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Our conception of ministry goes into the next round

For the first time this year, the District Apostles and their assistants will meet for a conference. This time, Chief Apostle Jean-Luc Schneider has invited them to Vienna (Austria). The focus will be on the New Apostolic conception of ministry.

June 1, 2017

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• congregation
• District Apostle
• divine service
• doctrine 
• investiture
• ministry
• Music
• Organisation
• Pentecost

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Snapshots (1): Welcome to Vienna

The 2017 Pentecost meeting has started. Yesterday, Wednesday, was devoted to welcoming the arrivals. Today the District Apostles will meet and immediately get down to work. Here is the first set of pictures from Vienna (Austria).

June 1, 2017

District Apostle

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• Pentecost

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Milestones in the making

Pentecost in Vienna has what it takes to create milestones. So also in 1990, a year that went down in New Apostolic history. Besides being the first international conference of Apostles it was also the first international transmission of a Pentecost service. Follow us on a journey through time.

May 31, 2017

Buildings

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• Chief Apostle
• congregation
• divine service
• doctrine 
• history 
• investiture
• Media
• ministry
• Music
• Organisation
• Pentecost
• Social commitment

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At home around the world: sacristy, conference centre, and hotel

The places where ministers sanctify themselves, have discussions, and engage in training can be very different. And it is definitely not always on a Sunday that they get together.

May 12, 2017

Africa

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• America
• Chief Apostle
• congregation
• District Apostle
• divine service
• doctrine 
• grieving
• investiture
• ministry
• Pastoral care

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A journey through the liturgical year

The liturgical year is an annual cycle of feasts that focus on Christmas and Easter. The New Apostolic Church also follows the liturgical year. What is this exactly?

April 26, 2017

Advent

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• Africa
• America
• Ascension Day
• Asia
• Christmas
• congregation
• District Apostle
• divine service
• doctrine 
• Easter
• Good Friday
• grieving
• history 
• Holy Communion
• New Year
• Palm Sunday
• Pastoral care
• Pentecost
• sacraments
• Thanksgiving Day

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The future of the Church is … little!

Councils, meetings, events—one Church event chases another. And much of that which is essential and important is often inconspicuous and maybe not even at eye-level.

April 22, 2017

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Easter: What we see and understand is—by far not—all there is!

“Easter? That means no school!” says little Laura. Mind you, she also knows that Easter is more than a holiday, but also a high feast of the church. It is the day when Jesus Christ resurrected from the dead.

April 16, 2017

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• Easter
• history 

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Good Friday: a declaration of love by God

God aspires to the indestructible fellowship with mankind. To do so, He pursues many paths: even the one of the cross. No obligation, no constraint: God loves first, and His love is boundless.

April 13, 2017

Good Friday

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• history 

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The communion wafer celebrates its centenary

Three drops are celebrating their centenary. On Good Friday 1917, the Chief Apostle officially celebrated his first divine service without sharing the cup. Instead he dispensed communion wafers. What is normal today had become an absolute necessity at the time. Why?

April 13, 2017

anniversary

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• Chief Apostle
• congregation
• divine service
• doctrine 
• Good Friday
• history 
• Holy Communion
• sacraments

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Not the only way, but the sure way

Forgiveness of sins without Apostles — is that even possible? But of course, as the Chief Apostle clarifies in a treatise currently appearing in the magazines of the Church. However, the ministry does impart certainty to the believer.

April 3, 2017

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• Baptism 
• Chief Apostle
• divine service
• doctrine 
• Holy Communion
• sacraments

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A packed agenda in the “City of Good Air”

A city that was founded twice, and a region that was once the focal point of a struggle for independence: these are the two travel destinations on Chief Apostle Jean-Luc Schneider's upcoming trip to Argentina.

March 27, 2017

Africa

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• America
• Chief Apostle
• congregation
• District Apostle
• divine service
• Europe
• history 
• Music

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IYD 2019: Goose bumps, anticipation, ideas

“We have already accomplished a great deal,” summarises Rainer Storck, the hosting District Apostle of the International Youth Day (IYD). “We have a rough outline of events and have defined the participant groups.”

March 20, 2017

Ascension Day

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• Chief Apostle
• congregation
• District Apostle
• divine service
• Event
• Music
• Social commitment
• Youth

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On the road to a new understanding

Together they were strong. But conflicts and a resulting dispute led to a split: Chief Apostle Hermann Niehaus and Apostle Carl August Brückner, who was born 145 years ago today.

March 7, 2017

Africa

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• Chief Apostle
• congregation
• history 

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Spotlight 3/2017: God’s glory is present in our lives

Who is God? District Apostle Enrique Eduardo Minio from Argentina has one, well, actually several answers to this question. Here is a brief introduction into the nature of God.

February 7, 2017

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• District Apostle
• divine service

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To service with the Richard F

Every Sunday, about twenty brothers and sisters are picked up at home by the Richard F and are taken to the Delta congregation.

