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A church is a church ... The church is in ruins

N ow that now the "old Kirche“ Platz gemacht hat und an ihrer Stelle etwas Neues entstehen wird, soll nachfolgend beschrieben werden, welche Anforderungen heutzutage an ein neuapostolisches Kirchengebäude gestellt werden.

Ein Kirchengebäude soll ein Ort sein, der zur inneren Ruhe und Besinnung einlädt. Darüber ist sie eine Stätte der Begegnung: Mit anderen Gläubigen, vor allem auch mit Gott. Deshalb bezeichnen wir unsere Kirchen auch als „Haus Gottes“.

The community life is marked by great diversity. In addition to the services there are many other activities including lessons, events for all age groups - from children to seniors -, choir and orchestra rehearsals, meetings of official and functionaries, seminars. This applies particularly to the New Apostolic Church in Aichach, owing to its central location in the church district of Augsburg-Ost such thing as a "central church for the Church District. Even these contemporary requirements must include a newly built church, by taking into their corresponding Other rooms with flexible design and versatile as possible use will be provided.

Given the diversity of requirements that should be met with a new church, this raises the question: "What is now a church building?"

is "a church, a kindergarten?

If a church hall?

Is Church is a living room?

A church is a church.

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(see Reinhard Gieselmann, an architect, Karlsruhe: Directive church building and maintenance ; http://cms.nak-sued.de/Kirchenbau.134.0.html )

This means that the center the church building is the worship space. This is used for contemplation and recollection, prayer and preaching, the administration of the sacraments and carry out acts of blessing, and music. The architectural design should implement this so that no diversion takes place from these central elements of worship. This will be done by an appropriately sensitive materials and colors used (see: Directive church building and maintenance; http://cms.nak-sued.de/Kirchenbau.134.0.html )

In the center of the sanctuary is the altar again - And here again the question arises: What is the altar?

is a theater a swimming pool?

it a bird cage aquarium?

is an altar, a table tennis table?

An altar is an altar.

(see Reinhard Gieselmann; an architect, Karlsruhe: Directive church and entertaining; http://cms.nak-sued.de/Kirchenbau.134.0.html )

As little as a bird cage is an aquarium, so little is an altar, a table tennis table or a table top with base. The altar is a prominent location and is used for preaching and acts of blessing. He is a holy place , a sublime place , he beams as the central point and most important part of the church dignity and grandeur of (see: Directive church building and maintenance; http://cms.nak-sued.de/Kirchenbau.134.0.html ) . These requirements, which emerge from the spiritual significance of this site for New Apostolic Christians by the interior design concept to implement.

With all the requirements described above, which are directed to the structural measures must not be forgotten that these measures is limited. Whether the newly built church building is a place of comfort, of peace and reflection, and whether it is home to that described by Chief Apostle wellness community das bestimmen die gläubigen, die sich darin versammeln. Mit anderen Worten: Sie bestimmen, ob für sie die Kirche eine Kirche und der Altar ein Altar ist.