Rainer Storck
Rainer Storck (born January 24, 1958 in Kamp-Lintfort ) is a German clergyman of the New Apostolic Church and since February 23, 2014 District Apostle of the New Apostolic Church in West Germany . As a District Apostle, he is responsible for the New Apostolic believers in North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate, Hesse, Saarland and around 40 other countries around the globe.
Life
Rainer Storck, now based in Rheinberg, worked as a graduate engineer until he joined the full-time service of the church in January 2013 and managed the family-owned construction company.
He has been married since 1991. The couple have four children.
Offices and duties in the New Apostolic Church
- Sub-Deacon for the Rheinberg Congregation (April 24, 1984)
- Priest for the Rheinberg Congregation (October 28, 1987)
- Commissioned as head of the community of Issum (August 11, 1991)
- Shepherd for the community of Issum (July 9, 1997)
- District Evangelist for the Duisburg-Rheinhausen District (September 3, 2000)
- District Elder for the Krefeld District (September 9, 2001)
- Bishop for the districts of Essen, Düsseldorf and Krefeld (December 2, 2007)
- Apostle for the districts in western North Rhine-Westphalia (April 12, 2009)
- Commissioned as District Apostle (October 7, 2012)
- District Apostle for North Rhine-Westphalia (February 23, 2014)
- Commissioned as District Apostle for West Germany (February 25, 2018)
Supervised countries
- Afghanistan
- Egypt
- Albania
- Algeria
- Angola
- Armenia
- Azerbaijan
- Belgium
- Burkina Faso
- Germany (Hesse, North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland)
- France
- French Guiana (with Guadeloupe and Martinique)
- Gambia
- Georgia
- Greece
- Guinea-Bissau
- Iraq
- Iran
- Jordan
- Cape Verde
- Kosovo
- Latvia
- Lebanon
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Mali
- Malta
- Morocco
- Mauritania
- Monaco
- New Caledonia
- Netherlands
- Netherlands Antilles (Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao)
- Niger
- East Timor
- Portugal
- Sao Tome e Principe
- Senegal
- Suriname
- Syria
- Tahiti
- Tunisia
- Turkey
- Cyprus
See also
Web links
- Church president in West Germany: District Apostle Rainer Storck , portrait on the website of the NAC West Germany
- The new District Apostle is called Rainer Storck , article on the website of the New Apostolic Church International, February 24, 2014
- List of all Apostles of the NAK on apwiki.de
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Storck, Rainer |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German New Apostolic clergyman |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 24, 1958 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kamp-Lintfort |