The nineteenth annual conference on the church history of the Apostolic Church was organized by the Apostolic History Network from October 16 to 18, 2026, in Brauweiler, Kerpen, and Cologne-Lövenich. The conference focused on the history of the Apostolic Church in the Rhineland from its beginnings to the present. Thirty-five participants from four countries took part in an extensive and varied program.
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Mortgage for the Purchase of the Brockhagen Archive Fully Repaid!
Dear Friends of the Apostolic History Network,
We are extremely pleased to announce that, as a result of our fundraising campaign this fall, we have already been able to make the planned special payment toward our mortgage. By October 15, 2026, we had raised approximately €7,500 in donations. Consequently, the Board decided to transfer the remaining balance to the lending bank during our annual conference in Cologne. On Friday, October 16, the outstanding amount of €9,263.92 was received by the bank.
Registration and schedule for the 2026 Annual Meeting
This year, the Apostolic History Network cordially invites you to the annual conference on church history in the Cologne area. The nineteenth annual meeting on the church history of the Apostolic Communities will take place there from October 16 to 18, 2026. The conference will be held at the New Apostolic Church Kerpen-Stadt (formerly Horrem). A tour of the Central Archives of the New Apostolic Church West is also planned. The theme of the conference is the History of the Apostolic Churches in the Rhineland.
Invitation to the Apostolic Holiday: 190 Years Since the Setting Apart of the Apostles!
Once again this year, the Netzwerk Apostolische Geschichte e.V. is commemorating the anniversary of the setting apart of the Apostles in the Catholic Apostolic congregations on July 14, 1835, with a memorial service. To mark this occasion, we cordially invite you to a memorial gathering featuring readings and music at the Brockhagen Archive on July 14 at 7:30 p.m.!
Network events in the second half of 2026
The network’s new event schedule for the second half of 2026 is now available! Exciting familiar events as well as new ones invite you to participate, either in person here in Brockhagen or virtually. The date and location for our annual meeting have also been set.
Intensive course: One day for 180 years…
On April 25, 2026, the second intensive course on Apostolic Church History took place at the Brockhagen Archives. Ten participants from five federal states of Germany spent an entire day exploring the history and development of the various communities within the Apostolic denomination family.
Spring Fest planned at the Brockhagen Archive!
We are pleased to announce the first change to our event program for the first half of 2026! Thanks to funding from the German Foundation for Civic Engagement and Volunteering (DSEE), we are able to invite you to a Spring Fest at the Brockhagen Archive on May 23, 2026.
Network’s 2025 financial report published
Our current financial report for the past year 2025 is now available. It will also be published in our member magazine “Rundbrief” (issue 1/2026) and can be downloaded in full below. Revenues of €43,357.50 are offset by expenses of €48,491.59.
Network events in the first half of 2026
The network’s new program of events for the first half of 2026 is now available! Exciting familiar and new events invite you to participate, either on site in Brockhagen or virtually. The date and location for our annual meeting have also been finalized.
Meeting in Bensheim 2025: In the footsteps of the Christians of Our Time
The eighteenth annual meeting of the Apostolic History Network took place over the long weekend from October 3 to 5, 2025, in Bensheim and Mannheim. With over 40 interested participants, the number of attendees had grown significantly compared to last year. The conference focused on the history and development of the Christians of Our Time community, which emerged in 1949 from the former New Apostolic Church district of Worms.