An accident. Three young people were in a car. They were joking around and the driver was distracted. Suddenly he lost control, the car went off the road, and hit a tree. The passengers died at the scene.

Different from the usual: first, he worked for the Church and then he went to church. Barely retired, he is starting over in a completely different field, but this time without pay. Deacon Frank Sardar from Pakistan is back to doing what he loves, namely helping children.

A great deal can be accomplished with the power of faith: getting children in lockdown to move around, bringing new courage to people with Parkinson’s disease, and opening the hearts of seniors with music. Here are some of the people of 2021 in the spotlight.

Restoring what has been destroyed: this is what the New Apostolic Church is trying to do in the town of Eschwege in Germany. And they are trying to do this with their church building and the turbulent fate that it has been through.

This is what Jesus said and thereby described the road the New Apostolic Church still wants to take today. Children are to get to know Jesus and His gospel and to feel at home in the Church. Here are some examples how this can work.

What are refrigerators and women’s sanitary products doing in the church? They help members in earning money or help adolescent girls in better understanding menstrual hygiene. These are just a few examples of what the Church does to help its members.

For fifteen years now, Detlev Friedriszik (65) from the congregation of Kamp-Lintfort, Germany has lived with a diagnosis of Parkinson’s. Although it is an incurable disease that tangibly affects everyday life, it has not prevented the retired Priest from giving new courage to other people who live with Parkinson's.

Podcasts are becoming more and more popular all around the world. People use them to talk about everything on God’s green earth. And since God is the Creator of it all, it wasn’t long before some of our own members decided to take advantage of the opportunity to use podcasts to profess their faith.

“When you look at a construction site, you might think, ‘What will this become?’ But sometimes there is a picture that shows what the building will look like in the end. The picture is Christ,” District Apostle Michael Deppner said on Pentecost. Following is an overview of church buildings and other facilities under construction.

Sunshine, palm trees, reggae music. The three-minute clip on WhatsApp definitely looks a lot like holiday fun. But Robert is not on holiday. In fact, he is working for Doctors without Borders and helping to build a clinic.

First there was a volcanic eruption, then an earthquake, and soon thereafter the outbreak of the coronavirus. As if this was not enough, the year ended with super typhoons that brought destruction to large parts of the country. The volunteers of NACSEA Relief had a lot to do in the year 2020.

Via YouTube, satellite, telephone, TV, and IPTV … The Church broadcasts live on all channels. Over the past year, the Church has expanded its online services considerably. And this brings believers together and comforts and inspires them every week.

Who cares for the children? Their parents, of course, but also the teachers, the whole congregation, and naturally also the ministers. But how can they help? And what are the special challenges of pastoral care for children?

There are members everywhere who are doing what they can these days to ensure that divine services are transmitted via Internet and telephone. There is only one continent from which the New Apostolic Church does not transmit online services.

Expert skills are not imparted by ordination or appointment—these are things that must first be learned. Nevertheless, the Church strives to support and guide its ministers and teachers in their endeavours. In some ways, the various District Churches pursue this task in similar ways, but sometimes they take quite a different approach

For months at a time, aid workers toil in remote regions, only to find that they cannot even return home to their families owing to recent lockdowns. It is a crisis that stops people in their tracks, and yet still allows them to grow…

He has been involved with charity and fundraising for 45 years. Here is how a New Apostolic manager from Germany helps Catholic nuns in the Philippines get thousands of children out of the slums.