19 + 1 is the working model this week in Zurich (Switzerland). The International District Apostle Meeting (DAMI) has convened for the first of two annual sessions. It is the highest executive committee of the New Apostolic Church. Photo: Oliver Rütten Photo: Oliver Rütten Photo: Oliver Rütten Photo: Oliver Rütten Photo: Oliver Rütten Photo: Oliver […]

This year’s first divine service for the departed will be celebrated by Chief Apostle Jean-Luc Schneider in Bielefeld in Germany. There, at the north-eastern tip of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, the first New Apostolic services are recorded to have taken place in 1868 already. nac.today takes a look at this New Apostolic stronghold. Life […]

A concert to mark the visit of the Chief Apostle? That’s actually pretty standard for the agenda, just like this weekend in Kinshasa. What is unusual about this concert is where the instrumentalists have learned their handiwork, namely in the Church’s own music school. Music students in a church on the property of the administrative […]

Berlin, Germany’s national capital, is the city infamous for the huge concrete wall that for decades divided it into two halves. Chief Apostle Schneider will be in Berlin this coming weekend. The unique history of the city teaches a lesson that can be applied to congregations worldwide. The ministers of the Berlin-Humboldthain congregation (1954); Werner […]

How do New Apostolic young people on the island of Java proclaim their faith? And how do our members in Togo celebrate the opening of a new well? With music, dance, and a great deal of enthusiasm. Music to celebrate a new well Photo: NAK Süddeutschland Music to celebrate a new well Photo: NAK Süddeutschland […]

New Year in February? Yes, in China. The Chinese use two calendars, the western calendar and the traditional Chinese calendar. And according to the Chinese lunisolar system the New Year begins on 8 February this year. Sixtieth anniversary in Gendeng Photo: NAC Indonesia Sixtieth anniversary in Gendeng Photo: NAC Indonesia Sixtieth anniversary in Gendeng Photo: […]

Featured this week is a youth gathering in Malaysia, a new health centre in Zambia, and a new edition of the Catechism. If ever you have wondered who Inonge Wina is or where Cebuano is spoken, it is time to browse into nac.today. The year ends with “Joy in Christ” Photo: NAC Malaysia The year […]

Currently, community is being produced in over 40 languages; some of these languages are available as a PDF on nac.today. The newest issue has just been uploaded—the first of four in the upcoming year. Photo: NAC International Photo: NAC International Photo: NAC International Photo: NAC International Photo: NAC International The first four letters of the […]

“The stranger is your neighbour!” This was one of the core messages from Chief Apostle Jean-Luc Schneider over the past year. And—even in times of terrorism and war, waves of immigration, and xenophobia—this also remains our mission for the new year. After the terror attacks in Paris Photo: Wolfgang Pohlan After the terror attacks in […]

Joy is meant to be shared. And this was precisely what New Apostolic Christians around the world experienced—in particular with a view to the motto which the Chief Apostle had announced for the year. And it was in connection with this announcement that the Church marked a first this year. Joy in Christ—the New Year’s […]

Big events, structural reforms, and confessional dialogue: the year 2015 had its very own distinctive character in Europe, the last stop on our intercontinental year-in-review roundtrip on nac.today. Apostle Kainz retired Photo: Marcel Felde Apostle Kainz retired Photo: NAK Süddeutschland Apostle Kainz retired Photo: Francophone youth day Photo: Big final rehearsal: From sacred to classical […]

Youth development of a different kind, generational change in leadership, and a celebration of faith with a whole lot of “paaaahhhhh”: such was the year 2015 in Africa. The continent with the most New Apostolic Christians in the world opens our series of annual reviews here on nac.today. Pentecost in Zambia Photo: NAC International Pentecost […]

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. […]

“We can be proud of the development in Gambia; the impulse comes from within,” Apostle Jens Lindemann from Germany says. He has been responsible for the New Apostolic Church in this African country since 2007. At the beginning of December, the Gambian youth gathered for their Day of the Youth. Photo: NAC Gambia Photo: NAC […]

Featured this week are some recent retirements and ordinations, as well as an interdenominational information session in South Africa on World Aids Day. Photo: NAC Philippines Photo: NAC Philippines Photo: NAC Philippines Photo: NAC Philippines Photo: NAC Philippines Photo: NAC Philippines Photo: NAC Philippines Photo: NAC Philippines Photo: NAC Philippines Photo: Björn Renz Photo: Björn […]

Is Myanmar really as isolated and closed off as it has been made out to be? Are there restrictions? In “At home worldwide” we took a closer look at this fascinating country. Now District Apostle Urs Hebeisen has given us a short interview and answered some questions about his work there. nac.today: District Apostle Urs […]

On 1 December, World AIDS Day reminds us that some 35 million people around the world are living with this disease. Approximately three million new infections are added every year. This is also a matter with which the New Apostolic Church is dealing — particularly in Africa. The so-called “AIDS Guideline” of the New Apostolic […]

Grief is a process, also in Paris. In the wake of the bloody attacks, people continue to come to the sites of the attacks to pay their respects to the victims. The central congregation of the New Apostolic Church in Paris is close to one of the locations. How are our brothers and sisters coping? […]