God looks at the heart. Motivation is more important than deeds, and love is more important than numbers. Excerpts from a divine service by the Chief Apostle. Photo: NAC Korea Photo: NAC Korea Photo: NAC Korea Photo: NAC Korea Photo: NAC Korea Photo: NAC Korea Photo: NAC Korea Exactly 333 people attended the divine service […]

Every divine service concludes with a solemn moment: the Priest pronounces the blessing of the triune God—Father, Son, and Holy Spirit—on the congregation to accompany them in everyday life. What an assurance! The liturgy of the divine service provides that the divine service is framed by the Trinitarian opening formula and the Trinitarian closing benediction. […]

They weigh only 0.25 grams and yet it takes airplanes and ships to bring them where they are needed—communion wafers. New Apostolic congregations can celebrate Holy Communion only if the logistics work. Photo: NAK Nordrhein-Westfalen Photo: NAK Nordrhein-Westfalen Photo: NAK Nordrhein-Westfalen Photo: Frank Schuldt Photo: Frank Schuldt Photo: Frank Schuldt Photo: Frank Schuldt Photo: Frank […]

The world knows both: joy and sorrow. Following the mass shooting at a nightclub in Orlando, Florida, with fifty dead, the Church has expressed shock and deep sadness. We also take a look at a training programme for correspondents that took place in South America and at the national youth convention in Ukraine. Remembering Orlando […]

“Let all things with God begin”, this exhortation from a hymn is probably known to many. But what does that mean in everyday life? How can we implement it? Some practical tips from a recent divine service by the Chief Apostle. Photo: Daniel Rudolph Photo: Daniel Rudolph Photo: Daniel Rudolph Photo: Daniel Rudolph Photo: Daniel […]

The New Apostolic Church in Nepal just celebrated its twenty-fifth anniversary—although our faith has been known there longer. The official celebrations took place a year after the fact. There were good reasons for both of these exceptions. Photo: NAC Canada Photo: NAC Canada Photo: NAC Canada Photo: NAC Canada Photo: NAC Canada Photo: NAC Canada […]

Appeasing, whitewashing, relativizing … The false prophets that Jeremiah had to deal with told the people only what they wanted to hear. Chief Apostle Jean-Luc Schneider saw an image in this for our time. Photo: NAC Japan Photo: NAC Japan Photo: NAC Japan Photo: NAC Japan Photo: NAC Japan Photo: NAC Japan Photo: NAC Japan […]

Candour is his middle name, and the future of the Church is something very close to his heart. In a week from now, the world’s most senior District Apostle will go into retirement. Who exactly is this Wilfried Klingler? Wilfried Klinger … at the Day of the Youth in Central Germany 2015 Photo: Michael Voigt […]

Some of the obstacles in our life of faith seem insurmountable. But with the help of God we can overcome them. How? The people of Israel demonstrated this when they conquered Jericho. Following is a four-step strategy. Photo: INA Argentina Photo: INA Argentina Photo: INA Argentina Photo: INA Argentina Photo: INA Argentina Photo: INA Argentina […]

It took Toshiyasu Matsuoka just four months to translate the five hundred pages of the Catechism into Japanese. Others need far longer to just read the book. He just presented the first copy to the Chief Apostle. Did you ever think of giving up while working on it? Brother Matsuoka vigorously rejects any such thoughts, […]

The content and significance of Holy Communion cannot be fully grasped in rational or doctrinal terms, the Catechism of the New Apostolic Church states. It is a mystery and is closely associated with the mystery of the person of Jesus Christ. A mystery is something inexplicable, something beyond human comprehension, something that defies a full […]

Christ is seated at the right hand of God, the Father Almighty—that is the essence of Christian faith. But what exactly is Christ doing there? Here are five answers to a question from a divine service by the Chief Apostle. Photo: NAK Süddeutschland Photo: NAK Süddeutschland Photo: NAK Süddeutschland Photo: NAK Süddeutschland Photo: NAK Süddeutschland […]

Not every book is translated into hundreds of languages and is read year after year. But this author has made it, creating the basis for sermons that are practice-oriented. The Acts of the Apostles with its 28 chapters is the most comprehensive book in the New Testament. In the canon of the New Testament it […]

There is harmony in diversity. Music can overcome barriers between cultures, religions, and nations. Three examples from the New Apostolic world illustrate this. Photo: NAC South East Africa Photo: NAC South East Africa Photo: NAK Freiburg/Offenburg Photo: Frank Schuldt Photo: Frank Schuldt Photo: Frank Schuldt Follow the music! At midday on Sunday, 24 April, a […]

The Chief Apostle recently spoke about unprofitable servants in a divine service for ministers. Was he lecturing the ministers? By no means. He advised them on how they can put Christ in the centre of the congregation. Nearly 10,500 ministers and their wives experienced a divine service by Chief Apostle Jean-Luc Schneider on Saturday, 2 […]

“C’etait genial.” It was awesome. These were Chief Apostle Jean-Luc Schneider’s own words as he said goodbye in South Korea. He was heading home after having been in the Far East for ten days. His visit left lasting impressions, but he also took many impressions home with him. Photo: NAC Korea Photo: NAC Japan Photo: […]

This thing with the Resurrection. It was unbelievable. That is how the disciples of Jesus already felt about it two thousand years ago. And still today many people feel the same way about it. But faith in the Resurrection creates a great deal of strength. Photo: Björn Renz Photo: Björn Renz Photo: Björn Renz Photo: […]

Fellowship is something that New Apostolic Christians not only experience in divine service. They often also spend time together outside of church in the circle of the youth, their congregation, or even with the Chief Apostle. The last leprosy centre in Europe Photo: NAC Denia The last leprosy centre in Europe Photo: NAC Denia The […]