Apostelamt Jesu Christi

Apostleship of Jesus Christ is the part of the name of three Christian religious communities. They have a common root and looking after decades of division of the merger on a common basis. They are assigned to the group confession of the apostolic communities.

History

The history of this religious community and its origins go back to 1832 with the creation of the first Catholic Apostolic Church. In 1900 /01 believed the New Apostolic District Elder Julius Fischer, Christ was already come " in the flesh" the newly appointed apostles. After clashes with the Chief Apostle Friedrich Krebs, he was excluded from the 1901 Apostolic church. He gathered a small group of believers around and founded on May 2, 1902, the apostleship of Judah.

At Fischer's supporters belonged to the former brickyard workers Hermann Krüger ( 1869-1933 ). Kruger gained great service to the apostleship of Judah, particularly by opened by him at communities in Berlin -Moabit, and in Frankfurt / Oder district. On February 20, 1921, he was used by fishermen under the name of " Simeon " to be an apostle.

Succession disputes after the death of a fisherman in the twenties led to various divisions and fragmentations. 1922 appointed Adolf Fischer Tschach the " Apostle Bishop of Judah ". When Fischer on March 2, 1923 and died Advancement of only 31 -year-old Tschach to the highest dignity in the apostleship, four apostles made ​​independently with their communities, but which had only the dissolved out by Hermann Krüger in April 1923 inventory.

In keeping with the dignity conferred on him the name called Kruger his community apostleship Simeon Judah and then apostleship Simeon Jacobs gender. Even before his death on January 3, 1933, he sat Trubach Albert ( 1901-1980 ) a successor. By a prophecy received this on 20 February 1933 Apostle named " Naphtali ".

In the era of National Socialism apostleship Simeon was dissolved by a decree of the Secret State Police Office in Berlin on 5 November 1934, the accusation " Marxist activities" and prohibited. A large part of the leading members was arrested, but in very small circles, it continued to come together and preserved the cohesion.

After the war, the apostleship was re-registered as a religious community and registered. As of March 30, 1946 unhindered services were celebrated again. During a church service on February 20, 1947 Apostle Albert Trubach was prophetically to the " Apostle of Jesus Christ " called. Two months before his death lay apostle Trubach beginning in July 1980 from his office and called the Apostle Hans -Joachim Preuss ( 1920-1981 ) from Cottbus to succeed him as chief apostle. Following his death on August 6, 1981, the Office of the Chief Apostle was not renewed. The apostleship of Jesus Christ Kdö.R waived in the following period to the Office of the Chief Apostle and returned to the Catholic Apostolic principle of equality of all the apostles.

Splittings and aspirations for reunification

Through the Wall arose in West and East Germany different developments that led up to the separation of West and East AJC. From the apostleship of Jesus Christ initiated by Hermann Krüger developed over the decades following the so-called apostolic communities:

• Apostleship of Jesus Christ, created in 1960, a public corporation ( AJC K. d ö R. ), established the Church Main Office in Cottbus,
• Apostleship of Jesus Christ Church, eV originated in 1960 as a corporation under private law ( AJC eV ) headquartered in Berlin with 24 municipalities,
• Community of the apostles of Jesus Christ, a registered association, a spin-off of the AJC eV from 1986 with currently eight municipalities.

The AJC eV and the GdAJC eV have been working hard together intensely and strive for a union. In May 2005, the desired combination of all three communities failed initially. The AJC K. d ö R. had appointed a new chief Apostle. This objective, together with two other apostles of his community, a "merger" with the OAC ( Old Apostolic Church ) on. These attempts failed, because many members and offices of the AJC K. d ö R. This change did not follow.

Since 2006, the idea of " growing together " of all three legal forms of the AJC, AJC as K. d ö R, GdAJC eV, AJC implemented eV. There have been many changes and new goals set " to a common AJC ( apostleship of Jesus Christ ) ." Currently, a mutual exchange takes place, common belief statements are processed and a common worship liturgy is already practiced.

The supreme body of all three AJC areas is the " Advanced Apostles conference " in which crucial decisions are taken for the association.

Teaching

The understanding of faith communities of all mentioned here is based on the Apostles 'Creed ( Apostles' Creed ). The earlier doctrine of " impersonal return of Jesus Christ to the Apostles " is no longer represented. It has been invoked in part to the Old Testament name of the people of Israel as the son of God and the New Testament picture of head and body of Christ. Because of this belief in the incarnation also repeated refusal followed to the eschatological expectation of Christ's return.

The sacrament of sealing takes as in many other apostolic communities in the apostleship of Jesus Christ a central role. Other sacraments are Baptism and the Lord's Supper. In theory and practice, the apostleship of Jesus Christ based on the Bible otherwise. Use takes the Luther Bible, as amended in 1912. The " literal " Bible faith is recognizable by the grace of spiritual sense of the Bible preferred.

Ecumenism

Due to the intense church cooperation of the churches in the GDR, the apostleship of Jesus Christ K. d ö R. (East) was a guest member of the Council of Christian Churches in the GDR. This went on in the Council of Christian Churches after reunification. So the apostle ministry of Jesus Christ (East) was so far the only apostolic community that collaborates at the federal level as a guest member of the ACK.

The apostleship of Jesus Christ ( V. and K. R. d ö ) is a member of the Association of Churches and religious societies in Berlin ( AKR ), what the Communities and radio broadcasts as the word will allow for days on Radio Berlin Germany.