Ambassadors for Christ

On behalf of the Reformed Church in Hungary, I welcome you to our new website acquainting you with our life and ministry. We offer regular news updates to inform you about events and issues within our community. Please, challenge us. I greatly appreciate your interest in our life. Yours, Bishop Gusztáv Bölcskei

2014. június 13.

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.

2014. május 15.

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.

2014. május 15.

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.

2014. május 15.

“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.

2014. május 8.

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.

2014. április 23.

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.

2014. április 19.

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.

2014. április 10.

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.

2014. március 26.

Supporting Roma Mission

To understand more about the collaboration between HEKS and the RCH, we spoke with Project Coordinator Petra Dienes about the details of the "Country Program," which focuses on support through the “strengthening of congregations to foster and cooperate with Roma children and young persons.”

2014. március 10.