Reports
Chief Apostle visits New Zealand and Australia
(15.04.2010) Zurich/Melbourne. “My trip to New Zealand and Australia was a success, and I have come back safe and sound,” writes Chief Apostle Wilhelm Leber in his Monday fax to the Apostles around the world. The high point of the international Church leader’s trip was the Easter service in the South Bank Convention and Exhibition Centre in Melbourne, Australia, during which Desmond Malcolm Lodewick was ordained an Apostle. more ...
Easter - the day of the resurrection
(03.04.2010) Zurich. It was still very early on this first day of the week. The grave had been under guard over the Sabbath right up until this morning. Along with some other women, Mary Magdalene made her way to the tomb with the intention of embalming the body of Jesus according to Jewish custom. She was worried about how they would manage to roll the heavy stone away from the entrance to the tomb. more ...
Good Friday - what does it mean to us?
(30.03.2010) Zurich. For us, Good Friday is a day of celebration in which we honour the sacrifice of Christ in deep thankfulness and humbleness. We commemorate Jesus, who gave His blameless life for us, so that we sinful human beings could escape death, and receive eternal life with God. This day calls to mind an event that was necessary for salvation, and thus it is just as holy to us as Christmas, Easter, Ascension, and Pentecost. more ...
Apostle Raúl Montes de Oca to succeed District Apostle Vilor
(29.03.2010) Zurich/Brasília. District Apostle Guillermo Vilor will be given a festive discharge into a well-deserved retirement in October of this year. He will be turning 66 in May of this year. In a letter to the congregations in his working area, District Apostle Vilor has informed members of who his successor will be: Apostle Raúl Montes de Oca. The 57-year-old lives in Colonia Suiza, Uruguay. more ...
Change in the leadership of the New Apostolic Church Netherlands starting in 2011
(28.03.2010) Zurich/Hilversum. As of next year, District Apostle Armin Brinkmann of North Rhine-Westphalia will take over the leadership of the New Apostolic Church Netherlands. This announcement was made by Chief Apostle Wilhelm Leber in today’s festive divine service in Hilversum. The current District Apostle Theodoor de Bruijn (64) will be festively retired upon reaching the age limit in May of next year. more ...
District Apostle Meeting concludes with numerous resolutions
(25.03.2010) Zurich/Dortmund. A number of District Apostles were still busy in various Project Group meetings up until Tuesday of this week. They had come to Germany over the previous week in order to participate in the first District Apostle Meeting of the year. The first topics up for discussion on Wednesday dealt with the Church’s activities in Asia, while the topics on the agenda for Thursday and Friday were of an international scope. The New Apostolic Church’s understanding of church and of Holy Communion featured prominently in the extensive deliberations of the meeting. In preparation for the new Catechism, both concepts were specifically defined both in terms of content and language. more ...
Festive Pentecost concert from Cape Town to be transmitted around the world by satellite
(24.03.2010) Zurich/Cape Town. New Apostolic choirs in South Africa are well known for their excellence in music. On Pentecost Saturday, 22 May 2010, interested music lovers will be able to judge for themselves: at 5:00 PM local time, the Cape District of the New Apostolic Church will transmit a concert around the world via satellite from the Silvertown music auditorium. more ...
“To believe means to leap upward!”
(22.03.2010) Zurich/Dortmund. The festive divine service of this past Sunday marked the close of the spring meeting of the international leadership of the New Apostolic Church. Chief Apostle Wilhelm Leber, who had come to the large congregation of Herne-Wanne-Eickel together with 18 District Apostles and 11 District Apostle Helpers from around the world, explained his definition of belief to the over 1,000 attendees in the divine service. “To believe means to leap upward - to the Lord!” said the Church leader. more ...
District Apostle Meeting Asia opens spring meeting
(17.03.2010) Zurich/Dortmund. The three-day discussions of the first International District Apostle Meeting of the year have begun today with topics concerning the Asian continent. District Apostle Urs Hebeisen presented the new District Apostle district of South East Asia, a good year after its establishment. more ...
Bischoff Verlag: Strategic Reorganization for 2015
(16.03.2010) Frankfurt. Bischoff Verlag, a publishing house belonging to the New Apostolic Church, is setting new objectives. Its new mission statement was presented to the company’s employees today: “We help people live their lives in accordance with the Gospel of Jesus Christ.” The publishing house plans to introduce new product lines based on this philosophy in order to reach new target groups. more ...
The Chief Apostle conducts divine services in Kenya
(15.03.2010) Zurich. Chief Apostle Wilhelm Leber conducted two divine services during his trip to East Africa. During Sunday’s divine service in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi, the international Church leader ordained Kububa Soko (40) as a new Apostle for the District Church of Zambia. In addition, the long-serving Apostle Noah Kandisha (65) was given a festive discharge into retirement. more ...
