Fall Synod Report 2013

The fall meeting of the General Synod of the RCH began on 14 November in Budapest. Several topics were on the docket for the meeting, including the Roma action plan, the findings of the Church Revision Committee and a discussion on the implication of the Leuenberg Agreement on church legal documents.

2013. november 18.

Learning from Roma Integration Initiatives in Hungary and Serbia

German politicians have traveled to Hungary to study existing Roma integration programs, because as the EU continues to expand east, large numbers of Roma are arriving in Germany, creating major integration challenges.

2013. október 3.

Reflections on Mission

Keith Kraft, a United Church of Christ pastor from the U.S., gives his reflection on the month spent alongside his wife Debbie at a summer camp for Roma in Csonkapapi, Ukraine. The camp provides weeklong programs from June through July for nearly 400 youth from several communities.

2013. szeptember 18.

A New Swiss-Hungarian Cooperation Is Born

It is an exciting time for the Reformed Church in Hungary and the Swiss Interchurch Aid. On Thursday, the two organizations took another step together strengthening their partnership with an agreement that focuses on Roma ministry in Hungary.

2013. szeptember 6.

A Step Toward Reconciliation

It is fitting that the RCH's Roma Council is meeting to debate its Roma Concept today, 8 April, because it coincides with the International Roma Day. It is a day to celebrate Roma culture but also draw attention to continued discrimination that the Roma community faces.

2013. április 8.

Ministry among the Roma - Interview with Attila Landauer, Gypsy Studies Specialist

In Hungary, Roma communities have been an inseparable part of society for centuries and in the life of churches, service among Roma has always primarily meant spreading the Gospel. Interview with Attila Landauer, national coordinator of Roma ministry of the RCH.

2012. december 10.

Gypsies in Europe

In the following interview Szilveszter Póczik, historian-criminologist and the senior scientific representative of the Hungarian National Institute of Crimonology (OKRI), attempts to throw light on the differences and similarities between Gypsies living in Eastern and Western Europe.

2012. július 4.

A New Reformed Collegium for Roma Students in Debrecen

The István Wáli Reformed Roma Collegium, which currently hosts 16 students, officially started its operation in September 2011. The Collegium was established as part of the Christian Roma Collegium Network to provide Roma students participating in higher education with accommodation, mentoring and additional courses to complement their school studies.

2012. június 19.

Roma are by far not a Homogeneous Group

This article contains some of the most thought provoking excerpts from a two-part interview with Pál Nagy, historian and scientific consultant at Szent István University in Gödöllő, Hungary.

2012. június 19.

No Life is Barren – a Reformed Roma Mission conference

The dialogue between cultures, the role of education in integration, the relationship of church and the Roma community, as well as job creation were among the topics discussed by the participants of the Roma mission consultation held at the Budapest office of the Reformed Church of Hungary.

2011. július 8.