INTERNATIONAL NEW APOSTOLIC CHURCH 

THE NEW APOSTOLIC CHURCH IN THE  WORLD

 

                                                                                                           

HISTORY OF THE NEW APOSTOLIC CHURCH IN SAN PABLO-BRAZIL

 

1928 – The District Elder Joseph Koller, made the first reunion in Brazil, in the neighbourhood of Santana/SP, with the blessing of the Chief Apostle Niehaus, with the new apostolic members from Germany that emigrated to Brazil in 1924/5 and settled down in many towns of Great San Pablo.

The District Elder Joseph Koller was in contact by letters with the Apostle Schall and with the Bishop Krφner and with the blessing of these Servants of God, he published an announcement in the newspaper to be able to find other members to start the meeting, and so it happened.  It was the beginning of the work of God with the administration of the District Elder Joseph Koller.

 

1930 – The Apostle Schlapoff Helper to Chief Apostle Bischoff started his visits to Brazil.  Weekly Divine Services were made in the Great San Pablo, and all the members that were being localized were assisted, many of them from the suburbs of San Pablo and other states of Brazil. The attention and spiritual orientation were given by the Chief Apostle and the Apostles, and so was the accounting of the Church properties.

 

1949 -  Joseph Koller passed away 06/09/1949.  The District Elder Otto Sernatinger became the new administrator for the spiritual and material properties with the same spirit of obedience and communion with the beloved Apostles, connected to the Chief Apostle as the District Elder Koller used to do and striving for keeping the communion of the Children of God.  The elder Sernatinger coordinated the tasks among the Ministerial Charges and the District Elder Francisco Hopp did the translations of the Divine Services with the Apostles from German to Portuguese, and also of the Words of Life for the Servants in Portuguese and the special circular letters from the Chief Apostle.

The young Heinz Sernatinger helped not only with the translations but also with the administrative tasks.

 

1961 – Due to the aggravation of the illness of Bishop Otto Sernatinger, the District Apostle Federico Lewitus, who was entitled for Brazil at that moment, gave the responsibility of the administrative tasks to the District Elder Benedicto Beber.

 

1969 – The District Apostle A.A.C. Marton was designated and he coordinated the spiritual and material work for Brazil.

 

1972 -  The Distric Elder Heinz Sernatinger, son of the former Bishop Otto Sernatinger, was instituted and began with the direction of the spiritual area of Brazil with the help of the District Evangelist  Ewaldo Riese.

 

1981 -  After the death of  the District Elder Heinz Sernatinger, the District Evangelist Ewaldo Riese became the manager for the Brazil District, with the supervision of the District Apostle Bianchi, el Apostle Fiore and the Bishop Demetrio from Argentina.

 

1993 – Due to the illness of the  District Elder Ewaldo Riese, the District Evangelist Renato Walter Flatschart  assumed the responsibilities of  the District of  South Brazil  working  together with the District Apostle Mario Fiore and with the help of the Apostle Vilor.

 

2003 – With the blessing of the Chief Apostle Richard Fehr both areas, North and South of Brazil, were unified originating the New Apostolic Church of Brazil. On June 23rd, 2002, the first Apostle of District Guillermo Vilor was named, from Argentina to all the country. This solemn act happened during the Divine Service in the Central Church of Brasilia – Federal District.  At present, the apostles that constitute the group of direct helpers to the District Apostle Guillermo Vilor are the Apostle Caleri and the Apostle Aires from Brazil and the Apostles Milioto and Montes de Oca from Uruguay.

 

 

 

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