“Spiritual unity has always existed among us.”

In Debrecen on May 24 the Hungarian Reformed Church held an event celebrating the 5th anniversary of the Reformed Church’s unity. Church leaders and thousands of people gathered in order to remember the historical moment when the Hungarian communities became united.

03/06/2014

címkék: unity day, hungarian reformed church (hrc), debrecen

Something New

Ágnes studied at vocational school, worked in a factory for 17 years and then they sent her away. Her dreams did not come true, but she was able to start a new life. She found her place in a reformed congregation and now works as one of the most active members of her congregation.

15/05/2014

címkék: interview, 1%

We Need a Forced March

New urban congregations, a flatter church structure and greater emphasis on the role of donations – Levente Kovács considers these changes crucial for the Reformed Church. We spoke with the general secretary of the Hungarian Banking Association in connection with the Church's revision process.

15/05/2014

címkék: interview, levente kovács, church revision

A Celebration of Unity

The 24th-25th of May will be a festival weekend in the Hungarian Reformed Church (HRC). In Budapest we celebrate the reformed unity with the traditional 3-day long music festival, while in Debrecen a full-day reunion will commemorate the fifth anniversary of the HRC’s Constituting Synod in 2009. We asked Zoltán Tarr, the general secretary of the Reformed Church in Hungary about the latter.

15/05/2014

címkék: zoltán tarr, unity day, hungarian reformed church (hrc), interview

Memories from London

A group from the university chaplaincy in Szeged took a trip to London in order to start a partnership conversation with the All Souls university congregation. The purpose of the trip was to study the congregational models in London, learn good practices and make new connections.

15/05/2014

címkék: university chaplaincy, youth, partnership

Church Revision: Working toward a Final Recommendation

The Church Revision Committee recently submitted a progress report to the Synod of the Reformed Church in Hungary in order to update the church leaders on the committee's work since the submission of its working plan in November 2013.

13/05/2014

címkék: church revision, Synod

“I’m not a foster parent, I’m a parent”

Edit and her husband, László, are foster parents. They raise two young children in addition to their own. We interviewed the faces behind the Reformed Church in Hungary’s one percent campaign.

08/05/2014

címkék: interview, 1%

Overseas Prayer Partnership

What do you think when you hear the word “partnership?” In the last days of April, a group of Americans from Montague, Michigan demonstrated what “partnership” means for them as they traveled Hungary to meet with two of their sister churches and develop some new relationships along the way.

08/05/2014

címkék: reformed church in america (rca), partnership, prayer partnership

Honey Can Move Mountains

Christians never fight for causes which are completely lost, since with their faith in God they can change the world. This story is about the creativity of a community surrounded by hopelessness in Northeastern Hungary.

07/05/2014

címkék: roma ministry, göncruszka

Young people see the future of the church

It is already the 3rd time that 16-23 years olds from all over the country filled the chamber of the Synod hall in order to debate the possible future of the youth mission within the confines of the Synod Youth Forum ( April 4-5 ).

29/04/2014

címkék: church revision, youth

The Bible For All

The newly revised version of the Bible will be introduced to the public in April within the framework of the International Book festival. The Reformed Church in Hungary can put it to use during its General Synod meeting and at an ecumenical thanksgiving service for the new Bible.

23/04/2014

címkék: translation, hungarian bible society, bible

Roma Mission Hosts National Gathering and Day of Prayer

Focusing on “Reconciliation – Wholeness – and Hope,” several hundred people gathered from across Hungary and from Subcarpathia for a national Roma mission Day of Prayer and sharing. Most of the attendees were Roma, with some non-Roma Hungarians and foreign volunteers present.

23/04/2014

címkék: roma ministry, reformed church in america (rca), conference

New ways of spreading the Bible

It is the Churches’ mission to make the Bible available for everyone – said Viktor Kókai Nagy. We asked the communication director of the new revised Bible translation, which was recently finished, about the new means and ways they use to help the Hungarian Bible Society spread the Word of God.

23/04/2014

címkék: interview, translation, hungarian bible society, bible

Church, Cemetery, Joy

Perhaps finding an article about graveside services on a youth webpage requires some explanation, but maybe there is nothing to explain: the story of Easter is connected to cemeteries, a place of quietness.

19/04/2014

címkék: easter, interview

Depart Orthodox, Return Reformed

A book of Reformed doctrines accidentally caught in the hands of Mihai Androne completely changed his life. We spoke with the professor from the Theological Academy of Cluj-Napoca about the jubilee for the 450th anniversary of the Heidelberg Catechism and what Protestantism means for him.

10/04/2014

címkék: interview, heidelberg catechism, romania, transylvania

What's a day worth?

In only a few minutes, volunteers of the “A way toward life” program – doctors and nurses of the Bethesda Hospital and co-workers of the Reformed Mission Centre – experienced fragments of lives during their mission, when they examined more than 1,000 people in 14 disadvantaged towns within the framework of a free check-up program.

09/04/2014

címkék: roma ministry, bethesda hospital, reformed mission centre (rmc), mission to the people

The HRC's General Convent declaration regarding the Reformed Christian Calvinist Church in Croatia

The leadership of Gustav Adolf Werk paid a visit to the Reformed Christian Calvinist Church in Croatia on 5-7 March. After consulting Bishop Lajos Csáti Szabó and Lay President József Kel and visiting congregations, the organizations decided to re-establish their co-operation.

02/04/2014

címkék: statement, GAW, hungarian reformed church (hrc)

“In whatever you face, we will not forget you”

In a letter to the Reformed Church in Transcarpathia, the Council of WCRC Europe expressed its support and prayer for the reformed people of Transcarpathia. The Council met in Warsaw on 27-28 March with 40 participants representing 25 churches to extend their solidarity for the people of Ukraine.

31/03/2014

címkék: ukraine, sándor zán fábián, world communion of reformed churches (wcrc)

That Little Bit Extra

On 15 February in Budapest, the 10th Tamás Dizsrei Church Aid award was presented. During the conference commemorating the Bethesda Children’s Hospital’s founding director, the leader of the Good Samaritan Reformed Children’s Home, László Kató, was recognized.  

26/03/2014

címkék: good samaritan children's home, lászló katkó

The Good Samaritan’s Pride

God does not have ill and healthy, Turkish, Hungarian and Roma children, merely children. – We spoke with László Katkó the head of the Good Samaritan Reformed Children’s Home in Velyka Dobron, Ukraine after being presented the Tamás Dizseri award.

26/03/2014

címkék: good samaritan children's home, lászló katkó, interview