(21.05.2007) Zurich/Hamburg. At the end of May, the international leader of the New Apostolic Church, Chief Apostle Dr. Wilhelm Leber, will visit the District Churches of Northern Germany for this year’s feast of Pentecost. Over 60 Apostles from within Europe and the countries served from Europe are expected to attend the celebration with him. The highlight will be the divine service in the Hamburg Congress Centre, which will be transmitted to more than 60 countries, such as South Africa, White Russia, the Baltic region, and the Nordic countries by satellite. The service will be transmitted to all continents. [more]

(18.05.2007) Zurich/Hamburg. Pentecost 2007 is a big event for the New Apostolic Church: on 27 May 2007 the Church’s international president and Chief Apostle, Dr. Wilhelm Leber, will conduct a divine service in the Hamburg Congress Centre, which will be transmitted by satellite to more than 60 countries on all five continents in both sound and picture. [more]

(16.05.2007) Hamburg. Wednesday morning, 2 May. Chief Apostle Wilhelm Leber, the leader of the New Apostolic Church International, is seated at his desk in Hamburg. Jörg Idler and Roland Schmidt of the Verlag Friedrich Bischoff have set up the technical equipment required in order to record the Chief Apostle’s video message for this year’s celebration of Pentecost. [more]

(16.05.2007) Buenos Aires. "A heartfelt welcome!" Thick letters spell out this friendly invitation to visit the new website of the Iglesia Nueva Apostólica, which serves the South American countries of Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay. [more]

(14.05.2007) Hamburg. Wednesday morning, 2 May. Chief Apostle Wilhelm Leber, the leader of the New Apostolic Church International, is seated at his desk in Hamburg. Jörg Idler and Roland Schmidt of the Verlag Friedrich Bischoff have set up the technical equipment required in order to record the Chief Apostle’s video message for this year’s celebration of Pentecost. [more]

(09.05.2007) Zurich. At the end of April, the District Apostles of Europe assembled for their first conference of the year. Among other things they approved the production of a so-called “Image DVD” about the New Apostolic Church. Production of this new DVD will be entrusted to the Church’s own Public Relations Work Group in collaboration with a professional agency based in Germany. [more]

(04.05.2007) For some, Pentecost is merely a celebration of spring, for others it is the birthday of the church. The word “Pentecost” derives from the Greek “pentekoste”, which is a reference to the “fiftieth” day. The feast of Pentecost is thus calculated as being the fiftieth day after Easter. In ancient times, Easter Sunday was counted as the first day in this calculation, which would actually put the feast of Pentecost on Pentecost Monday. [more]

(02.05.2007) Zurich. For the New Apostolic Christian Pentecost is celebrated in remembrance of the day of God's outpouring of the Holy Spirit on the believing Apostles. The New Apostolic Church also recognizes this event as the time from which the church started its work, and that it was the moment of the birth of the church of Christ. To this day it is the belief that the Holy Spirit is the animating force of the true church of Christ. [more]

(13.04.2007) Zurich. “It is my personal wish to express my sincere congratulations and best wishes on the occasion of your 80th birthday.” It was with these words that Chief Apostle Wilhelm Leber, international leader of the New Apostolic Church, congratulated the spiritual head of the Roman Catholic Church, Pope Benedict XVI on his birthday. [more]

(07.04.2007) Zurich. The first District Apostle Meeting of this year focused primarily on points of doctrine of the New Apostolic Church. A brief statement on the doctrine of original sin was also commissioned. At the end of the two-day meeting in the Conference Centre of the New Apostolic Church International in Zurich, Chief Apostle Wilhelm Leber bid an official farewell to District Apostle Mario Fiore from Argentina, who had served in ministry for many years. To conclude the event, all the participants joined together in the hymn: “Mighty God, we praise Thy name.” [more]