Helga mutcheler biography

Helge Mutschler is the tenth Chief Apostle of the New Apostolic Church, having been ordained on May 24, 2026, in Cape Town, succeeding Jean-Luc Schneider. He is a German jurist and church leader, born on August 8, 1974, in Tübingen, Germany. Mutschler grew up with three siblings in Freudenstadt in the Black Forest. After completing high school and civil service, he began studying law at the University of Hannover in 1995. He was admitted to the bar in 2003, earned his doctorate in law in 2005, and worked as a lawyer and managing director of the Lower Saxony Chamber of Tax Consultants before entering full-time church service. He is married to Ann Juliette, and they live with their children in Hannover. Mutschler received his first ministerial task as a Sub-deacon in 1994 at age 20. He was ordained as an Apostle on November 15, 2015, by Chief Apostle Schneider. In 2021, he became District Apostle Helper for Northern and Eastern Germany, also overseeing congregations in Great Britain, Ireland, Northern Europe, Russia, and Central Asia. On Pentecost 2025, he was appointed Chief Apostle Helper, with Schneider announcing him as his successor. As Chief Apostle, Mutschler leads the international New Apostolic Church. His first foreign trip in this office was to Angola in June 2026, where he conducted a central service in Luanda with over 14,000 attendees and ordained two new Apostles. His preaching emphasizes themes of rising after setbacks, hope in Jesus Christ, and living out faith visibly in daily life. He speaks German, English, and French.