Chief Apostle Visit Blessing for India
(05.03.2010) Zurich/Bangalore. A six day visit of Chief Apostle Leber to India began on Friday, February 19th, 2010. He arrived in Bangalore to join the District Apostles Latorcai, Andersen, Brinkmann, Hebeisen and District Apostle Helpers Woll and Dzur. After lunch the group left for the Bangalore Central Church, where the Indian Apostles and Bishops greeted them. The Chief Apostle delivered a spiritual address to the group, after which they divided into four groups for discussions with the Chief Apostle and the District Apostles in rotation. more ...
Earthquake in Chile claims many lives
(02.03.2010) Zurich. The death toll after the massive earthquake in Chile has climbed into the hundreds. According to current estimates, over 700 people have lost their lives. The New Apostolic Church shares in the suffering of the local population: we pray for the dead and our thoughts also go out to the survivors. There is great hope that many people will still be found alive and rescued from the destroyed houses. more ...
Pentecost 2010: Welcome to Cape Town
(26.02.2010) Zurich/Cape Town. This year’s Pentecost celebration will convene all presently active Apostles of the New Apostolic Church in Cape Town, South Africa. The international satellite transmission of a Pentecost concert and divine service will originate from there. Some 350 Apostles from many countries around the world are also anticipated at the International Apostles’ Meeting in the Cape Town Convention Centre. more ...
A short trip to West Africa
(26.02.2010) Zurich. It was truly a trip into the heat. It was a solid 30 degrees plus in Abidjan- the city of millions in Ivory Coast - over the second week of February, when Chief Apostle Wilhelm Leber undertook a short trip to this country in order to ordain an Apostle and three Bishops for a number of West African countries. more ...
Another Bishop ordained for the New Apostolic Church in Romania
(17.02.2010) Lucerne. The first Sunday in February led the international Church leader, Chief Apostle Wilhelm Leber, to Switzerland. The divine service took place in the New Apostolic congregation in Lucerne, the large city on the shores of Lake Lucerne, on Sunday, 7 February. It was in the course of this service that Teodot Anton (59) received the Bishop ministry for the New Apostolic Church in Romania. more ...
New Apostolic Christians around the world send donations for Haiti
(10.02.2010) Zurich. International expressions of solidarity with the people of the earthquake region of Haiti have been overwhelming. Many New Apostolic congregations have participated in donation drives. There are reports of various campaigns from all District Churches around the world. For example, District Apostle Leslie Latorcai from Canada has written to the members in the congregations in his care that over 120,000 Canadian dollars have been raised across the country and presented to the national Red Cross. more ...
Tshitshi Tshisekedi is the new District Apostle Helper in the Congo
(28.01.2010) Zurich. The third week of January brought Chief Apostle Wilhelm Leber, the leader of the international New Apostolic Church, to the Democratic Republic of Congo. From 21-26 January, his agenda included visits throughout the province of Katanga. The highlight of the trip was the appointment of a new District Apostle Helper for the eastern region of the gigantic country, which is served by the District Church of France. more ...
Concrete help for earthquake victims has arrived in Haiti
(20.01.2010) Zurich/Port-au-Prince. District Apostle Leonard Kolb from the USA has stated in a press release that a large-scale delivery operation of relief supplies for earthquake victims in Haiti has begun. Many members of the New Apostolic Church have sent donations to the accounts of the various relief organisations. The majority of our Church’s members on the Caribbean island have survived the devastating natural disaster, but like all other Haitians, are still greatly dependent on help and support. more ...
Malawi also battered by a series of violent earthquakes
(15.01.2010) Zurich/Dortmund. An earthquake with serious consequences for the population has also occurred in the African country of Malawi. In December 2009, the province of Karonga was struck by violent tremors registering at magnitudes of up to 6.0. “NAK-karitativ”, the relief organisation of the New Apostolic Churches in Germany, is currently accepting donations for both Haiti and Malawi. more ...
News
Impressions from a trip: the Chief Apostle in the Philippines
(07.07.2010) Manila. Several months of preparation preceded this visit, writes District Apostle Urs Hebeisen in his travel log. On Thursday, 2 July he and a number of other ministers awaited the arrival of the international Church leader, Chief Apostle Wilhelm Leber, at the airport of the Philippine capital of Manila. That same day the travel agenda included a family visit and a youth gathering. more ...
RYD 2011: the New Apostolic Church extends an invitation to the Russian Youth Day
(07.07.2010) Berlin/Moscow. Two years after the European Youth Day in Düsseldorf (EYD 2009) the New Apostolic Church is organising a transnational Youth Day in Russia. District Apostle Wolfgang more ...
Extended liturgy of the New Apostolic Church still to be introduced this year
(21.06.2010) Zurich. An extended liturgy will be introduced in the international New Apostolic Church with the start of the new Church year. In a letter to all the Church’s ministers the intern more ...
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