Géza Soos, the Hungarian Wallenberg

Born 100 years ago, Soos was an integral member of the Hungarian resistance during World War II. The Reformed Church in Hungary celebrates his life, bravery and service during 2013, which is known as the Wallenberg year in Hungary.

04/12/2012

címkék: antisemitism

Amendments In Church Law – The Door Is Open For New Applicants

According to the new church law issued by the Hungarian Government in 2011, only 14 out of 352 religious communities and groups were acknowledged as official churches in Hungary.

28/11/2012

címkék: law

The Movement of Reinterpretation: November Synod Meeting of the RCH

The Synod of the RCH convened for its fall session to discuss, aside from business matters, the vision of the church as it faces an unprecedented time of social change and economic unrest. The RCH invited 11 international delegates from partner churches.

26/11/2012

címkék: general synod, church revision, andrás harmathy

Brief Report of Synod Resolutions

Several important topics were discussed throughout the Synod meeting in mid-November, including a new translation of the Heidelberg Catechism, Starpoint Youth Festival, report of the Confirmation Committee and the Guiding Principles for 2013.

26/11/2012

címkék: general synod, church revision, heidelberg cathechism, starpoint, ambassadors for christ, hungarian reformed church (hrc)

Twenty years of service in hospitals

The hospital ministry in Hungary celebrated its 20th anniversary on 24 October, at the Bethesda Children's Hospital. The Hungarian hospital ministry operates in 28 institutions. The participants evaluated the past years of their service and discussed future possibilities.

23/11/2012

címkék: bethesda hospital

Common Synod to be held in June

The Presidium of the General Convent, operational body of the Hungarian Reformed church leaders in the Carpathian Basin met on Tuesday to discuss the most relevant upcoming events of the church.

23/11/2012

címkék: general convent, heidelberg cathechism, transylvanian church district

In Her Own Words – Global Mission Intern at RCH

Amy Lester is the first Global Mission Intern to work with the RCH. For the next year Amy and the RCH will share in a unique time of fellowship and service as the fruit of a continuously strengthening partnership with Global Ministries. Read her introduction.

21/11/2012

címkék: global ministries

“A New Reformation Would Make a Difference”

“The things that could renew the Church are not new at all.”, said András Harmathy, president of the Church Revision Committee, as he shared some of his thoughts about the mission of the committee in the context of the approaching General Synod session.

19/11/2012

címkék: interview, andrás harmathy, church revision

Rediscovering the Heidelberg Catechism - Regional Conference

In 2013, we celebrate the 450th anniversary of our confession: the Heidelberg Catechism. Published in 1563, adopted in 1567 at the Synod of Debrecen, this document is a true heritage of our Church, something not only to be meditated upon, but to rediscover.

30/10/2012

címkék: confession

That which builds

„It is simpler to poison a community with vain arguments, belligerence and suspicious approach, than to recuperate, rebuild and restore it later." – Árpád Galsi, director of Kálvin Publishing House within the Reformed Church in Hungary, on reformation.

30/10/2012

címkék: reformation

Interview with the convener of the Church Revision Committee

We are in a process of revision. For the coordination of the process the Church Revision Committee was installed by the Synod in 2012, commissioned both to develop an ecclesiological basis for the future church life and for the expected reconfiguration.

24/10/2012

címkék: interview, andrás harmathy, church revision

November Synod meeting to include international guests

An important time in the life of the church is drawing near! The biannual meeting of the General Synod will be held on 14-17 November. For the first time in the history of our church, delegates from partner churches around the world have been invited.

24/10/2012

címkék: general synod

In memory of the martyrs and the witnesses of faith - 1849

In the past 163 years Hungarians have annually remembered the heroes of the revolution, who were murdered on 6 October 1849, bearing in mind that several other innocent victims, and among them, Reformed witnesses of faith were sentenced to death or imprisonment.

16/10/2012

címkék: 15 March, revolution, history

Green Theology is the Only Solution - Launching the Hungarian Eco-Congregation Programme

In October, 2010 the Church of Scotland and the Reformed Church in Hungary joined an agreement in order to launch the Hungarian equivalent of the Eco-Congregation Programme, which is already running successfully in Scotland.

10/10/2012

címkék: eco-congregation, church of scotland

The Ministration of American Volunteers Among Refugees

Ten teachers spent five weeks in the Bicske and Debrecen Refugee Reception Centres, in the Children's Centre in Fót, in the English Language Bible Study Camp organised by the Scottish Mission in Budapest and with the Roma Ministry in Jánd.

10/09/2012

címkék: refugee ministry, teach overseas, reformed mission centre (rmc), refugee, ministry to the people

An Up-To-Date Way To Target Young People

About the Youth Forum And Its Promising Continuation organised by Szabolcs Szontágh Reformed minister and the Synod Office of RCH.

04/09/2012

címkék: youth forum, youth

Letter to the Armenian Apostolic Orthodox Church

The leaders of the Reformed and Lutheran churches in Hungary expressed their sympathy in a letter to the head of the Armenian Apostolic Orthodox Church over the amnesty of the recently extradited Azeri axe killer.

02/09/2012

címkék: gusztav bolcskei

Nationwide Protest Against Buzau Court Decision Regarding Re-Nationalisation of Church Property

On 1 September, 2012 church delegations from all over Transylvania are going to gather at the grounds of the Székely Mikó Reformed High School in Sepsiszentgyörgy (Sfântu Gheorghe), protesting against a legal verdict issued by the Romanian government.

24/08/2012

címkék: miko, transylvanian church district

One year of service in Hungary - voluntary programme of ÖDE

"Szia! A nevem Tabea", says a German girl in surprisingly good Hungarian, wearing a big smile on her face. "I've been working as a volunteer at Bethesda, mostly playing with kids", she continues in English. "The job was just perfect for me."Twenty-year-old Tabea is one of the thirty young people who did voluntary diaconical service in Hungary in the past year.

19/07/2012

címkék: voluntary, voluntary diaconal year centre

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.

04/07/2012

címkék: roma ministry