Hungarian Reformed Churches Extend Gratitude to Outgoing President of the World Communion of Reformed Churches

Rev. Najla Kassab was elected president of the World Communion of Reformed Churches in 2017. She is also responsible for training, education, and the ministry of women in the leadership of the National Evangelical Synod of Syria and Lebanon (NESSL). She has visited Hungary and Transcarpathia on numerous occasions. This time, Rev. Kassab came to Hungary for a conference at the Pannonhalma Archabbey, which she attended on September 26-27, before travelling to Transcarpathia immediately afterwards.

On September 28, she preached at the Reformed congregation in Nagybereg and served at the Csongori Addiction Mission’s day of Silence in Nagypalád. Afterwards, there was a small discussion with local female pastors and wives of pastors on the importance of women’s resilience in the family and the church.

On Monday, she visited the Reformed Christian Calvinist Church in Croatia, which was followed by a memorial service in Kórógy, where the victims of the Balkan wars were commemorated.

On September 30, she met with Bishop József Steinbach, Bishop of the Transdanubian Church District and Ministerial President of the Synod of the RCH, in Budapest. Bishop Steinbach thanked Rev. Kassab for her service as president of the WCRC and for the special attention she gave to the Reformed community in the Carpathian Basin while also emphasizing the strong relationship between the Reformed Church in Hungary and the National Evangelical Synod of Syria and Lebanon.

Rev. Najla Kassab expressed her gratitude for the support of the Hungarian Reformed community. "The Hungarian Reformed churches are an important part of the global Reformed community, especially in terms of the steadfastness with which Hungarian Reformed Christians view their Reformed identity," said Najla Kassab.

Both expressed their hope that the relationship would continue regardless of the transition and that the relationship between the National Evangelical Synod of Syria and Lebanon and the Hungarian church would only grow stronger.