New Apostolic Church in North and East Germany

New Apostolic Church in North and East Germany
Church President	District Apostle Rüdiger Krause
other apostles	Uli Falk; Jens Korbien; Helge Mutschler; Dirk Schulz; Jörg Steinbrenner; Ralph Wittich;
founded	1863 (in its current form since 2017)
Members	89,310 (January 1, 2015)
Communities	458 (January 1, 2015)
address	New Apostolic Church ; Hamburg Kdö.R. ; Curschmannstrasse 25 ; 20659 Hamburg
Website	www.nak-nordost.de

The New Apostolic Church in North and East Germany is a district church of the New Apostolic Church , which includes the federal states of Bremen, Hamburg, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Saxony, Schleswig-Holstein and Thuringia as well as a small part of Brandenburg. Its seat is in Hamburg . It has the status of a corporation under public law in the respective federal states . The New Apostolic Christians and congregations in Denmark , Estonia , Iceland , Norway , Poland , Sweden , Great Britain and Ireland are cared for from Central Germany .

history

The New Apostolic Church in Northern and Eastern Germany was created through the merger of the former District Churches in Central and Northern Germany. Due to the age-related retirement of District Apostle Wilfried Klingler (New Apostolic Church Central Germany) as part of a festive divine service on June 19, 2016 in Hanover, the District Church of Central Germany was merged with the District Church of Northern Germany. Since then, it has been looked after by District Apostle Rüdiger Krause from Northern Germany. For the new area, church members were called upon to submit proposals for a new name for this district church by the end of August 2015. "New Apostolic Church North and East Germany" was introduced as a new name in autumn 2015 by the future church leadership. This fits in with the emerging district church and was increasingly suggested in the survey results of church members.

With effect from January 1, 2017, the seven legally independent District Churches of Bremen, Hamburg, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Saxony / Thuringia and Schleswig-Holstein merged to form the New Apostolic Church in Northern and Eastern Germany, based in Hamburg.

History in the former Central Germany

After the separation from the Catholic-Apostolic congregations , the first church was founded in Central Germany in 1864 in Schladen (Lower Saxony), in 1865 in Ilsenburg (Saxony-Anhalt) and in 1888 in Ranis near Pößneck (Saxony / Thuringia).

An early center of the New Apostolic movement since 1864 was in the Harz region . Numerous communities emerged there in the 1860s. Well-known centers of movement were Schladen and Osterode am Fallstein. The municipality of Schladen was founded in Hamburg in 1864 . Numerous so-called mission festivals took place in Osterode am Fallstein. A short time later, Wolfenbüttel and Braunschweig developed into centers of the New Apostolic movement.

The communities in Lower Saxony were initially looked after together with those in Saxony-Anhalt. This was done through the District Church of the Apostle District of Braunschweig. In the 1940s, the district church was renamed the Apostle District Hanover (after 1985 Apostle District Lower Saxony ). Due to the Iron Curtain , after 1945 the parishes in Saxony-Anhalt were raised independently to the district church of the Apostle District Magdeburg (later Apostle District Saxony-Anhalt ). Since 1997 both district churches have been looked after together again.

History in the former Northern Germany

The District Church of Northern Germany was, according to its self-image, the oldest in Germany. It was here in 1863 that the first congregation of the General Christian Apostolic Mission was founded .

After the death of the apostle Prussia and the split in 1878, the remaining congregation formed the basis for the development of the apostolic, later New Apostolic, congregations in northern Germany. This congregation formed the basis of all New Apostolic congregations. Today it continues as the New Apostolic parish Hamburg-Borgfelde.

The apostle Friedrich Wilhelm Schwarz was sent to Amsterdam from this community . A branch community quickly developed in Hamburg-Lurup. Branches were also set up in the Harz (from 1864 in Schladen), which were initially looked after from Hamburg.

In 1882, the municipality of Lüneburg was raised as the second independent parish of this district church . New Apostolic congregations emerged in rapid succession in the Lüneburg Heath, with a focus on the Nordheide and around Soltau .

In the 1890s, the first New Apostolic congregations in Scandinavia emerged from Hamburg . The district was known for a long time under the name of its seat as the Apostle District Hamburg .

After 1945 the district churches Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and Bremen were founded from their area. After 1990 these were reunited with the District Church of Hamburg to form the District Church of Northern Germany.

Head of the District Church

since 2016: District Apostle Rüdiger Krause

Former Central Germany

District Church of Lower Saxony

1881–1897: District Apostle Friedrich Krebs
1897–1906: District Apostle Sebastian
1906–1936: District Apostle Otto Steinweg
1936–1968: District Apostle Hermann Knigge
1968–1993: District Apostle Arno Steinweg
1993–2016: District Apostle Wilfried Klingler (since 1997 with Saxony-Anhalt, 2002 with Saxony / Thuringia)

District Church of Saxony-Anhalt

1957–1972: District Apostle Heinrich Oberländer
1972–1997: District Apostle Siegfried Karnick

District Church of Saxony / Thuringia

1985–2002: District Apostle Fritz Nehrkorn

Former Northern Germany

April 12, 1863 to July 25, 1878: Apostle Louis Preuss
1878–1881: Apostle Menkhoff (supervision)
1881–1899: Apostle Fritz Krebs (supervision)
May 22, 1899 to March 28, 1903: Apostle Friedrich Wachmann
1903–1907: apostle, provisional leadership under Bishop Popp
April 1, 1907 to May 13, 1922: Apostle Albert Güldenpfennig
February 25, 1923 to October 4, 1926: Apostle Edmund Blöcker
October 4, 1926 to August 25, 1946: Apostle Johannes Lembke
August 25, 1946–1976: Apostle Karl Weinmann (Hamburg) / Bremen: Apostle Hermann Schumacher
1976 to July 10, 1988: District Apostle Günther Knobloch (Hamburg)
... - 1992: supervised by Apostle Gijsbert Pos (Netherlands)
1992–2005: District Apostle Wilhelm Leber
2005–2010: District Apostle Karlheinz Schumacher
2010–2016: District Apostle Rüdiger Krause

literature

Karl Weinmann: 100 Years of the New Apostolic Church 1863–1963 - Hamburg Apostle District. Bischoff, Frankfurt 1963

Web links

Website of the New Apostolic Church in North and East Germany

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b http://www.nak-nordost.de/kirche/leitung

↑ ^a ^b nak.de: [1]

↑ ^a ^b For example: Announcement by the Saxon State Ministry for Culture on the legal status of the New Apostolic Church in North and East Germany of July 13, 2017 ( SächsABl. P. 1064 ; PDF, 214 KB)

↑ http://www.nak.org/de/nak-weltweit/europa

↑ http://www.nak-nordost.de/db/56291/Nachrichten/Ruediger-Krause-leitet-neuen-Bezirksapostelbereich

↑ http://www.archiv.nak-norddeutschland.de/index/aktuelles/nachrichtendetails/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=1516&cHash=4cd8352e1080a3b0dee098e4e22deb16

↑ http://nac.today/de/a/341147

^ Resolution at the joint meeting of the member churches on October 1, 2016.

↑ http://www.nak-nordost.de/db/66984/Nachrichten/In-nahmbare-Naehe-gerueckt-Gebietskoerperschaft-Neuapostolische-Kirche-Nord-und-Ostdeutschland