"I Pray That They Find Peace"

The Rev Aaron Stevens, minister of St Columba's Church of Scotland in Budapest, Hungary, gives a powerful account of this summer's refugee crisis in the city and his church's efforts to help.

11/09/2015

címkék: Church of Scotland (CoS), refugee ministry, scottish mission, refugee

Refugee crisis: Churches in Romania call for compassion

The Romanian news portal asked the church leaders in Romania regarding the refugee crisis. Béla Kató, Bishop of the Transylvanian Reformed Church District was aslo interviewed.

10/09/2015

címkék: hungarian reformed church (hrc), romania, refugee, transylvanian reformed church district

WCRC Letter on the Refugee Crisis

The WCRC sent a letter to its member churches on the refugee crisis in Europe, referring also to the Hungarian situation.

09/09/2015

címkék: refugee ministry, world communion of reformed churches (wcrc), refugee

Part I: The Story of Abdul

This past May a group of American students and their teacher decided to do their missions trip in Budapest with the refugee mission of Reformed Mission Centre (RMK). During their stay, students became acquainted with several people and families and they learned about their ways of life and the turbulent situations that forced them to flee.

07/09/2015

címkék: reformed mission center (rmc), blog, refugee ministry, refugee

Blog Series on mission trip with the RCH Refugee Ministry

Last May American students did their missions trip in Budapest with RCH Refugee Ministry and learned about refugees' ways of life and the turbulent situations that forced them to flee.

07/09/2015

címkék: refugee ministry, refugee, blog, reformed mission center (rmc)

Part II: The Story of Wafa

This past May a group of American students and their teacher decided to do their missions trip in Budapest with the refugee mission of Reformed Mission Centre (RMK). During their stay, students became acquainted with several people and families and they learned about their ways of life and the turbulent situations that forced them to flee. Part II.

07/09/2015

címkék: reformed mission center (rmc), blog, refugee ministry, refugee

Part V: The Story of Omer

This past May a group of American students and their teacher decided to do their missions trip in Budapest with the refugee mission of Reformed Mission Centre (RMK). During their stay, students became acquainted with several people and families and they learned about their ways of life and the turbulent situations that forced them to flee. Part V.

07/09/2015

címkék: reformed mission center (rmc), blog, refugee ministry, refugee

Part III: The Story of Ali

This past May a group of American students and their teacher decided to do their missions trip in Budapest with the refugee mission of Reformed Mission Centre (RMK). During their stay, students became acquainted with several people and families and they learned about their ways of life and the turbulent situations that forced them to flee. Part III.

07/09/2015

címkék: reformed mission center (rmc), blog, refugee ministry, refugee

Part IV: The Stories of Adea and Hamida

This past May a group of American students and their teacher decided to do their missions trip in Budapest with the refugee mission of Reformed Mission Centre (RMK). During their stay, students became acquainted with several people and families and they learned about their ways of life and the turbulent situations that forced them to flee. Part IV.

07/09/2015

címkék: reformed mission center (rmc), blog, refugee ministry, refugee

The project of the Refugee Ministry for the 2015 Eurodiaconia Award

The Refugee Ministry submitted its “Community centre for refugees and migrants in Budapest” program for the Eurodiaconia Award. The program has began on the 30st of April 2013 and ended in June 2015.

04/09/2015

címkék: refugee ministry, eurodiaconia, refugee

Hungarian Reformed Church Aid On the Scene at Keleti Railway Station

"In the current situation it is our common responsibility to alleviate people’s neediness regardless of gender, religion or nationality,"reads the Call of HRCA.

04/09/2015

címkék: hungarian reformed church aid(hrca), refugee

Hungarian Reformed Church Aid On the Scene

"In the current situation it is our common responsibility to alleviate people’s neediness regardless of gender, religion or nationality," Follow the activity of Hungarian Reformed Church Aid (HRCA) among refugees and read the daily updates, published by HRCA's Communication Service.

04/09/2015

címkék: hungarian reformed church aid (hrca), activity, refugee

RCH Statement Regarding the Refugee Situation

The Ministerial President of the Synod of RCH, Bishop István Szabó held a professional consultation with the representatives of RCH on 3 September 2015.

04/09/2015

címkék: refugee ministry, statement, refugee

Genies and Other Refugees

We talked with multi-awarded head of RCH Refugee Ministry Dóra Kanizsai-Nagy and the Mission’s project coordinator Balázs Acsai about the dangers of the misconceptions about refugees and the Christian attitude towards them.

19/08/2015

címkék: Reformed Mission Centre, interview, refugee ministry, refugee

One Hour

There are people, who want to discriminate them, who want to misuse them and there are those people, who want to help them. So did the Hungarian Youth together with more volunteers from other countries in Europe and Middle East.

15/07/2015

címkék: refugee ministry, refugee

The First 5 Things a Refugee Should Hear When Entering Your Church

For about nine years now, I’ve been minister of a church dedicated to serving people from other countries. I hope a few lessons I’ve learned can help your congregation show kindness to strangers.

19/06/2015

címkék: refugee ministry, world refugee day, 5 things, scottish mission, refugee

Celebrating World Refugee Day

For World Refugee Day 2015, the Refugee Ministry of the RCH is encouraging anyone available to join in the UNHCR Celebrations and events organised by the ministry. To mark this day we share Sophie’s story, a benefactor of the Refugee Ministry and featured in the poster stories for UNHCR.

17/06/2015

címkék: refugee ministry, scottish mission, world refugee day, refugee

New wave of mobilisation and deepening humanitarian crises in Ukraine

As part of a humanitarian crisis intervention, coordinated by the UN, the Hungarian Reformed Church Aid delivers relief supplies to Sub-Carpathia and to the refugee camps in Eastern- Ukraine.

09/02/2015

címkék: hungarian reformed church aid (hrca), reformed church in sub-carpathia, ukraine

Teach Overseas Closes its Doors after 33 Years

The Teach Overseas program has been sending native English speakers to Hungary for more than 20 years. Most recently this connection has been manifested through the organization’s relationship with the Refugee Ministry of the Reformed Church in Hungary.

03/10/2014

címkék: refugee ministry, teach overseas, esi, refugee

Learning Together

Maria Kojdecka came to Budapest as a volunteer with no real plan of where she would work. All she knew was that she wanted to teach and wanted an adventure. She found herself at the community center of the Reformed Church in Hungary’s Refugee Ministry.

24/09/2014

címkék: reformed mission center (rmc), refugee ministry, refugee