A community of cultures
As colourful as life itself: the New Apostolic Church is a denomination comprised of hundreds of cultures. It is at home in around 200 countries around the world and thus encompasses a multitude of different worlds.
The New Apostolic faith can be practised within the most diverse of cultures. After all, the unity of the Church is not built on cultural precepts, but on a common doctrine. This unity is cultivated by the District Apostle Meeting, the Church’s collegial governing body, in which all international Church leaders are represented.
Beyond doctrine, cultures can develop within the framework of what is possible and follow regional traditions and circumstances. This applies, for example, to music, the design of teaching material, or the way pastoral care is carried out.
Globally, the New Apostolic Church is made up of 15 District Apostle Areas:
Canada
Bangladesh, Cambodia, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Sri Lanka
District Apostle Mark Woll
DR Congo South East
Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo-South East
District Apostle Tshitshi Tshisekedi
DR Congo West
Democratic Republic of Congo-West
District Apostle Michael David Deppner
East Africa
Kenya, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda
District Apostle Joseph Opemba Ekhuya
Northern and Eastern Germany
Belarus, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Greenland, Iceland, Ireland, Isle of Man, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Northern and Eastern Germany, Norway, Poland, Russia, Sweden, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan,, United Kingdom, Uzbekistan
District Apostle Rüdiger Krause
South America
Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay
District Apostle Enrique Eduardo Minio
South East Asia
Brunei, Indonesia￫, Malaysia￫, Myanmar￫, Philippines￫, Singapore￫, Thailand￫, Vietnam
District Apostle Edy Isnugroho
Southern Africa
Botswana, Falkland Islands, Lesotho, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mayotte, Mozambique, Namibia, Reunion, Saint Helena, Seychelles, South Africa, Swaziland
District Apostle John Leslie Kriel
Southern Germany
Bahrain, Benin, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cameroon, Croatia, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Israel, Ivory Coast, Kuwait, Liberia, Macedonia, Nigeria, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Sierra Leone, South Germany, Togo, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates
District Apostle Michael Ehrich
Switzerland
Austria, Bulgaria, Cuba, Czech Republic, Gibraltar, Hungary, Italy, Moldova, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland
District Apostle Jürg Zbinden
USA
Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, United States, Venezuela
District Apostle Leonard Richard Kolb
Western Germany
Albania, Algeria, Angola, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Cyprus, East Timor, Egypt, France, French Guiana, French Polynesia, Gambia, Georgia, Greece, Guadeloupe, Guinea-Bissau, Iran, Jordan, Kosovo, Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Mali, Malta, Martinique, Mauritania, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Caledonia, Niger, Portugal, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Suriname, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, Western Germany
District Apostle Rainer Storck
American Samoa, Australia, China, Fiji, Hong Kong￫, Japan, Kiribati, Macao, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, South Korea￫, Taiwan￫, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu
District Apostle Peter Schulte
Zambia, Malawi, Zimbabwe
Zambia, Malawi, Zimbabwe
District Apostle Kububa Soko