International Guests Attended the RCH Synod
2014. november 20., tags: international delegates, reconciliation, partnership, synod2014, synod, SynodThe Reformed Church in Hungary is always intentional where the maintenance of international ecumenical relationships is concern. It is a tradition for us to ensure that our officially recognised partners are invited to send representatives to our Synod Meetings. In the same way the Reformed Church in Hungary receives invites to from all corners of the world, from America to Europe and from South Africa to South Korea.
International Guests Attended the RCH Synod
2014. november 20., tags: international delegates, reconciliation, partnership, synod2014, synod, SynodThe Reformed Church in Hungary is always intentional where the maintenance of international ecumenical relationships is concern. It is a tradition for us to ensure that our officially recognised partners are invited to send representatives to our Synod Meetings. In the same way the Reformed Church in Hungary receives invites to from all corners of the world, from America to Europe and from South Africa to South Korea.
Report on Closing Synod of RCH's 13th Cycle
2014. november 19., tags: partnerchurches, synod2014, synod, church revision, Synod, starpointThe 13th Synod Cycle’s 15th Synod Meeting of the Reformed Church in Hungary took place last week on 12th – 13th of November 2014. It was the last Synod of a 6-year-Cycle and the last before elections of new officials.
Report on Closing Synod of RCH's 13th Cycle
2014. november 19., tags: partnerchurches, synod2014, synod, church revision, Synod, starpointThe 13th Synod Cycle’s 15th Synod Meeting of the Reformed Church in Hungary took place last week on 12th – 13th of November 2014. It was the last Synod of a 6-year-Cycle and the last before elections of new officials.
Five years of Synodal Communion of the Hungarian Reformed
2014. november 19., tags: Synod, reformed church in sub-carpathia, synod of rch, synod2014, synod, carpathian basinThe issue of unity should be present more and more sturdily in our mind-set. Without that, the service of the Reformed Church is inconceivable.” – highlighted in the overall retrospective of the last ten years’ reformed cooperation in the Carpathian Basin - reported on the General Convent’s tenth, and the establishment of the Hungarian Reformed Church’s fifth anniversary – Zoltán Tarr, General Secretary of the RCH on the first day of the Synod’s cycle closing session on 12th of November.
Five years of Synodal Communion of the Hungarian Reformed
2014. november 19., tags: Synod, reformed church in sub-carpathia, synod of rch, synod2014, synod, carpathian basinThe issue of unity should be present more and more sturdily in our mind-set. Without that, the service of the Reformed Church is inconceivable.” – highlighted in the overall retrospective of the last ten years’ reformed cooperation in the Carpathian Basin - reported on the General Convent’s tenth, and the establishment of the Hungarian Reformed Church’s fifth anniversary – Zoltán Tarr, General Secretary of the RCH on the first day of the Synod’s cycle closing session on 12th of November.
Election Guide
2014. október 08., tags: Synod, synod, election, documents and reportsThis year is marked by the election of new officials in our church, due to the fact that on 31st December 2014 the six-year mandates of all elected presbytery, church district and Synod officers will expire. We have collected the deadlines, set by the election law, and summed up the agenda in connection to the elections.
Election Guide
2014. október 08., tags: Synod, synod, election, documents and reportsThis year is marked by the election of new officials in our church, due to the fact that on 31st December 2014 the six-year mandates of all elected presbytery, church district and Synod officers will expire. We have collected the deadlines, set by the election law, and summed up the agenda in connection to the elections.
Church Revision: Working toward a Final Recommendation
2014. május 13., tags: church revision, synod, SynodThe Church Revision Committee (CRC) recently submitted a progress report to the Synod of the Reformed Church in Hungary (RCH) in order to update the church leaders on the committee’s work since the submission of its working plan in November 2013.
Church Revision: Working toward a Final Recommendation
2014. május 13., tags: church revision, synod, SynodThe Church Revision Committee (CRC) recently submitted a progress report to the Synod of the Reformed Church in Hungary (RCH) in order to update the church leaders on the committee’s work since the submission of its working plan in November 2013.
A Community Beyond Borders
2013. július 05., tags: community, heidelberg catechism, synod, hungarian reformed church (hrc), SynodThe community of Hungarian-speaking Reformed churches from across the Carpathian Basin gathered in Debrecen on 28 June for the Common Synod of the Hungarian Reformed Church (HRC) with a special emphasis on the 450th anniversary of the Heidelberg Catechism.
