New Apostolic Church
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New Apostolic Church
Asia & the Middle East
In 1883, an apostle by the name of F. L. Anthing travelled to Java from the Netherlands. Soon thereafter, both Dutch immigrants and Javanese locals began professing the New Apostolic faith.
Up until the 1970’s, Indonesia remained the only country of Asia in which the New Apostolic Church was represented. Eventually, missionary activity began to expand throughout the region of South East Asia, beginning in India. Thereafter the number of New Apostolic Christians began to grow quickly in many Asian countries.
Today there are some 1,440,000 New Apostolic Christians living in Asia, most of them in India. Some 13,500 ministers care for these members in approximately 11,400 congregations throughout the continent. Indonesia is the only independent District Church headquartered in Asia. All the other countries of the Asian continent receive pastoral and financial support from District Churches in Canada and Germany.
Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, East Timor, India (part)
District Apostle Armin Brinkmann (*15.11.1948). District Apostle since 26.06.2005.
- Website of the supporting
NAC North Rhine Westphalia (North West Germany)
Brunei, Indonesia
District Apostle Alfons Tansahtikno (*25.01.1944). District Apostle since 31.07.1985.
Bahrain, Israel, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arabia Emirates, Yemen
District Apostle Michael Ehrich (*19.09.1959). District Apostle since 23.04.2006.
- Information about
Divine services in the Gulf region - Information about Divine services in Israel
- Website of the supporting NAC Southern Germany
Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
District Apostle Hagen Wend (*26.08.1943). District Apostle since 10.12.1995.
- Website of the supporting NAC Hessen/Rhineland-Palatinate/Saarland (Middle West Germany)
China, Japan, Pakistan, Thailand ...
District Apostle Leslie Latorcai (*20.03.1944). District Apostle since 22.10.2000.
Full list of supported countries: Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, India (part), Japan, Laos, Macau, Malaysia (Sabah, Sarawak), Myanmar (Burma), Nepal, Pakistan, Palau, Philippines, Shanghai, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam
- Website of the supporting NAC Canada
- NAC Japan
- NAC Hong Kong
- NAC Korea (South)
- NAC Malaysia
- NAC Philippines
- NAC Singapore
- NAC Taiwan
- NAC Thailand
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India (Kerala), Laccadive Islands, Maledives,
District Apostle Wilfried Klingler (*07.06.1949). District Apostle since 03.10.1993.
- Website of the supporting NAC in Middle Germany
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, North Korea, Russian Federation, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
District Apostle Wolfgang Nadolny (*17.05.1956). District Apostle since 16.01.2005.
- Website of the supporting NAC Berlin/Brandenburg (North East Germany)
Facts & Figures
Members: 1.424.485
Ministers: 11.195
Congregations: 8.981
(31.12.2006)
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Latest News
40 years New Apostolic Church of Japan
(12.08.2008) Tokyo. District Apostle Leslie Latorcai, leader of the New Apostolic Church in Canada, visited... [more]
South East Asia: A new District Apostle district will be established in 2009
(29.07.2008) Zurich. In January of the coming year, a new District Apostle district will be established in the... [more]
Support for flood victims begins to arrive in Burma
(06.06.2008) Dortmund. NAK-karitativ, the relief organisation of the New Apostolic Church, has after much... [more]