Social upheaval in the US affects also American partner churches of RCH. For a better understanding, the Reformed Weekly of RCH, in its recent issue published an interview with Rev. Wylie Hughes, minister of PC USA.
Rev. József Sipos, Hungarian reformed pastor in Ukraine, coordinator of an NGO supporting the “Forgotten” Children and chair of the Reformed Youth Association of Transcarpathia was awarded.
Church members support the start of the school year for five hundred disadvantaged children by joining the latest fundraising campaign of the Hungarian Reformed Church Aid (HRCA).
Bethesda Children’s Hospital celebrates the heroes of healthcare and captures the memory of this strange, unifying, yet distancing quarantine time by publishing a cookbook written by the healing community.
“Ark Camp”, a series of inclusive summer camps organized by RCH for socially disadvantaged children, with the support of dozens of professionals and volunteers, will take place also this year.
RCH hosted a video conference with HEKS representatives to review the outgoing period of Church Cooperation and to plan the new Country Program focusing on social change in terms of integration of Roma and Refugees.
HRCA and the Reformed Mission Center continue accompanying Asylum seekers and offer them spiritual and social support even after Gov decision to close Transit Zones in Hungary. Interview with Rev. Ágoston Dobos.
"As for now, the image of the empty churches, we have been confronted with in recent months, is a nightmare from which we can wake up. At the same time it should also be a warning sign."
"Ideologies are based on a certain desire not to know." Reflection of Dr. István Szabó, presiding Bishop of the General Synod of the RCH, about the violence in the United States.
Today we commemorate the 70th anniversary of the outbreak of the Korean War. RCH has been journeying with the Korean Presbyterian community for reconciliation, peace and reunification for decades.
Interview with the Viktor Budai, holder of the best Roma Reformed Teacher Award of the year, about his adventurous life, wows, dreams and prejudices against Roma.
The weather conditions of recent days have made life difficult for thousands of families across the country, and the homes of several families have become uninhabitable due to heavy rainfall entering their houses.
As Believers we have always been taught to love our enemies and yet, as a Believer who is also a descendant of enslaved Africans in America, I find rage to be an obvious and natural response.
After a three-month ban due to COVID-19, RCH’s elderly homes can receive visitors again, and also spiritual life can be revitalized. So far there have been no cases of novel coronavirus infection among the residents.
Focus group discussions, external financial audit, exhaustive narrative reports – this is how RCH and HEKS prepare the evaluation of their cooperation in the past four years.
Due to the emergency situation still in place, the Synod held its session in the church of the Budapest-Fasor congregation, in complying with COVID-19 related restrictions and regulations.
Sixty-six kindergartens are being built and renewed within the framework of the countrywide kindergarten program of RCH. "Our goal is to raise children whom we can be proud of 15, 50 or 100 years later," said Bishop István Szabó.
Dr. Ágnes Czine, former Deputy Rector for Education of the Károli Gáspár Reformed University, has been appointed by the Senate of the University to perform the duties of the Rector as of June 5.
The Communication Service of RCH invited members of the WCRC family to read together the biblical story about the first Pentecost as sign of our communion.