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 […]

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: […]

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 […]

Christ comes before the Church, the gospel before rules, and salvation of the soul before tradition: already the first part of the interview with the Chief Apostle gives clear direction. It deals with questions relating to our self-image. In your divine services you have often addressed this subject: the mission of the Church and the […]

Taking more out of a divine service is a lesson we learn from a biblical divine service: the encounter of the Emmaus disciples with the risen Jesus. What can believers learn from this today? Here is a divine service about a divine service. Photo: CNA Italia Photo: CNA Italia Photo: CNA Italia Photo: CNA Italia […]

The good news brings joy when it is preached in an understandable way and touches our hearts. Our divine services in June will encourage us to think about joy and live our joy. “Joy in Christ”, our 2015 motto, which won over our hearts, is back. “Joy is an excellent indicator of our spiritual maturity,” […]

Jesus makes us free! Come again? Why “makes us free”? We can already do what we want. This is probably how many people feel about this, but they are barking up the wrong tree. Because there is only one person who can offer true freedom. Photo: NAC Canada Photo: NAC Canada Photo: NAC Canada Photo: […]

Christians live their belief everywhere, whether at university, in a war zone, or at church. Sometimes words are important, other times a helping hand is. This week’s review takes us to three continents. Photo: NAK Luxemburg Photo: NAK Luxemburg Photo: NAK Luxemburg Photo: NAK-karitativ Photo: NAK-karitativ Photo: NAK-karitativ Photo: NAK-karitativ Photo: NAK-karitativ Photo: NAK-karitativ Photo: […]

“Let us give our neighbour a foretaste of the kingdom of God.” This is the 2018 Pentecost message which the Chief Apostle addressed to all New Apostolic believers across the world. What exactly does he mean? Photo: NAC USA Photo: NAC USA Photo: NAC USA Photo: NAC USA Photo: NAC USA Photo: NAC USA Photo: […]

Mary saw the gardener, the Emmaus disciples a stranger. But they recognised Him by what He said or did: Jesus lives! He is here and still active. Nothing has changed in this respect. There are witnesses of this. Who are they? Photo: Robert Anderson Photo: Robert Anderson Photo: Robert Anderson Photo: Robert Anderson Photo: Robert […]

To replicate the early church in faithful detail in order to be completed as the church of the end-time. Such was the goal of the Catholic Apostolic Church, as well as that of the newly emerging New Apostolic Church. But is such an objective even possible? The founding fathers of the apostolic movement found the […]

Professing one’s faith can be a real challenge. In fact, it can even turn into a struggle for survival. This is the experience of Mankee Nag, a 27-year-old Indian woman. She gives us a candid look into her life. Since becoming Christian, Mankee’s family is no longer permitted to work on the farms to earn […]

Banished from the table of the Lord, excluded from the meal of fellowship: there was still such a thing up until the mid-1980s. But then along came Chief Apostle Hans Urwyler. He retired 30 years ago, and today we take a look back at his activity. The ban applied to couples living together without a […]

When one leaves another one comes. Such is life. District Apostle Urs Hebeisen from the Philippines will be retiring this year in November. This involves a number of organisational changes. Photo: NAC Japan Photo: NAC Japan Photo: NAC Japan Photo: NAC Japan Photo: NAC Japan Photo: NAC Japan Photo: NAC Japan Photo: NAC Japan Photo: […]

Getting up, putting on one’s garments, and following the Lord. That is all it takes to break free from a spiritual prison. Is it really that easy? Yes, if you believe in the strength that God provides. Following are some helpful tips from a service by the Chief Apostle. Photo: NAC Equatorial Guinea Photo: NAC […]

God chooses, calls, and authorises a minister. What comes then, namely following the example of Jesus Christ, is every minister’s personal task. Thoughts from a sermon on authority and its pitfalls in exercising a ministry. Photo: Bisericii Nouapostolice din România Photo: Bisericii Nouapostolice din România Photo: Bisericii Nouapostolice din România Photo: Bisericii Nouapostolice din România […]

Recognising the truth in all its clarity? Even in the realm of faith this is only possible for a moment. Before we know it, we descend from these peaks into the valley of everyday life. We can nevertheless stay on course on our way to glory. Here is how. The divine service in Buenos Aires […]

Karl the Great is what many called him affectionately: today, 25 years to the day, one of the most influential District Apostles passed away. He did not only leave the New Apostolic Church with a historic self-image, but also with a few cultural peculiarities. The break with his father was the biggest trauma in Karl […]