(25.05.2011) Zurich. “We are grateful for any kind of support, both spiritual and humanitarian.” It is with these words that District Apostle Helper John Sobottka writes to Chief Apostle Wilhelm Leber as he describes the situation of the New Apostolic congregations in the north of Sri Lanka. In the meantime, help has arrived for those New Apostolic families who have returned to their destroyed villages after the civil war. These families, who are part of the country’s Tamil minority, have survived for years under terrible living conditions. And now they find themselves left with nothing. more ...

(18.05.2011) Zurich. If you would print all nacworld screenprints of one month on paper and pile them up, you would have a pile of paper that has a height of more than 350 metres. As a comparison: the Eiffel Tower in Paris stands only 276 metres. nacworld members are as active as never before. nacworld offers more topics than other social networks: faith, religion, church, friendship and intercession, support and sympathy. more ...

(16.05.2011) Zurich/Dortmund. “An intensive week lies ahead of me in Holland.” So writes Armin Brinkmann from Dortmund, who is the new District Apostle for the Netherlands. On Wednesday evening he is scheduled to conduct a divine service in Alkmaar, the home congregation of Theodoor de Bruijn, who was given a well-deserved retirement last Sunday after having served for forty years in ministry. On Thursday evening the new District Apostle will be in Sittard, and on Saturday afternoon he has invited all rectors and their wives to a special divine service. He goes on to write: “On Sunday there is a divine service scheduled in Tilburg, and then the journey takes me back to North Rhine-Westphalia.” more ...

(12.05.2011) Zurich. Twice each year the European District Apostles gather for a meeting, primarily for the purposes of bringing one another up to date on various matters and coordinating their work. In this conference their discussions centred on detailed strategies for strengthening the New Apostolic congregations in Europe. It was in this context that District Apostle Armin Brinkmann reported on his experiences in the District Church of North Rhine-Westphalia. more ...

(23.04.2011) Jesus resurrected on the third day. Mary Magdalene ran to Peter and John in order to tell them what she had just experienced. The two men hurried to the tomb. John was the first to arrive and look into the cave. When Peter reached the crypt, he went inside and found the sweatband of the Lord. “For as yet they did not know the Scripture, that He must rise again from the dead.” This insight only began to dawn on the Apostles little by little. more ...

(19.04.2011) Zurich/Hamburg. On Friday 15 April 2011 novelist Ian McEwan opened a new web resource to the general public. This website, sponsored by the Leverhulme Foundation, is hosted by University College London. This academic institution was founded in 1826 in Bloomsbury, a part of London that was being converted from waste land to a favoured residential quarter. For the first time people who were not members of the Church of England were given a chance of acquiring higher degrees at an English university. more ...

(18.04.2011) On Friday of this week, all of Christendom will commemorate the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. The details surrounding this event are portrayed in all four Gospels of the Holy Scripture. There we read, among other things, that Jesus Christ was scourged by the Romans. Then soldiers placed a crown of thorns upon His head, clothed Him in a purple robe, and mocked Him. Pilate washed his hands in innocence, but the people around him demanded Jesus’ crucifixion: “Away with Him, away with Him! Crucify Him!” more ...

(18.04.2011) Zurich. A meeting with Cardinal Kurt Koch, president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, was on the agenda of the New Apostolic Work Group “Contacts with other Denominations and Religions” as they visited Rome. The discussion partners discussed matters of mutual interest for a good hour. The New Apostolic Church is thereby continuing its dialogue with the Catholic Church. more ...

(04.04.2011) Jakarta. Approximately 2,000 young people from Indonesia and nine other countries of the South East Asian region gathered together in Jakarta on Friday and Saturday of last week in order to celebrate the first New Apostolic Day of the youth in their District Church. Chief Apostle Wilhelm Leber had also travelled there in order to unite with his young brothers and sisters in joy and strength of faith. The motto of the Youth Day: “We are one”. more ...

(22.03.2011) Buenos Aires. The first International District Apostle Meeting of this year has come to an end. Two important topics were on the agenda: the Church leaders decided on a new design for the Church’s teaching manuals for children and debated new strategies for both the interior mission and evangelisation efforts in various countries of the world. Chief Apostle Wilhelm Leber bid farewell to the District Apostles with a divine service in the central congregation of the Argentine capital of Buenos Aires. more ...