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 14 District Apostle Areas:

Canada ↑

Bangladesh, Cambodia, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Sri Lanka


District Apostle Arnaud Martig

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 Élie Taty Mukinda

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 David Heynes

South America ↑

Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay


District Apostle Herman Ernst

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 Peter Bernhard Lambert

Southern Germany ↑

Bahrain, Benin, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cameroon, Croatia, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Israel, Ivory Coast, Kuwait, Liberia, Northern 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 Thomas Deubel

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 John Schnabel

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 Stefan Pöschel

Western Pacific ↑

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 ↑

Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe


District Apostle Kububa Soko