The Reformed Christian Calvinist Church in Croatia opened their out of use parishes for the victim families of the earthquake in Petrinja. The Hungarian Reformed Church Aid (HRCA) launched a fundraising campaign to support reconstruction works.
Over the past year, we have had to face unexpected situations month after month, yet we have experienced that our Heavenly Father has not left us alone. Newly elected Bishops of RCH about their hope for the year 2021.
The Hungarian Reformed Church Aid (HRCA), in an ecumenical spirit, launched a fundraiser campaign to help survivors of the Earthquake in Croatia which was felt also in Hungary on 29 December.
Popular artists sent encouraging messages to thousands of kids and supported the fundraising campaign of the "Ark Camps" social incluson project of RCH for disadvantaged children.
"Do not worry, even if we are struggling in the arena, the angels barrack for us from the grandstand." Now he can meet and join them. Ferenc Szűcs, reformed pastor, Professor Emeritus of Systematic Theology, passed away at the age of 79 years.
RCH joined the initiative of the Karachi based Tehillim School of Church Music & Worship in partnership with the Presbyterian Church of Pakistan to support the reformed families in the country as they prepare for Christmas and witness about Christ's love for all.
RCH is preparing for Christmas with a unique virtual advent calendar. The short, heart-warming daily messages help people realize: even if they in physical distance from their loved ones and friends, they are not alone.
On December 16, 2020, His Holiness Patriarch Mor Ignatius Aphrem II received the keys of the building which the Government of Hungary gave to the Syriac Orthodox Patriarchate to administer as a Syriac Center for the period of 50 years.
Parviz Khyber former client and than colleague of the Refugee Ministry and its implementing partner, the Kalunba Non-Profit was accepted to the expert group of the European Commission on the views of migrants on asylum and integration.
In the past months congregations of the four Church Districts of RCH elected Bishops and Lay Presidents. The new Synod will be constituted on 17th February 2021 and will elect the Ordained and Lay President of RCH. All the candidates at a glance.
The Reformed Roma Special College in Budapest (RefoRom) launched a campaign to help disadvantaged roma students, collecting donations so the students are able to buy the right quality and amount of food, notes, books and clothing for themselves.
‘Real integration is only possible if we prepare not only the people with disabilities for indipendent living, but also their environment to embrace a helping attitude,' reminded the head of the Diaconal Office at the International Day of Persons with Disabilities.
The Wishlist project of the Hungarian Reformed Church Aid (HRCA) proved to be a success: 1800 donors offered support to fulfill Christmas wishes of 2020 children in a total value of 50 000 EUR. One of the gifts came all the way from Australia.
The new Country Program of HEKS starts the 1st of January 2021. One of the primary goals is to encourage the RCH’s congregations to be more open towards roma communities and to support ministries among roma families, children and youth.
The Transtibiscan Church District (Debrecen) announced the results of the ongoing election. Prof. Dr. Károly Fekete has been reelected as Bishop. János Molnár continues to serve as Lay President of the District.
Zoltán Beck is known in Hungary as the frontman of 30Y rock band. It is lesser known that as a senior lecturer in the Department of Romology at the University of Pécs, he has had a decades-long acamedic career.
The church didn’t receive its mandate from the world, this is why the ministerial president of the Synod didn’t care about the expectations of society during his long service.
Known and acknowledged actors and actresses voice the Christmas wishes of needy children. Manna FM joined the Hungarian Reformed Church Aid’s (HRCA) call and the goal is to make 2020 childrens’ wish come true.