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So that the youth can build their future

What would the Church be without its youth? A church without a future! The Chief Apostle and District Apostles repeatedly emphasise the importance of our offers to young people. But what does this mean in concrete terms? What offers are these? It was at the 2013 Day of the Youth in Brisbane, Australia that Chief […]

July 16, 2018
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Audio-visual transmission to a tree trunk

Divine services can be held in a church or in the open air. But that a service is transmitted to a congregation that worships under a tree does not happen very often. From Saxsonsea to tree trunk Photo: NAC Mozambique Different, because Christ is our Lord! Youth Day in Berlin Photo: NAK Berlin-Brandenburg Different, because […]

July 13, 2018
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A brighter future for orphans in Nepal

Helping others has untold benefits. Michaela Jost from the congregation of Giessen in Germany has made this experience. For her it is a key to happiness. She works with needy children in Nepal. Photo: Michaela Jost Photo: Michaela Jost Photo: Michaela Jost Photo: Michaela Jost Photo: Michaela Jost Photo: Michaela Jost Photo: Nepalhilfe e.V. Photo: […]

July 12, 2018
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Six gifts of God’s undeserved grace

One sentence from the New Testament defined the divine service on 10 June 2018 in Luanda (Angola). It was powerful, and so was the Chief Apostle’s sermon. Here are the most relevant extracts. Photo: Hermann Bethke Photo: Hermann Bethke Photo: Hermann Bethke Photo: Hermann Bethke Photo: Hermann Bethke Photo: Hermann Bethke Photo: Hermann Bethke Photo: […]

July 11, 2018
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Changes in the circle of the Apostles (1/2018)

In the first six months of 2018, nine Apostles were ordained by Chief Apostle Schneider. He also assigned a District Apostle Helper and appointed a District Apostle. Seven Apostles were retired. Apostle Mbana Nyassi (1979) Photo: NAC Gambia Apostle Ignatius Nche Nchi (1978), Braima Saffa (1972), Ernest Onyebuchi Onwukwe (1960) Photo: NAC Cameroon Apostle David […]

July 9, 2018
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German-Angolan teamwork

“Move closer! No, not with the camera. Zoom in,” Tim Schaefer-Rolffs prompts the cameraman with the black vest. But by then he had already started to make his way to the altar and was now standing directly in front of it. Photo: Tim Schaefer-Rolffs Photo: Tim Schaefer-Rolffs Photo: Tim Schaefer-Rolffs Photo: Tim Schaefer-Rolffs Photo: Tim […]

July 7, 2018
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A Deacon plays the role of a District Elder

Resolving conflicts and working together constructively … Ministers in Ghana recently came together for a capacity building workshop. And that can mean that they slip into a role other than theirs. Seminars for ministers in Ghana Photo: NAC Ghana Seminars for ministers in Ghana Photo: NAC Ghana Seminars for ministers in Ghana Photo: NAC Ghana […]

July 6, 2018
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Three virtues that lead to salvation

We can argue and debate about many things, but there are three things that are and remain existential. Here is an excerpt from a sermon on familiar but crucial virtues. Photo: Marc Genoux Photo: Jonas Spengler Photo: Jonas Spengler Photo: Jonas Spengler Photo: Jonas Spengler Photo: Marc Genoux Photo: Jonas Spengler Photo: Jonas Spengler Photo: […]

July 5, 2018
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Mongolia is still an adventure

What do you think of when you hear “Mongolia”. Yaks, the Gobi Desert, Genghis Khan? Mongolia has more to offer, much more: the people are extremely friendly and hospitable, and there is a lot of creativity. Photo: NAK Berlin-Brandenburg Photo: NAK Berlin-Brandenburg Photo: NAK Berlin-Brandenburg Photo: NAK Berlin-Brandenburg Photo: NAK Berlin-Brandenburg Photo: NAK Berlin-Brandenburg Photo: […]

July 4, 2018
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community is online: issue 2018/03

Good news for passionate readers. The new issue of community is online. On 32 pages, it offers plenty of reading material for young and not-so-young New Apostolic Christians. Over the next few days, a new issue of community will be distributed. Reading pleasure for young and not-so-young members across the world. Enthusiasm for Jesus Christ […]

July 2, 2018
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Beyond the interview: the network of basic principles

A three-part interview—and that is only a beginning. Because the Chief Apostle has a lot more to say. How all this fits together and what is behind it: here is a review. “Focus on the essentials,” is what Chief Apostle Jean-Luc Schneider issued as a motto in his strategic interview. This puts him right in […]

June 30, 2018
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Thank you for what I am, what I can do, and what I have

Saying thank you is a noble quality. We express our gratitude for an unexpected gift, for good health, for someone’s help, or for a welcome memory. “There shall be eternal summer in the grateful heart,” Celia Thaxter wrote. How can believing Christians express their gratitude? This is the core question of the divine services of […]

June 29, 2018
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Big and small Youth Days

Youth gatherings everywhere … In this week’s review, we will focus on some of these events and see just how rich and varied our faith is. Photo: NAC Nigeria Photo: NAC Nigeria Photo: NAC Nigeria Photo: NAC Nigeria Photo: NAC Nigeria Photo: NAC Zimbabwe Photo: NAC Zimbabwe Photo: NAC Zimbabwe Photo: NAC Philippines Photo: NAC […]

June 28, 2018
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“Your will be done!”

These well-known words from the Lord’s Prayer were the basis of the Chief Apostle’s service in Livingstone (Zambia) on 29 April 2018. The members there were celebrating the 90th anniversary of the New Apostolic Church Zambia. Photo: NAC Zambia Photo: NAC Zambia Photo: NAC Zambia Photo: NAC Zambia Photo: NAC Zambia Photo: NAC Zambia Photo: […]

June 27, 2018
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Spotlight 11/2018: Keeping our promises

Sometimes it is hard to keep our promises. This applies to both public promises as well as to those we make in the privacy of our room. “I want to strive to keep my promises,” District Apostle Rainer Storck from Germany says. In the Divine Service Guide, the Chief Apostle explained at the beginning of […]

June 26, 2018
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For the love of life and the joy of faith

It is a year of united Youth Days. There was a double premiere this past weekend in Germany. The start, however, was made in South Africa at the beginning of the year. Join us as we look at three events celebrating the love of life and the joy of faith. Photo: NAK Nord- und Ostdeutschland […]

June 21, 2018
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Twelve petitions that God hears

Five petitions more than in the Lord’s Prayer and a promise that God will hear these petitions … Chief Apostle Schneider talks about day-to-day, worthwhile wishes of the believers. The Chief Apostle based his sermon on Luke 11: 13: “If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much […]

June 20, 2018
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Cuba, an incredible country

He is the face of the New Apostolic Church in Cuba, the largest Caribbean island. He is a journalist with an alert mind and a big heart: Bishop Alex Michel Reyes Martinez is good for the Church. Learn a little more about him. Photo: Andreas Grossglauser Photo: Andreas Grossglauser Photo: Andreas Grossglauser Photo: NAK Schweiz […]

June 19, 2018