A Community Beyond Borders
2013. július 05., tags: community, heidelberg catechism, synod, hungarian reformed church (hrc), SynodThe community of Hungarian-speaking Reformed churches from across the Carpathian Basin gathered in Debrecen on 28 June for the Common Synod of the Hungarian Reformed Church (HRC) with a special emphasis on the 450th anniversary of the Heidelberg Catechism.
Summary of the April Synod Session
2013. április 26., tags: hungarian reformed church (hrc), synod, church revision, 2013, SynodThe spring meeting of the Synod, the highest decision-making body of the Reformed Church in Hungary, opened with a devotion by Dean István Csegei and the 12th session of the 13th Synod cycle was officially called to session by RCH Lay President Pál Huszár.
Summary of the April Synod Session
2013. április 26., tags: hungarian reformed church (hrc), synod, church revision, 2013, SynodThe spring meeting of the Synod, the highest decision-making body of the Reformed Church in Hungary, opened with a devotion by Dean István Csegei and the 12th session of the 13th Synod cycle was officially called to session by RCH Lay President Pál Huszár.
Touch: The Dialogue Powering Revision
2013. április 19., tags: church revision, synod, SynodThe Church Revision Committee of the Reformed Church in Hungary was created to examine the lives of local congregations and through dialogue determine a national strategy. After its approval during the last Synod meeting in November 2012, the Revision Committee set about examining the best way to create meaningful discussion among the RCH's 1,249 congregations.
Touch: The Dialogue Powering Revision
2013. április 19., tags: church revision, synod, SynodThe Church Revision Committee of the Reformed Church in Hungary was created to examine the lives of local congregations and through dialogue determine a national strategy. After its approval during the last Synod meeting in November 2012, the Revision Committee set about examining the best way to create meaningful discussion among the RCH's 1,249 congregations.
“This chaos is yelling all around us…”
2013. április 15., tags: presidium, synod, loránt hegedűs, statement, SynodThe presidium of the Reformed Church in Hungary released a statement on 10 April after the national meeting of deans and elders condemning both recent cemetery vandalism and the statement of Rev. Loránt Hegedűs Jr. calling for an anti-Zionist rally in Budapest.
“This chaos is yelling all around us…”
2013. április 15., tags: presidium, synod, loránt hegedűs, statement, SynodThe presidium of the Reformed Church in Hungary released a statement on 10 April after the national meeting of deans and elders condemning both recent cemetery vandalism and the statement of Rev. Loránt Hegedűs Jr. calling for an anti-Zionist rally in Budapest.
Extraordinary Synod in Lithuania
2013. március 25., tags: world communion of reformed churches (wcrc), Synod, Lithuania, synodOn 23 March, the Evangelical Reformed Church in Lithuania (ERCL), a member of the World Communion of Reformed Churches (WCRC), held an extraordinary Synod where, among other issues, 33 voting members reelected Thomas Šernas as General Superintendent for another three-year term and Rimas Mikalauskas, a local pastor in Birzai, as Vice Superintendent. Petras Puodziunas was elected as the new President of the Consistory (Church Board). A number of ecumenical guests and state officials, including Deputy Ministry of Justice Paulinus Griciunas among others, attended the Synod meeting in Vilnius. Balázs Ódor, Ecumenical Officer of the RCH, was present as the representative of WCRC Europe.
Extraordinary Synod in Lithuania
2013. március 25., tags: world communion of reformed churches (wcrc), Synod, Lithuania, synodOn 23 March, the Evangelical Reformed Church in Lithuania (ERCL), a member of the World Communion of Reformed Churches (WCRC), held an extraordinary Synod where, among other issues, 33 voting members reelected Thomas Šernas as General Superintendent for another three-year term and Rimas Mikalauskas, a local pastor in Birzai, as Vice Superintendent. Petras Puodziunas was elected as the new President of the Consistory (Church Board). A number of ecumenical guests and state officials, including Deputy Ministry of Justice Paulinus Griciunas among others, attended the Synod meeting in Vilnius. Balázs Ódor, Ecumenical Officer of the RCH, was present as the representative of WCRC Europe.
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