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Comfort on the long road of grief

Comforting the recently bereaved is anything but easy. It is difficult to find the right words or even to overcome one’s own speechlessness at someone’s loss. Here are some do’s and don’ts in grief counselling.

September 5, 2018

concept of salvation for the departed doctrine 

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• Easter
• grieving
• Pastoral care

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Congregation: a place where you can be yourself

What makes a congregation a congregation? The fact of singing hymns together, that our names are in the church register, or because we live in the vicinity of the church? There is much more to it.

September 1, 2018

Buildings

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• congregation
• divine service
• doctrine 
• Holy Communion
• sacraments
• Youth

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World religions: forged in a fiery furnace

They lived in a foreign land and stubbornly refused any form of integration. Today they are acclaimed for this. With their stubbornness they have written a chapter of world history. This is the background to a recent midweek service based on a Bible study theme.

August 27, 2018

Bible study

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• divine service
• history 

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Knowing where to look

You can’t know everything, so it really helps if you know where to look for things. In the past, we used to read up in books, now we trawl through the Internet. Here are some useful links.

August 24, 2018

acts of blessing

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• Africa
• Confirmation
• congregation
• doctrine 

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Chosen to help build the temple

Building a temple is not so easy. Especially when the term temple stands for our own spiritual edifice. In a divine service in Kinsangani, Chief Apostle Jean-Luc Schneider explained how this enterprise can succeed.

August 22, 2018

apostolate

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• Chief Apostle
• congregation
• divine service
• doctrine 
• Easter
• history 
• Holy Communion
• sacraments

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By young people for young people

Not quite a year from now, the Church will be celebrating its International Youth Convention 2019. For the young people—who are in the process of graduating, starting their first jobs, or moving in with their first roommate—this is still a long time. But for the organisers, who are doing their best to plan an event that is to thrill some 30,000 participants, time is short.

August 20, 2018

acts of blessing Chief Apostle

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• Confirmation
• congregation
• District Apostle
• doctrine 
• Europe
• Event
• ministry
• Youth

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Small streams make big rivers

Tomorrow, as every year on August 19th, is World Humanitarian Day (WHD). The First World gives money and food to feed the Third World. That’s how many people see it. What a dreadful perspective!

August 18, 2018

doctrine 

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• investiture
• ministry

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At home worldwide: a photo safari

For the District Apostles around the world, this slogan says it all. For many weeks out of a year, they live out of a suitcase in order to be close to those entrusted to their care. Join us on a photo safari around the world.

August 17, 2018

Asia

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• District Apostle

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A Church in a state of flux (Part 2)

From the village into the city—and then? The rural exodus is real challenge for the New Apostolic Church—especially in the country with the largest membership. Join us for part two on congregational life in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

August 9, 2018

Asia

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• confessions
• congregation
• District Apostle
• divine service
• Pentecost
• Seniors
• society
• Youth

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A Church in a state of flux (Part 1)

It is a country of superlatives—also for the New Apostolic Church. It is also a country of striking contrasts between rural and urban Africa: the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Here are some insights from a District Apostle whose best bet is often a motorbike.

August 8, 2018

acts of blessing

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• Africa
• Confirmation
• congregation
• District Apostle
• divine service
• doctrine 
• Event
• Holy Sealing
• Palm Sunday
• Pentecost
• sacraments
• Youth

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The Chief Apostle in the land of Mount Kilimanjaro

Mwanza and Dar es Salaam are the cities that are on the Chief Apostle’s divine service agenda on the second weekend of August. It will be his second visit to Tanzania, and there is a lot of excitement in the congregations.

August 2, 2018

Africa

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• Chief Apostle
• congregation
• District Apostle
• divine service
• doctrine 
• Easter
• history 
• Holy Sealing
• Music
• sacraments
• Youth

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Christians by profession

What are you by profession? A question that is posed quite often. Competence and expertise are called for here. But how is it in our faith? Do we not also need a certain kind of aptitude in order to be perceived as Christians?

July 30, 2018

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At home around the world: what an old harmonium can tell you…

Today’s week in review reports on three very different stories from three different countries. At the core of each, however, we find the practical faith of New Apostolic Christians who are doing their part to bring people together in the midst of society.

July 26, 2018

acts of blessing

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• America
• annual motto
• charity work
• Confirmation
• congregation
• divine service
• doctrine 
• history 
• Music
• society
• Youth

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On the stage and in the studio—diversity sets the tone

When faith creates music, it will be in more than one key! The “Show Your Talent” song contest already proved that quite clearly at the International Church Convention 2014. Now a new edition is scheduled for the IYC 2019. The call going out to young musicians today is: “Show us what you’ve got!”

