Africa

Evangelist Carl Klibbe came to South Africa in 1889. In East London (near Cape Town), he founded the first congregation on the African continent in 1892. After the turn of the century, some young evangelists moved to Cape Town, Port Elizabeth, Durban, Johannesburg, and Kimberly in order to establish congregations in the larger cities of South Africa.

The first church building of the New Apostolic Church in Africa was erected in 1906. Soon thereafter, English and Afrikaans were introduced as the language of divine service. By 1955 there were already three New Apostolic District Churches in Africa. In addition to the District Churches of Cape, South East Africa, and Zambia, all of which have existed for decades, several European District Churches are also involved in missionary activity in Africa today.

With over eight million members, the continent of Africa is home to nearly 80 percent of all New Apostolic Christians and more than half of all the apostles of the New Apostolic Church.

Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland

District Apostle Johann R. Kitching (*23.07.1950). District Apostle since 02.10.1988.

Full list of countries: Botswana, Lesotho, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mayotte, Mozambique, Réunion, Rodrigues, Seychelles, South Africa (Free State, Gauteng, Kwazulu-Natal, Mpumalanga, Limpopo, North West), Swaziland

Namibia, South Africa (Cape), St. Helena

District Apostle Noel E. Barnes (*24.12.1949). District Apostle since 15.12.1996.

Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe

District Apostle Charles S. Ndandula (*26.12.1953). District Apostle since 13.03.2005.

 Website of the NAC Zambia, Malawi, Zimbabwe

 

Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo (part)

District Apostle Jean-Luc Schneider (*18.09.1959). District Apostle since 26.09.2004.

 

 

Libya, Sudan

District Apostle Wilfried Klingler (*07.06.1949). District Apostle since 03.10.1993.

Cameroon, Gabon, Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria, Somalia ...

District Apostle Michael Ehrich (*19.09.1959). District Apostle since 23.04.2006.

Full list of countries: Benin, Cameroon, Cote D´Ivoire (Ivory Coast), Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierro Leone, Somalia, Togo

Algeria, Egypt, Mali, Niger, Tunisia

District Apostle Hagen Wend (*26.08.1943). District Apostle since 10.12.1995.

Full list of countries: Algeria, Burkina Faso, Egypt, Gambia, Mali, Marocco, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, Tunisia, Western Sahara

Angola, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Sao Tomé e Principé

District Apostle Armin Brinkmann (*15.11.1948). District Apostle since 26.06.2005.

 

 

Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Zanzibar

District Apostle Leonard R. Kolb (*07.07.1956). District Apostle since 12.10.2008.

Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo (part), Rwanda

District Apostle Leslie Latorcai (*20.03.1944). District Apostle since 22.10.2000.

Facts & Figures

Members: 8.758.430
Ministers: 207.798
Congregations: 53.334

(31.12.2007)

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