Responding to Human Need by Loving Service

Food bank hosts 100 families in the sanctuary of St. Columba’s Church of Scotland in Budapest every week

15/06/2023

címkék: st columba, foodbank

Summer camp children support Ukraine with solar-powered lamps

When two congregations in Pennsylvania came together for their annual summer camp, they wanted to find a way to support the people of Ukraine. With the help of international partners, they purchased and sent 92 Luci Lights to congregations in Transcarpathia.

15/05/2023

címkék: reformed church in transcarpathia, ukraine, united church of christ (ucc)

Partners' Consultation of the National Evangelical Synod of Syria and Lebanon

RCH Delegation attends Partners' Consultation hosted by National Evangelical Syond of Syria and Lebanon

06/06/2023

címkék: partnership, Middle East, national evangelical synod of syria and lebanon (nessl)

A record number of participants in the network meeting of the Reformed Inclusive Primary Schools

Since 2017, HEKS (the Swiss Church Aid) has supported efforts to make elementary schools maintained by the Hungarian Reformed Church more inclusive. Today, more than a dozen institutions carry out development aimed at inclusion, and their spring network meeting was hosted by the headquarters of the Hungarian Reformed Church Aid (HRCA). More than fifty employees from eleven schools participated in the all-day workshop on May 22.

23/05/2023

címkék: integration, roma ministry, HEKS

The Delegation of the Ecumenical Council Visits Palestine

The Ecumenical Council of Churches in Hungary (ECCH) delegation visited the Holy Land on May 15-18 at the invitation of the Higher Presidential Committee of Churches Affairs in Palestine.

20/05/2023

címkék: ECCH, ecumenical relations, Middle East

László Harangozó is the New Bishop of the Reformed Christian Church in Serbia

The Synod of the Serbian Reformed Christian Church held its meeting in Bácsfeketehegy (Feketic) on 31 May, where the results of the national election held in the spring were confirmed and the newly elected officials took their oaths in a festive ceremony.

02/06/2023

címkék: Serbia

Saying the Same Thing in a Different Language

"True friendship is that we are brothers to each other in Jesus Christ," said Bishop Zoltán Balog, Ministerial President of the Synod of RCH. This was his message at the service of the Korean church in Budapest, where he preached, April 2nd. The congregation has been member of the Reformed Church in Hungary.

26/05/2023

címkék: bishop zoltan balog, jeong chae hwa, presbyterian church of korea (pck)

European Reformed Representatives on Ukraine and “True Worship”

On May 4-5, 2023, the Area Council of the World Communion of Reformed Churches in Europe (WCRC Europe) met in Thessaloniki, Greece, to discuss issues affecting member churches. Among those issues, Representatives of the European Reformed churches addressed responses to the humanitarian and political situation caused by the war in Ukraine.

24/05/2023

címkék: wcrc europe, ukraine, reformed church in transcarpathia, true worship

Reformed Music Festival

Nationally and internationally renowned performers take turns on Pentecost weekend in and around Kálvin Square in Budapest: more than 60 events await audiences at six venues over three days, and all of them are free of charge. The Reformed Music Festival is set to become one of the biggest free music events in the capital.

23/05/2023

címkék: reformed music festival

The Reformed Music Festival is Renewed with a Star-studded Cavalcade

Nationally and internationally renowned performers take turns on Pentecost weekend in and around Kálvin Square in Budapest: more than 60 events await audiences at six venues over three days, and all of them are free of charge. The Reformed Music Festival is set to become one of the biggest free music events in the capital.

23/05/2023

címkék: unity day, music festival, reformed music festival, reformed public and cultural foundation

Bishop Szabolcs János Bogdán of Királyhágómellék has been inaugurated

Szabolcs János Bogdán has officially assumed the position of bishop in the Királyágómellék Reformed Church District. Religious and lay leaders gathered in the church of Kraszna for the inauguration of the bishop on December 9.

09/12/2022

címkék: inauguration, general assembly, királyhágómellék reformed church district

Shared service for togetherness

“The common goal of our Christianity is for Roma and non-Roma Hungarians to live in peace and love with each other,” said Bishop Zoltán Balog on the ‘We Belong Together — Roma Integration Day’. During the event, the participants reviewed the results of the social inclusion program and shared their aspirations in round table discussions.

15/04/2023

címkék: roma ministry, diaconia, danubian church district, bishop zoltan balog

Possibility of renewing the relationship with God

Between March 19 and March 22, almost fifty people came together at Berekfürdő to share knowledge and participate in accredited training on contextual theology within the Roma Ministry of the Diaconia of Reformed Church in Hungary.

01/04/2023

címkék: roma ministry, diaconia

The leadership of the Reformed Christian Calvinist Church in Croatia has been re-elected

The Synod of the Reformed Christian Calvinist Church in Croatia took place on 8th April in the Reformed Church of Bellye (Bilje), in the presence of the representatives of the General Convent. The Synod members elected the office bearers, in accordance with the constitution and the electoral law of the Church.

12/04/2023

címkék: general convent, croatia

"The nation lives in church and school"

We talked to Sándor Fábián Zán, Bishop of the Hungarian Reformed Church in Transcarpathia (KRE), candidate of the 2022 elections. Among other things, he talked about the past 16 years of his term as Bishop, his current life situation, the present and the future of the Reformed Church.

07/12/2022

címkék: reformed church in transcarpathia, ukraine, bishop zan fabian

From assimilation to inclusion

We come across the concepts of assimilation and integration on a daily basis, but few people understand the meaning of the word inclusion. The term, which is primarily used in education, means ‘I will get to know your characteristics, and you will get to know mine, and this is how we form a community,’ explains Krisztina Naszádi, the coordinator of the Inclusive Education Program of the Swiss Church Aid (HEKS) and the Reformed Church in Hungary. We asked the specialist about the background and practice of inclusive education.

18/03/2023

címkék: integration, roma ministry, HEKS

Gratitude even for the rescued dead

The search and rescue team of the Hungarian Reformed Church Aid (HRCA) helped to rescue five survivors after the February 6 earthquake in Turkey.

02/03/2023

címkék: earthquake, turkey, hungarian reformed church aid (hrca)

Serving for peace with a prayerful life

"It is time to decide whether we want to be helpful. We have the opportunity to change, to turn to God," said Sándor Zán Fábián, Bishop of the Transcarpathian Reformed Church, in his sermon at the Hold utca Reformed Church in Budapest on Sunday, February 26.

26/02/2023

címkék: bishop zoltan balog, reformed church in transcarpathia, bishop zan fabian, ukraine

HRCA provides assistance to 200,000 people

Since the outbreak of the war in February 2022, the Hungarian Reformed Church Aid (HRCA) has been helping people fleeing the war in Ukraine and those who have remained in Transcarpathia.

26/02/2023

címkék: relief, hungarian reformed church aid (hrca), HRCAupdate, ukraine, reformed church in transcarpathia

Transcarpathian Reformed Church inaugurates a newly elected bishop and synod

The installation of Sándor Zán Fábián was held in a packed church on Saturday, January 28. In addition to the bishops and lay presidents from the Reformed Church of the Carpathian Basin, the event was attended by leaders of state and civil organizations from Hungary and Transcarpathia.

29/01/2023

címkék: reformed church in transcarpathia, ukraine, bishop zan fabian