July 21, 2018

congregation

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• Event
• Youth

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At home around the world: youth at work on the IYC 2019

The ambassadors are on their way. And the base is on the move: a spotlight on all the preparations for the International Youth Convention (IYC) 2019 around the globe. Some examples from Africa, Asia, and Europe.

July 20, 2018

acts of blessing

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• Africa
• Asia
• Confirmation
• congregation
• doctrine 
• Europe
• Event
• Pastoral care
• Youth

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Angklung choir makes peace and love resound

While our brethren in faith in Java, Indonesia played the music of peace and love, bombs exploded only 250 kilometres away, killing many people. A report on a concert with trembling hearts and hands follows below.

July 19, 2018

congregation

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• Music
• Youth

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Changes in the circle of the Apostles (1/2018)

In the first six months of 2018, nine Apostles were ordained by Chief Apostle Schneider. He also assigned a District Apostle Helper and appointed a District Apostle. Seven Apostles were retired.

July 9, 2018

Africa apostolate

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• Asia
• Australia / Pacific
• Chief Apostle
• congregation
• District Apostle
• divine service
• doctrine 
• Easter
• Europe
• investiture
• ministry
• retirement

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Contributing to a collective solution

The challenges are clear, the objectives are defined. What are the means needed to achieve these? And what are the differences between today and the past? The last part of the interview with the Chief Apostle gives an overview of how the Church is setting itself up for the future.

June 23, 2018

Africa

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• America
• Buildings
• Chief Apostle
• congregation
• District Apostle
• doctrine 
• Europe
• investiture
• ministry
• Organisation

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For the love of life and the joy of faith

It is a year of united Youth Days. There was a double premiere this past weekend in Germany. The start, however, was made in South Africa at the beginning of the year. Join us as we look at three events celebrating the love of life and the joy of faith.

June 21, 2018

Africa

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• Chief Apostle
• congregation
• District Apostle
• divine service
• Easter
• Event
• Music
• Organisation
• Youth

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Twelve petitions that God hears

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.

June 20, 2018

Chief Apostle

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• congregation
• divine service
• doctrine 
• Holy Communion
• Holy Sealing
• sacraments

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Cuba, an incredible country

He is the face of the New Apostolic Church in Cuba, the largest Caribbean island. He is a journalist with an alert mind and a big heart: Bishop Alex Michel Reyes Martinez is good for the Church. Learn a little more about him.

June 19, 2018

Africa

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• America
• congregation
• District Apostle
• divine service
• doctrine 
• Europe
• investiture
• ministry
• Organisation

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When the Church goes to school

Christian love transcends borders. Join us on a trip around the world this week as we visit school projects in South-East Asia, Central America, and Africa currently receiving help from the New Apostolic Church.

June 8, 2018

Africa America

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• Asia
• charity work
• Europe

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Four steps that lead to freedom

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.

May 30, 2018

Baptism 

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• Chief Apostle
• doctrine 
• Holy Communion
• Holy Sealing
• sacraments

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God, man, and love

“Our God is loving.” Who of us did not sing this song as a child? It is a short, catchy, and simple statement. Yet at the same time it is momentous, difficult to grasp, and confusing to understand. “We praise Him evermore. Our God is loving.” What does this mean?

May 28, 2018

Bible study

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A presentation, a meal, and a celebration

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.

May 25, 2018

America

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• charity work
• Chief Apostle
• concept of salvation for the departed
• District Apostle
• divine service
• doctrine 
• grieving
• Holy Communion
• Pastoral care
• sacraments

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Spotlight 09/2018: Leave it to God, as Paul did

They were irritating, they deceived him, and abandoned him … Paul’s companions were not always the best of co-workers. Yet he remained faithful to God and his neighbour. “Let us learn from Paul,” District Apostle Joseph Opemba Ekhuya from Kenya says.

May 22, 2018

Africa

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• annual motto
• District Apostle

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… the church comes to the believer

Lockdown, bans on assembly, no divine services—in many places, believers cannot gather together in the church. For them the offer of divine service by video continues.

August 28, 2020

Chief Apostle doctrine 

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• sacraments
• Holy Communion
• concept of salvation for the departed
• divine service
• congregation

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“Onward, upward, homeward…” in stereo

When Chief Apostle Jean-Luc Schneider sets off for the Good Friday divine service, he will also be following a cultural connection that will most likely be familiar to friends of modern art. It has to do with a sculpture that reminds us of a hymn from our choir book: "Onward, upward, homeward..." — a brief page view:

April 2, 2015

Good Friday Chief Apostle

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• District Apostle
• divine service
• America

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“A decision with long-term goals in mind”

The New Apostolic Church in Angola is growing. It was time to take another step. Since last Sunday, the country has its own District Apostle Helper: João Uanuque Misselo.

February 25, 2015

Chief Apostle District Apostle

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• apostolate
• doctrine 
• congregation
• Pastoral care
• Organisation
• Africa

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