The Extended Hand Of The Church

Social development, a medical team serving in Bangladesh, volunteering and handing out teddy bears – just a few of the many activities of the Reformed Church Aid in the past six years. Interview with Managing Director Márton Juhász.

01/03/2021

"There’s No Such Thing As Roma-Specific Education"

As a teenager he already actively participated in the cultural life of Bátonyterenye and later left behind the stereotype of poverty and Roma origins as a researcher and journalist.

09/02/2021

Hope of Returning to Normal

Can the coronavirus vaccine cause infertility? Do people suffering from asthma or allergies have anything to worry about? Can people with diabetes get vaccinated? 10+1 questions answered by immunologist and university professor András Falus.

01/02/2021

Vaccination Can Be Life Saving

Hospital chaplains and most of the staff of Bethesda Children's Hospital have already recieved their COVID-19 vaccine. Gyula Rideg, hospital chaplain at Bethesda, said he felt it's his responsibility to get vaccinated as he is working among patients.

29/01/2021

After The Earthquake in Croatia

The Reformed Christian Calvinist Church in Croatia opened their out of use parishes for the victim families of the earthquake in Petrinja. The Hungarian Reformed Church Aid (HRCA) launched a fundraising campaign to support reconstruction works.

06/01/2021

Roma People Have the Right to Speak Out

Zoltán Beck is known in Hungary as the frontman of 30Y rock band. It is lesser known that as a senior lecturer in the Department of Romology at the University of Pécs, he has had a decades-long acamedic career.

04/12/2020

The Watershed

The church didn’t receive its mandate from the world, this is why the ministerial president of the Synod didn’t care about the expectations of society during his long service.

01/12/2020

címkék: elections2020

Mutual Understanding Is Part Of The Work

Eszter Kállay, a teacher at Kalunba Social Servies Ltd. shared her thoughts and experiences teaching disadvantaged children as well as the plans for the future, when face-to-face interaction will be possible again.

12/11/2020

címkék: kalunba, migration

No Touch But There's Consolation

Reformed hospital pastors are standing with the patients too, although they often have to find alternative routes, because not many are allowed to visit those infected with the Coronavirus.

10/11/2020

címkék: coronavirus

We Live in an Uncertain Time of Creation

Boglárka Szűcs, coordinator of the Eco-congregation Movement of RCH, speaks about the topic of the this year's Week of Creation and the positive aspects of COVID-19 in terms of sustainability and protection of Creation.

15/10/2020

címkék: week of creation, eco-congregation

Scolding instead of hearts?

During spring, the whole country applauded the nurses and doctors, now it is not rare that they are shouting at them when they ask them to follow the strict pandemic regulations.

13/10/2020

címkék: bethesda hospital

In Hopes of Further Joint Ministry

Institutions of strategic importance, diminishing congregations and attacks against Christianity – some of the issues discussed at a public discussion of two nominees for the Bishop's office in Budapest.

16/09/2020

címkék: elections2020, elections

Capacity of HRCA Extended

The Hungarian Reformed Church Aid (HRCA) established a new logistics centre in Ebes, a city in Eastern-Hungary, near Debrecen, which was officially opened on 4 September. The new site offers job opportunities for people with disabilities.

09/09/2020

We Felt God's Blessing During the Emergency

Márton Lovász, pastor of Reformed Special College, speaks about the spiritual and social proximity even against physical distance and the challenges of the second part of the school year.

24/08/2020

Love is the Ultimate Bridge

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.

29/07/2020

Those Who Care for the Forgotten Children

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.

21/07/2020

Mission Beyond Transit Zones

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.

01/07/2020

Teaching Roma Children is a Dream Come True

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.

23/06/2020

Elderly Homes Reopened for Visitors

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.

20/06/2020

Self-determination is Part of Human Freedom

How does the Transylvanian Reformed community prepare for the centenary of the Peace Treaty of Trianon signed on June 4 in 1920? Interview with Béla Kató, Bishop of the Transylvanian Reformed Church District.

03/06/2020

címkék: day of national cohesion, Trianon Treaty 100