February 6, 2017

America

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• Chief Apostle
• congregation
• District Apostle
• divine service
• Youth

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Our growing news network

Reach, use, response—a significant upward trend everywhere: the media network of the New Apostolic Church has continued to increase in importance in the year 2016. But some things have also shifted.

January 16, 2017

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• Chief Apostle
• congregation
• New Year

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SplitView and 3D Touch for the Catechism

A book of faith, a reference work, Church doctrine pure … The Catechism has been given many names, and in the meantime also quite a number of formats. One of its digital variations has just received a complete makeover.

January 5, 2017

doctrine  Media

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Coming together in the year 2016

It has been a year of coming together: mergers between District Churches, reconciliation among apostolic denominations, and reaching out to guests with a service for the departed. Following is a look back over the most important events of 2016…

December 29, 2016

Africa

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• America
• charity work
• Chief Apostle
• concept of salvation for the departed
• congregation
• District Apostle
• divine service
• doctrine 
• Easter
• Europe
• Event
• history 
• Holy Sealing
• ministry
• Organisation
• retirement
• sacraments
• Youth

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Thought-provoking posters for the new year

They have become a kind of an emblem in many congregations in Europe: the poster series picturing members of the Church like you and me. The new series for 2017 has just been released in its tried and tested design and aims to drive a new message home.

December 19, 2016

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• congregation
• District Apostle
• Easter
• Europe
• New Year

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Listening with the eyes

Although fully concentrated, they sit in divine service without understanding a word. When central divine services are broadcast by satellite, some brothers and sisters go home almost the same way they came, because their world is the world of Signed Language. But things are changing.

December 8, 2016

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• District Apostle
• divine service
• Europe
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The Church in the world: an eye on global risks

Not of this world, but in this world … A Church is also exposed to world events and needs to think about what all can happen in the event of conflicts, wars, and disasters. Is there a way to prepare for something like this?

December 5, 2016

Buildings

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• charity work
• Chief Apostle
• congregation
• District Apostle
• Organisation
• society

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Neighbouring districts to merge 2018

“Not only in Africa are there plans to merge neighbouring church districts, but also in Germany.” This is how nak.org, the official website of the New Apostolic Church, announces a pending third merger.

December 4, 2016

Africa America

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• Asia
• Chief Apostle
• congregation
• District Apostle
• divine service
• Easter
• Europe
• Organisation
• Pastoral care

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The making-of: how the New Year’s message is created

It is late November. Christmas still seems so far away, let alone the new year. But Chief Apostle Jean-Luc Schneider wants to record his New Year’s message today. All good things come in threes.

December 3, 2016

Chief Apostle

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• Christmas
• congregation
• District Apostle
• divine service
• Europe
• history 
• New Year
• Organisation
• Pentecost

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A remake: Jesus in words and miracles

It was one of the biggest music projects that the New Apostolic Church has ever staged. Now there are plans for a remake. The pop oratorio “I am! Jesus in words and miracles” will be restaged in 2018.

December 1, 2016

Event

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• Music
• Organisation

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A small magazine makes it big

Which New Apostolic magazine has the largest circulation? community or maybe the glossy Unsere Familie. Wrong! The bestseller comes from Africa. A portrait on today’s International Print Day.

November 26, 2016

Africa

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• Chief Apostle
• congregation
• Europe

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Making guests feel at home

There are various kinds of guests: invited guests, surprise guests, and rare guests. Five congregations around the world recently welcomed special guests.

November 18, 2016

Asia

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• Australia / Pacific
• congregation
• District Apostle
• divine service
• Organisation

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“Questions and Answers” will be published in fall 2015

A new variant of the Catechism of the New Apostolic Church is scheduled to appear in September 2015. This resolution was passed by the District Apostle Meeting at its most recent session. The reference work has been structured into "Questions and Answers" and is scheduled for publication in five languages to start.

March 16, 2015

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• doctrine 
• divine service
• congregation
• Youth
• Organisation
• Asia
• Africa

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“The Lord is risen indeed!”

The Passiontide, with the death of the Lord on Good Friday, ends magnificently in the resurrection of the Lord. This is the fundamental belief of all Christians. But why is this day of the resurrection so important for us?

April 4, 2015

Good Friday Chief Apostle

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• apostolate
• doctrine 
• sacraments
• Baptism 
• Holy Sealing
• Holy Communion
• divine service
• congregation
• confessions

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“Typically New Apostolic”—the legacy of Apostle Schwarz

Like no one else, he influenced the development of a movement that eventually became the New Apostolic Church . Not only because he played a central role in our Church's history, but also because he had a defining impact on a Christian denomination that was still in its infancy at the time: Apostle Friedrich Wilhelm Schwarz was born 200 years ago today.

April 11, 2015

District Apostle apostolate

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• doctrine 
• sacraments
• Holy Sealing
• Holy Communion
• concept of salvation for the departed
• divine service
• congregation
• Pastoral care
• grieving
• history 

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