(29.03.2012) When we celebrate Palm Sunday today we are following the tradition of the Christian congregation in Jerusalem. It is said that already around the year 400 this congregation would gather on the Mount of Olives and descend in procession into the city. The children were said to carry palm leaves and olive twigs in their hands on these occasions. more ...

(23.03.2012) Zurich. In the divine service on Pentecost Sunday, Chief Apostle Wilhelm Leber will appoint a Chief Apostle Helper. “I would like to set an early course for the future,” stated the international Church leader, who will turn 65 this year. The date when he himself will retire remains open—perhaps in 2013 or 2014—however the work of a Chief Apostle Helper will already lighten his load quite perceptibly now. more ...

(17.03.2012) Zurich. At today’s meeting, the International District Apostle Meeting came to a final decision on the German text of the Catechism. This final consultation meeting was also attended by members from the project group The New Apostolic Faith (PG TNF). It was unanimously decided that the current version of the text would be used as the basis for further translations. more ...

(16.03.2012) Zurich. Chief Apostle Wilhelm Leber opened the spring conference of District Apostles from around the world with a minute of silence. Shortly before, he acknowledged District Apostle Johann R. Kitching, who had passed away in a fatal accident a few short days before, only five weeks after his retirement. However this moment of silent commemoration was not only dedicated to him, but to all who had recently passed away, along with the bereaved who have remained behind. Apostle Fally Randriakasy (43) from Madagascar had also passed into the beyond. He had served as a faithful minister of the Church for 20 years. more ...

(14.03.2012) Zurich. This afternoon the District Apostles who travel throughout the Asian continent gathered for the District Apostle Meeting Asia. At the start of the conference, District Apostle Helper David Devaraj from Bangalore, India gave an update on the spread of the New Apostolic Church in the part of the subcontinent that is supported administratively and financially by the District Church of Canada. more ...

(12.03.2012) Hamburg. The church in Hamburg-Altona was the meeting point for New Apostolic Christians from the church district of Hamburg-West. Chief Apostle Wilhelm Leber conducted the Sunday divine service and ordained Jörg Steinbrenner (54) as the latest Apostle for the District Church of Northern Germany. more ...

(10.03.2012) Zurich/Harare. One retirement, two ordinations—once again the divine service conducted by the international Church leader, Chief Apostle Wilhelm Leber, was filled with holy acts. In Harare, the capital of Zimbabwe, some 2,100 members and guests assembled in the city’s Celebration Centre. From Europe, the Chief Apostle had invited District Apostles Fehlbaum (Switzerland) and Koberstein (Germany) along. more ...

(08.03.2012) Zurich / Johannesburg. Only five weeks after his festive retirement, District Apostle Johann R. Kitching from Johannesburg, South Africa has died. He lost his life yesterday afternoon in a tragic accident. Chief Apostle Leber’s initial reaction: “We are very, very sad.” more ...

(07.03.2012) Zurich/Choma. Foster Chimbizgani Lungu (47) will from now on bear the Apostle ministry. Together with Paul Lefred Ngambi (38), who was ordained a Bishop in the same divine service, he will care for the New Apostolic congregations in Malawi. Chief Apostle Wilhelm Leber performed the ordinations in the divine service he conducted there on 4 March in the Zambian city of Choma. more ...

(29.02.2012) Lusaka/Zurich. When Chief Apostle Wilhelm Leber travels to Africa tomorrow, it will not only be for the purpose of visiting congregations, but also to open up a new Communion wafer bakery of the New Apostolic Church, which will bring the total of such bakeries to three. The New Apostolic Church Wafer Bakery is located in Lusaka, Zambia, and will supply Communion wafers to all the congregations of Zambia. more ...