Presentation 150years 2013
Presentation 150years 2013
Presentation 150years 2013
International
Divine intervention
Why Apostles?
Albury conferences
– Objective: gain clarity on
biblical statements
Apostle ministry newly
occupied through the gift of
prophecy—for the
completion of the church of
Christ
In 1832 John Bate Cardale
is called as an Apostle
Another eleven Apostles
called by 1835
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New Apostolic Church
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150-Year anniversary of the New Apostolic Church
Geographic expansion
Apostle Schwartz
moves to Amsterdam
Schladen is the next
congregation in
Germany after Hamburg
The later Chief Apostle
Krebs is among the first
Church members
More Apostles travel
overseas
Liturgy
Reading material
“Questions and
Answers concerning
the New Apostolic
faith” appears in 1938
In retrospect:
– First Church
magazine appears in
1884 under the name
“Der Herold”
– The first edition of
“Our Family” appears
in 1933
“Modern technology”
Church relies on
modern technology for
transmissions
Membership numbers
stabilise
Internationalisation
Internationalisation
progresses
Chief Apostle
Streckeisen travels to
all five continents
The Chief Apostle dies
in Cape Town, South
Africa in 1978
District Apostle Hans
Urwyler is chosen by
the Apostles as his
successor
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New Apostolic Church
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150-Year anniversary of the New Apostolic Church
Pentecost tradition
In 1980 Chief Apostle
Urwyler invites all
Apostles of the world to
Zurich
Pentecost takes the place
of New Year’s Day as the
occasion for central
divine services
Successors continue this
tradition
Chief Apostle Fehr begins
the tradition of Pentecost
greetings
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New Apostolic Church
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150-Year anniversary of the New Apostolic Church
Personal responsibility
International expansion
Further developments
Catechism
10 million members
61,243 congregations
253,000 ministers who
serve in a voluntary
capacity
80 Per cent of
members live in Africa
Largest church building
is in South Africa
… to be a church in
which people feel at
home
… to reach out to all
people
… to cultivate warm
fellowship