Building God’s Kingdom on the Margins

In celebration of the 175th Anniversary of the Scottish Mission in Budapest, the RCH talks with Rev Dr. Ottó Pecsuk, former Associate Minister at the Mission, to hear about his time in the congregation.

09/06/2016

címkék: anniversary, rch, interview, 175, scottish mission

We are the Church That Won’t Draw Lines

In celebration of the 175th Anniversary of the Scottish Mission in Budapest, the RCH speaks with Rev Aaron Stevens, current Minister at the Mission, to hear about his time in the congregation.

21/05/2016

címkék: anniversary, rch, Church of Scotland (CoS), interview, 175, scottish mission

A Walking Bible

As a child, Attila János Lakatos was diagnosed as having a developmental disability, but now he is a college student who can easily cite professional literature and recite Bible verses one after another.

14/05/2016

címkék: roma ministry, interview

Everyone Could win with Romology Training

Starting this September, it will be mandatory for all students to learn about Roma studies at the Debrecen Reformed Theological University.

14/04/2016

címkék: roma ministry, interview

Paying More Attention to Grassroot Concerns

Three years ago, Béla Kató, Bishop of the Reformed Church District in Transylvania (Romania) was installed as Bishop at the church of the Farkas Street in Kolozsvár (Cluj). The RCH recently talked with him about many things that have happened in the last three years, like the problems of his district, the implemented steps to fix these problems, and the plans for the near future.

17/03/2016

címkék: hungarian reformed church, reformed church in transylvania

Resettlement Means Safe Passage

Refugees fleeing conflict zones are now able to gain safe passage to cooperative European member states through resettlement efforts. The NGO offshoot of the Refugee Ministry of the RCH is at the forefront of this work in Hungary.

08/03/2016

címkék: refugee ministry, refugee

A Mission with Engineering Accuracy

The Budapest University of Technology and Economics’ reformed chaplain wants to offer professional motivation, community, and counseling to his students with the sharing of the Gospel.

29/02/2016

címkék: youth ministry, youth

Even One Hour Can Help

Rev István Lakó, the Assistant Pastor and Roma Mission Leader of the Reformed Congregation in Salétrom Street talks to the RCH about the unique ministry happening there.

19/02/2016

címkék: róma, roma, HEKS, interview, roma mission, roma ministry

People Are Not the Religion

The RCH sits down with two Turkish students studying theology for the semester at Károli University to talk about Muslim-Christian relations.

01/02/2016

címkék: refugee ministry, interview, rch, refugee

The Calvin Connection

Faculty members from Calvin College, a Reformed Christian university in Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA, reflect on the historic partnership with the Károli Gáspár University of RCH.

20/01/2016

címkék: calvin college, Károli Gáspár Reformed University, partnership

We serve the Church in its entirety

An interview with the Presiding Bishop István Szabó about major public church duties in 2016, the relaunch of the Church Revision Committee, the relationship between our Church and the state as well as the persecution of Christians.

13/01/2016

címkék: presiding bishop, interview

Coming to Hungary for Jesus

“We gave our hearts to Jesus; we changed our country for a religion which is about love, forgiveness, and peace. It was worth it to convert.” A refugee family from Iran shares the story of their conversion to Christianity and how they spend the Christmas season.

16/12/2015

címkék: refugee ministry, refugee

Promise Fulfilled

An interview with the Presiding Bishop István Szabó, about the Christmas story and what it means that God started a new history with humankind through the death and resurrection of the Saviour.

16/12/2015

címkék: presiding bishop, interview, christmas

The Importance of Encouragement

During this time of expectant waiting in Advent, enjoy the theological reflections of the Very Rev. Dr. Ivan Patterson and Mrs. Maureen Patterson, of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland, as they look back over their last few months in Budapest.

14/12/2015

címkék: presbyterian church in ireland (pci), interview, partnership, Synod

Prayer comes first

On the 16th of October, the Youth Prayer Night in the Carpathian Basin was held for the fifth time. The goal of the vigil was for the youth to experience unity in their own communities.

02/11/2015

címkék: interview, youth ministry, youth, hungarian reformed church, prayer night

Moving Past the Hostility

“Not everyone can be automatically accepted, but, instead of speeches of hate, calm words and a clear framework are needed.” We continued the conversation with the colleagues of RCH Refugee Ministry about the event of the last few months.

28/10/2015

címkék: interview, refurgee ministry, 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

The Charm of Three

The 2015 Starpoint Reformed Youth Festival could welcome many fresh participants, as well as real “veterans”, who came for the second or third time.

29/07/2015

címkék: starpoint, youth, festival

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

Genuine Life - Genuine Message

It is only a week before Starpoint begins where Keresztkérdés is going to perform as well. As of this occasion, we have been talking with Dani Kübler, the frontline man and Ildi Nagy, one of the singers, about the band, their aims and plans.

15/07/2015

címkék: starpoint, youth, festival