(23.11.2010) Kitchener. Chief Apostle Wilhelm Leber travelled to Canada on the weekend of November 20th and 21st, 2010, in order to retire District Apostle Leslie Latorcai as head of the Canada District and ordain a new District Apostle, namely the former District Apostle Helper Mark Woll. The service was conducted in the Kitchener Central church where nearly 1,300 members attended from the Tridistrict of Kitchener, Hamilton and Toronto. It was also transmitted to 71 other church locations throughout Canada. more ...

(16.11.2010) Manila/Zurich. Hot off the presses: as of last Sunday, the congregations of the New Apostolic Church in South Korea have been singing from a new hymnal. 360 hymns from the English-language hymnal of the New Apostolic Church have been translated into the Korean language for the new hymn collection. more ...

(16.11.2010) Zurich. An article published in our May 2001 edition of “Our Family” already dealt with this subject: The New Apostolic Church and ecumenism. We reported on the activities of the Ecumenism Project Group, established by Chief Apostle Richard Fehr in October 2000. In the past decade, numerous contacts have come about. Where do we stand today? more ...

(08.11.2010) Zurich. The liturgy is what orders and governs the sequence of music, prayers, Bible readings, the sermon, and the dispensation of the sacraments within the divine service. With the start of the new church year, a reform will come into effect (we reported) in the New Apostolic Church. The celebration of Holy Communion in particular is to be structured in even more dignified fashion through the enriched liturgical elements. Chief Apostle Wilhelm Leber, the international Church leader, explained that the new liturgy is intended to bring greater solemnity to the sequence of the divine service. more ...

(08.11.2010) Lusaka. Some 6,000 members and guests came to the Lusaka-Central church in order to enjoy the divine service with Chief Apostle Wilhelm Leber live, while tens of thousands more were linked to the festive service by satellite. At the end of the service, Apostle Akombaetwa Samalama was given a festive retirement, and six new Apostles and eight new Bishops were ordained for the District Churches of Zambia, South East Africa, and Cape. more ...

(28.10.2010) Zurich. The International Apostle Meeting on 21 May 2010 in Cape Town, South Africa unanimously ratified a revision to the Statutes (Articles of Association) of the New Apostolic Church International, or NACI for short. In addition to many smaller changes, a so-called Delegates’ Meeting was introduced in order to reduce the costs of these gatherings. In the meantime the revised statutes have been registered with the Commercial Register of the Canton of Zurich, Switzerland. more ...

(16.10.2010) Brasilia. The Brazilian capital was the focal point for New Apostolic members - both live on location and via satellite transmission - as Chief Apostle Wilhelm Leber ordained a new District Apostle for the South American District Church: Raúl Montes de Oca accepted this new assignment in joy and humbleness. more ...

(05.10.2010) Zurich/Frankfurt. The Thanksgiving Day service in the New Apostolic congregation of Frankfurt-West with Chief Apostle Wilhelm Leber was adorned with several special accents all at once. On the one hand, the international Church leader drew attention to the special festive day on the church calendar: Thanksgiving Day. On the other, he commemorated one of his predecessors in ministry, the long-serving Chief Apostle John Gottfried Bischoff, who had resided in Frankfurt and had led the Church for over thirty years. more ...

(30.09.2010) Zurich/Hamburg. On the second Sunday of Advent, 5 December 2010, the international leader of the New Apostolic Church, Chief Apostle Wilhelm Leber, will conduct a divine service in Hamburg for the entire District Apostle district of Northern Germany. In this divine service, District Apostle Karlheinz Schumacher (66) will be retired and his successor ordained. The congregations in the District Church will be informed of this development by way of a letter this coming Sunday. more ...

(27.09.2010) Zurich. “I stand before you with a pounding heart” – it was with these words that Chief Apostle Wilhelm Leber began his address to the anniversary couple, Sonja and Richard Fehr, as they celebrated their golden wedding. The large festive congregation was thankful and happy that the retired Chief Apostle Fehr had indeed been able to attend this special divine service despite the health impediments that had resulted from his recent stroke. more ...