RDC Sud-Est Photo: ENA RDC Sud-Est Photo: ENA […]