New Apostolic Church in Northern Germany

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New Apostolic Church in Northern Germany
Church President District Apostle Rüdiger Krause
other apostles
  • Dirk Schulz
  • Jörg Steinbrenner
  • Uli Falk
founded 1863
Members 42,740 (as of 2014)
Communities 259
address

New Apostolic Church
in Northern Germany
Curschmannstrasse 25
20251 Hamburg

Website

www.nak-norddeutschland.de

The New Apostolic Church in Northern Germany was an administrative district of the New Apostolic Church and comprised the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg , the federal state of Bremen , Schleswig-Holstein , Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and the north and northwest of Lower Saxony .

In addition, the Scandinavian countries (including Greenland), the Baltic countries , Great Britain and Ireland were looked after by the District Church.

The District Church of Northern Germany was absorbed into the New Apostolic Church of Northern and Eastern Germany on June 19, 2016 .

history

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.

Due to the retirement of District Apostle Wilfried Klingler (New Apostolic Church Central Germany) in June 2016, the District Church of Central Germany will be merged with the District Church of Northern Germany. This will then be 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.

Previous head of the district church

  • 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

Individual evidence

  1. a b Organization. In: New Apostolic Church Northern Germany. Retrieved August 11, 2014 .
  2. Served areas: New Apostolic Church Northern Germany. Retrieved August 11, 2014 .
  3. http://www.nak-nordost.de/db/56291/Nachrichten/Ruediger-Krause-leitet-neuen-Bezirksapostelbereich
  4. ^ Chronicle: New Apostolic Church North Germany. Retrieved August 11, 2014 .
  5. http://www.nak-norddeutschland.de/index/aktuelles/nachrichtendetails/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=1516&cHash=4cd8352e1080a3b0dee098e4e22deb16
  6. http://nac.today/de/a/341147