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.

08/04/2013

címkék: roma ministry, roma council, concept

Let the Countdown to Starpoint Begin!

The venue is set, theme chosen, bands lined up and speakers scheduled. Starpoint is coming! It's hard to imagine that this year's festival in Mezőtúr is only 109 days away, but rest easy, the team has been working around the clock to ensure that this Starpoint will be the best one yet!

04/04/2013

címkék: starpoint, youth, festival

Easter Traditions in Hungary

The Lenten season is a time of great importance for Christians around the world. For the Reformed Church in Hungary the solemnness of Holy Week and celebration of Easter is reflected in the community's traditions.

28/03/2013

címkék: easter

"You are witnesses of these things." (Lk 24:48)

The 2013 Easter message of the Reformed Church in Hungary is a video that examines what Easter means to 8-year-olds from class 2 B at Julianna Reformed Primary School. The students discuss why Jesus' death and resurrection is significant to them.

28/03/2013

címkék: campaign, easter

Easter Devotion - Time out of Time

He is risen! Celebrate the resurrection of our Lord with the following Easter devotion from Rev. Dr. Frank Hegedűs of Saint Margaret's Anglican Episcopal Church in Budapest.

28/03/2013

címkék: easter

Don't Be Afraid!

If we honestly look inside us, it turns out that we are afraid of many things. What wakes us up from our dreams? What causes pain in our thoughts? How could we secure ourselves? We can feel our vulnerability, our fear, because we often experience our weaknesses.

28/03/2013

címkék: easter

The Symbol of the Cross to the RCH

The use of the cross as a symbol is considered taboo in Reformed traditions, although it is not forbidden. "The cross is not responsible for anything," however it can awaken some "painful historical memories," says Károly Fekete, rector of the Reformed Theological University of Debrecen.

28/03/2013

címkék: easter

Extraordinary Synod in Lithuania

On 23 March, the Evangelical Reformed Church in Lithuania, a member of the World Communion of Reformed Churches, held an extraordinary Synod attended by Balázs Ódor, Ecumenical Officer of the RCH, as the representative of WCRC Europe.

25/03/2013

címkék: world communion of reformed churches (wcrc), Synod, Lithuania

The greeting of the new Catholic leader

The Presidency Council of the Reformed Church in Hungary congratulates the newly elected Head of the Catholic Church, Pope Francis I, who was inaugurated on Tuesday.

22/03/2013

We Are Not Alone – Leuenberg conference in Budapest

On the 18th of March during a conference held at the Evangelical-Lutheran Theological University, Reformed and Lutheran bishops commemorated the 40th anniversary of the signing of the Leuenberg Concord and Protestant unity.

22/03/2013

címkék: leuenberg

Küszöb Conference: Crossing the Threshold

The Hungarian Reformed Church Aid (HRCA) recently organized a conference to discuss the challenges facing disabled people in Reformed congregations as well as different ways churches have attempted to address these issues.

19/03/2013

címkék: hungarian reformed church aid (hrca), conference, handicapped, disabled

Birth of a Revolution

15 March is a national holiday and day of celebration in Hungary. It is a day to remember the Hungarian revolution in 1848 and subsequent war for independence from the Austrian-Habsburg monarchy rule.

14/03/2013

címkék: holiday, 1848, Hungary, 15 March, revolution

Hungary’s President to sign Constitutional Modification

Hungarian President János Áder announced Wednesday night in a public television address that he will sign the fourth amendment to the Constitution, which was accepted in Parliament Monday afternoon by 265 votes to 11 with 33 abstentions.

14/03/2013

címkék: law, church-state relation

Reformed Christian Church in Serbia Announces Béla Halász as new Bishop

Word has finally arrived from the Reformed Christian Church in Serbia on the church's tumultuous bishop election. Béla Halász has become the bishop of the RCCS now that the final appeal period officially ended with no further appeals.

11/03/2013

címkék: bishop, reformed christian church in serbia, Serbia, election

We All Sit At One Table

The RCH has launched a new visual marketing campaign to remind Hungarian people of the church's presence in society and motivate taxpayers to support the Reformed church when allocating 1% of their annual income tax for churches and NGOs.

06/03/2013

címkék: campaign, 1%

Remembering the Innovative and Caregiving Spirit of Rev. Endre Gyökössy

Recently, different memorials have been held remembering Rev. Endre Gyökössy, who introduced psychology and pastoral care to pastoral services in Hungary. The first was held on in the Synod Hall of the RCH and the other at Károli Gáspár Reformed University.

05/03/2013

címkék: in memoriam, gyökössy endre

An Ecumenical Response to Annulment of Hungarian Church Law

The Ecumenical Council of Churches in Hungary released a statement on behalf of its member churches in response the Constitutional Court's decision on 26 February that annulled the Law on the Right to Freedom of Conscience and Religion, and on Churches, Religions and Religious Communities.

05/03/2013

címkék: law, church-state relation

Redefining Mission

An interview with Dr. Attie van Niekerk of the Dutch Reformed Church in South Africa. Dr. Niekerk is a founding member and managing director of the NOVA institute. He recently visited Budapest to give a series of lectures on poverty and the redefinition of mission for today's Church.

28/02/2013

címkék: South Africa, interview, Dutch Reformed Church, poverty, mission, Attie van Niekerk

Current Hungarian Church Law Found Unconstitutional

The Constitutional Court declared provisions from the Law on the Right to Freedom of Conscience and Religion, and on Churches unconstitutional and annulled these provisions with a retroactive effect.

26/02/2013

címkék: law, church-state relation

Update on Serbian Election

The Reformed Christian Church in Serbia has released a statement with updates on the state of its bishop election that has been appealed and debated since early January. You can read an interview with bishop nominee Béla Halász following the announcement.

25/02/2013

címkék: bishop election, Serbia, reformed christian church in serbia