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NACare, Australia’s new charity

The New Apostolic Church Australia has established its own charity. The name says it all: NACare. nac.today followed up on it. We kept getting requests from our members over the years, Carley Love, the events coordinator of the New Apostolic Church Australia says, asking whether the national Church could not found its own charity. An […]

January 18, 2016
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Nigeria, a country between religious freedom and terrorism

Every day the Chief Apostle prays for persecuted Christians. And one of the countries he has in mind is Nigeria. This coming weekend he will celebrate a divine service in Nigeria, a country being ravaged by Boko Haram, a militant Islamist group. Photo: NAK Süddeutschland Photo: NAK Süddeutschland Photo: NAK Süddeutschland Photo: NAK Süddeutschland Photo: […]

January 7, 2016
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The Catechism as a podcast

No time to read? You don’t enjoy paging through a book nor do you feel like installing the Catechism app on your mobile device? No problem! Starting in January 2016 you can listen to the Catechism. “Starting in January 2016 a weekly podcast will be published on Fridays with the Catechism in Questions and Answers. […]

December 15, 2015
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Into the disaster area—with trust in God

What does a relief worker need? Trust in God, motivation, and empathy. So says Elke Nothaft from Southern Germany, who was most recently deployed to Nepal. Her volunteer commitment did not begin quite by chance. Photo: Elke Nothaft Photo: Elke Nothaft Photo: Elke Nothaft Photo: Elke Nothaft Photo: Elke Nothaft Photo: Elke Nothaft Photo: Elke […]

November 7, 2015
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Help for helpers

Would I like to help out? Gladly! But how? Questions like this have been coming up again and again—even in New Apostolic congregations—with regard to the influx of refugees to Europe. The Church’s leadership has not merely contented itself with launching appeals, but is also offering help to the helpers. Various District Apostles have already […]

September 17, 2015
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Collecting, lending a hand, caring: refugee aid is a community project

Helping hand in hand: that is how New Apostolic congregations have been helping refugees for months—most often together with other Christians, initiatives, and organizations. Infrastructural support is also coming increasingly from the Church leadership. Photo: NAK Mitteldeutschland Weimar Photo: NAK Mitteldeutschland Weimar Photo: NAK Mitteldeutschland Weimar Photo: NAK Mitteldeutschland Weimar Photo: NAK Mitteldeutschland Weimar Photo: […]

September 16, 2015
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Boy rescues woman from burning house

Jeandré, a 15-year old boy from Elspark congregation in Germiston, Gauteng Province, in South Africa has been declared a local hero. He ran into a burning house and rescued a woman in her forties out of the burning kitchen just before the ceiling collapsed. Jeandré in front of the charred ruins of a house from […]

August 8, 2015
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When divine service pictures learned to move

When millions of brothers and sisters in faith around the globe are once again united for this year’s Pentecost divine service, the New Apostolic Church will be celebrating a special anniversary: for the last 25 years, the Great Transmission has also been sent out to all the nations, namely by satellite. Following are some insights […]

May 16, 2015
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Their business is to serve the Church

The New Apostolic Church may not have a whole army of officials at its disposal, but it does have a dedicated service division. nac.today looked at its tasks and divisions. New Apostolic Church – International Headquarters, Zurich Photo: Oliver Rütten The Secretarial staff works directly with the Chief Apostle. Photo: Oliver Rütten Vision and Mission […]

April 29, 2015
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At home around the world

Dedications, commemorations, confirmations—there sure seems to be a lot going on in the congregations around the world. As usual, we provide our readers with a brief, representative overview of the events of the past week in the many New Apostolic congregations around the world. Photo: NAC Canada Photo: NAC Canada Photo: NAC Canada Photo: NAC […]

April 18, 2015
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2014, the year of love

“Labour in love” was the motto that Chief Apostle Schneider laid into the hearts of the New Apostolic people around the world at the beginning of last year. What have the congregations done with it? nac.today asked the district churches. Photo: NAK NRW In INA Súd, the largest South American District Apostle Area, the motto […]

January 12, 2015
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NAC Cape Town Children Choir on a rescue mission

The 120 girls and boys will have had a lot to tell when they returned home to South Africa after their eleven-day concert tour in Germany. They also shared their impressions with nac.today. Arrival at Frankfurt Airport (Germany) Photo: Marcel Felde Shannon, Tamika, Mikyle and their friends on their way to the youth hostel Photo: […]

January 10, 2015
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Media offer 2015: nac.today, the news magazine

Zurich. The countdown is on. On 1 January 2015 nac.today will go online. The new news magazine of the New Apostolic Church International (NACI) will offer interesting and valuable reports from around the world for New Apostolic Christians and other interested readers with. The content of the new online magazine will focus on internationally relevant […]

December 18, 2014
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NACSEA Relief as a partner in advocating education

Manila/Zurich. The Philippine government has honoured the relief organization of the New Apostolic Church South-East Asia. NACSEA Relief, together with 130 partner organizations, helped in advocating basic education for more than 21 million Filipino students. On 14 October 2014, a ceremony was hosted by the Department of Education to thank its partners: non-government organizations and […]

October 17, 2014
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The New Apostolic Church draws a positive conclusion: the ICC was a successful festival of faith!

Munich/Zurich. The first ever International Church Convention of the New Apostolic Church came to an end on Sunday evening. Blessed with beaming sunshine and, for the most part, high summer temperatures, Christians from many parts of the world celebrated their faith with great enthusiasm over the space of three days. Some 50,000 participants assembled in […]

June 13, 2014
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Pentecost 2014: “It is more blessed to give than to receive”

Munich/Zurich. A divine service from Munich transmitted around the world by satellite—millions of New Apostolic Christians on all continents witnessed the Pentecost service conducted by their Church leader, Jean-Luc Schneider. In the Olympia Stadium in the Bavarian capital alone there were 50,000 believers. In his Pentecost message, the Chief Apostle called upon the believers to […]

June 12, 2014
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A school with 6 classrooms

In 2006 a basic primary school was built in “Mile 9” in Sierra Leone, 91 miles away from the capital city of Freetown, through the initiative of members of the New Apostolic Church. A school with 6 classrooms Photo: NAK Missionswerk A school with 6 classrooms Photo: NAK Missionswerk A school with 6 classrooms Photo: […]

April 2, 2014
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European Youth Day 2009: Warm thanks to all who participated!

Düsseldorf. The four-day European Youth Day 2009 organised by the New Apostolic Church drew to a peaceful conclusion on Sunday, 24 May 2009 with a closing divine service in the LTU-Arena in Düsseldorf. Düsseldorf. The four-day European Youth Day 2009 organised by the New Apostolic Church drew to a peaceful conclusion on Sunday, 24 May […]

June 1, 2009