Facing the Past and the Present

The individual and the community are determined by their own past. Whether they like and admit it or not, the past is always with them, in them, that is why it is essential to know it, emphasized historian László Tőkéczki, Lay President of the Danubian Reformed Church District.

04/03/2014

címkék: interview, tőkéczki, church revision

1% support, 99% spirit

The RCH's 1% campaign would like to show conversion and the inner and outer change that comes with it. We have looked for real life stories with real flesh and blood people behind them, whose lives have completely turned around by receiving the gospel and through the service of the Reformed Church.

13/02/2014

címkék: interview, 1%, campaign

Over the Border: Interest in Unity

Among many other things, we spoke with István Csűry, bishop of the Királyhágómellék Reformed Church District, and Béla Kató, bishop of the Transylvanian Reformed Church District, about why Hungarians need Mohács and how ecumenism comes to fruition in Transylvania.

06/02/2014

címkék: unity, transylvania, interview, királyhágómellék reformed church district, béla kató, transylvanian reformed church district, istván csűry

Diversity as a Task

Regarding the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, reformatus.hu interviewed the Reformed Bishop József Steinbach, President of the Ecumenical Council of Churches in Hungary.

23/01/2014

címkék: józsef steinbach, interview, ecumenical, week of prayer

Beautiful Diversity

"Our mission is to provide a home to 'newcomers,' to help rebuild their lives in humanity and to give Christ's love to them," said Dóra Kanizsai-Nagy, the head of the Refugee Ministry who won the Equality Prize on the Day of Social Work.

08/01/2014

címkék: refugee ministry, mission to the people, interview, reformed mission centre (rmc), refugee

Opening Doors and Strengthening Reformed Ties

Rev. Dr. Jerry Pillay is the president of the World Communion of Reformed Churches and also the General Secretary of the Presbyterian Church in South Africa. He recently made a trip to Hungary where he received an honorary doctorate from the Debrecen Reformed Theological University.

28/11/2013

címkék: doctorate, jerry pillay, interview, world communion of reformed churches (wcrc), debrecen reformed theological university

Discussing the Hungarian Perspective on World Mission

Rev. László Gonda has been a member of the Commission on World Mission and Evangelism since 2006 and together with his fellow commissioners, helped develop mission statement of the WCC entitled, Together Towards Life: Mission and Evangelism in Changing Landscapes.

08/11/2013

címkék: statement, wcc, interview, general assembly, mission, laszlo gonda, world council of churches (wcc)

"I have no grief"

In remembrance of the 1956 revolution we spoke with Dániel Szabó, recent recipient of the anniversary medallion of the Debrecen Reformed College on its 475th anniversary. We asked the former lay president of the Cistibiscan church district about his memories from the ’50s.

25/10/2013

címkék: 1956, history, interview, revolution, szabó dániel

Evolution of the Scottish Mission in Budapest

The RCH and the Church of Scotland have a longstanding relationship and unique history. The following is an interview with Rev. Aaron Stevens of St. Columba's Church of Scotland discussing the evolution of the Scottish Mission in Budapest and the ties that bind both churches together.

15/08/2013

címkék: jane haining, st columba, scottish mission, church of scotland

Interview with the Presbyterian Church in the Republic of Korea

Recently a delegation from the Presbyterian Church in the Republic of Korea visited the Reformed Church in Hungary. The following interview is with Rev. Dr. Min Heui Cheon, the Executive Secretary of the Ecumenical Relations Department for the PROK.

10/05/2013

címkék: prok, interview, ecumenical, partner church

Redefining Mission

An interview with Dr. Attie van Niekerk of the Dutch Reformed Church in South Africa. Dr. Niekerk is a founding member and managing director of the NOVA institute. He recently visited Budapest to give a series of lectures on poverty and the redefinition of mission for today's Church.

28/02/2013

címkék: South Africa, interview, Dutch Reformed Church, poverty, mission, Attie van Niekerk

Update on Serbian Election

The Reformed Christian Church in Serbia has released a statement with updates on the state of its bishop election that has been appealed and debated since early January. You can read an interview with bishop nominee Béla Halász following the announcement.

25/02/2013

címkék: bishop election, Serbia, reformed christian church in serbia

Ministry among the Roma - Interview with Attila Landauer, Gypsy Studies Specialist

In Hungary, Roma communities have been an inseparable part of society for centuries and in the life of churches, service among Roma has always primarily meant spreading the Gospel. Interview with Attila Landauer, national coordinator of Roma ministry of the RCH.

10/12/2012

címkék: roma ministry, interview

“A New Reformation Would Make a Difference”

“The things that could renew the Church are not new at all.”, said András Harmathy, president of the Church Revision Committee, as he shared some of his thoughts about the mission of the committee in the context of the approaching General Synod session.

19/11/2012

címkék: interview, andrás harmathy, church revision

Interview with the convener of the Church Revision Committee

We are in a process of revision. For the coordination of the process the Church Revision Committee was installed by the Synod in 2012, commissioned both to develop an ecclesiological basis for the future church life and for the expected reconfiguration.

24/10/2012

címkék: interview, andrás harmathy, church revision

An Up-To-Date Way To Target Young People

About the Youth Forum And Its Promising Continuation organised by Szabolcs Szontágh Reformed minister and the Synod Office of RCH.

04/09/2012

címkék: youth forum, youth

Gypsies in Europe

In the following interview Szilveszter Póczik, historian-criminologist and the senior scientific representative of the Hungarian National Institute of Crimonology (OKRI), attempts to throw light on the differences and similarities between Gypsies living in Eastern and Western Europe.

04/07/2012

címkék: roma ministry

Roma are by far not a Homogeneous Group

This article contains some of the most thought provoking excerpts from a two-part interview with Pál Nagy, historian and scientific consultant at Szent István University in Gödöllő, Hungary.

19/06/2012

címkék: roma ministry, interview

A response from abroad – an interview with a Dutch “Life Belt” supporter

Interview with Johanna Meyerin, who supported the "Life Belt Programme" from Holland.

01/06/2012

címkék: hungarian reformed church aid (hrca), interview, life belt