In 2025, the Refugee Ministry of the Hungarian Reformed Church Aid is implementing two significant projects to address the needs of refugees, asylum seekers, and other beneficiaries of international protection residing in Hungary.
Volunteering is a vital component of the Reformed Church in Hungary's mission. Whether through local service projects, international partnerships, or everyday acts of care, volunteers play a key role in how we live out the Gospel together.
On the Feast of Pentecost, we greet the Hungarian Reformed community of the Carpathian Basin and the world!
A team of the Hungarian Reformed Church Aid (HRCA) dispacthed for Transylvania with two tons of humanitarian aid and water pumps to help flood victims and displaced families. HRCA also launched a donation campaign inviting members of the Hungarian reformed community in the region.
RCH hosted a delegation from member churches of the Protestant Church in Switzerland and HEKS Swiss Church Aid from March 13 to March 14. The representatives visited with various departments and missions of RCH and the Hungarian Reformed Church Aid to gain greater insight into the church's activities and mission in Hungary.
The task of the team of the National Reformed Roma Ministry is to support the ministry of evangelisation among the Roma people, either directly or in cooperation with Reformed congregations and institutions, and to work toward reconciliation between Roma and non-Roma. In total, the service reaches around 7,000 people. Interview with István Kocsis, the deputy head of the Diaconia’s department for social inclusion.
On November 7 and 8, Eurodiaconia, in cooperation with the Reformed Church in Hungary (RCH), hosted a Roma Inclusion Network Meeting in Budapest. The meeting was open to partners across Europe working in Diaconia within the network or part of a member organisation of Eurodiaconia.
RCH hosted a delegation from member churches of the Protestant Church in Switzerland and HEKS Swiss Church Aid from March 13 to March 14. The representatives visited with various departments and missions of RCH and the Hungarian Reformed Church Aid to gain greater insight into the church's activities and mission in Hungary.
The war between Ukraine and Russia has continued for three years now. Throughout this time, more than five million people have been forced to leave their homes. Interview with the young man who was seventeen when he fled his family nest in Transcarpathia.
Under the theme “Europe Protecting People More than Borders,” CCME brought together over 60 representatives from member churches, ecumenical partners, and experts to reflect on CCME's legacy and chart a course for the future of asylum policy in Europe.
In a worship service, the Christian congregation in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, whose seventy members were abducted and murdered for their faith in February, thanked the Reformed Church in Hungary and the Hungary Helps Agency for their joint support.
"For us in Hungary today, martyrdom, the witness that we can lay down our lives for the cause of Jesus Christ in a given situation, is unknown, and that is why we have great respect for those Christians who remain believers in Christ even in the most difficult circumstances," said Bishop József Steinbach, Ministerial President of the Synod, on Wednesday, 9 April, at the Ráday House in Budapest, where the Presidium of the Reformed Church in Hungary met with a delegation of Congolese Christians helped by the Church and the "Planetrise" (Földkelte) Association for Culture and Environmental Protection.
Seventy Christians were beheaded in a Protestant church in the north-eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo. In response to the tragedy, the Hungary Helps Agency and the RCH have joined forces to provide financial assistance to the victims' families.
The task of the team of the National Reformed Roma Ministry is to support the ministry of evangelisation among the Roma people, either directly or in cooperation with Reformed congregations and institutions, and to work toward reconciliation between Roma and non-Roma. In total, the service reaches around 7,000 people. Interview with István Kocsis, the deputy head of the Diaconia’s department for social inclusion.
Communities, in particular, can serve God in the year 2025. This year could be a year of war, but it could also be a year of peace. Every action that proclaims the glory of God is a service: it must be spent on what is necessary, what preserves, what protects," says Sándor Zán Fábián, Bishop of the Reformed Church in Transcarpathia (RCT). The RCT has proclaimed this year the Year of Service.
"The novelty of our approach is the clear dedication and outspoken conviction that the Gospel is relevant also in the life of youngsters". 2025 will be the year of youth ministry. Rev. Áron Ablonczy, head of the Youth Office and his colleague, Luca Oláh explained the main goals, program highlights and prioritized topics during the year.
