Members from five protestant denominations gathered February 4 for the second annual Protestant Roma Mission Conference, which took place at a Baptist congregation in Budafok.
Following a June meeting with Swiss Interchurch Aid (HEKS), HEKS and RCH have signed a memorandum of commitment for another three-year country program in Hungary.
The RCH has recently published an English translation of a popular interview series done highlighting the work of Roma youth, mission workers, pastors, and artists within the RCH.
An After School project managed by the Reformed Church in Pilisvörösvár relies on the funds raised by selling soup and sweets at the Szimpla market to support their summer camp for disadvantaged children.
The historic partnership between HEKS and the RCH continues as members of both organizations gathered in Budapest June 23-24 to discuss their ongoing partnership work in the region.
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.
More than three hundred people gathered in the reformed church of Káposztásmegyer for the Hungarian Roma Mission’s Annual Prayer Meeting on the 9th of April.
Rev. Matthias Herren, Swiss Interchurch Aid (HEKS) secretary for Middle and Eastern Europe, along with other representatives from HEKS, recently made a trip to Hungary.
Dániel Szabó, former Lay President of Cistibiscan Reformed Church District, talks about vital initiatives to bridge the gap between Roma and Hungarian societies.
We continue the conversation with Rev István Lakó, Assistant Pastor and Roma Mission Leader of the Reformed Congregation at Salétrom Street about what makes this ministry different.
“Romas’ Redeemer, Jesus is our God…” sang nearly four thousands Roma and non-Roma believers at the first Protestant Roma Mission Meeting at the Evangelical-Lutheran Church of Budapest-Fasor on February 20, 2016.
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.
Between the 25th and 27th of September, the Reformed Church in Hungary held a National Roma Mission Conference titled “You blessed us, You redeemed us, You welcomed us into your country.”
Claude Ruey, President of the Board of Trustees of HEKS paid a short visit in Hungary on June 6 and met colleagues of the Roma Ministry and Pál Huszár, Lay President of the Synod of RCH.
“Last year it was quite hard to round up nine people, today thirty-six of us have gathered here” - shared his joy a pastor at the National Roma Mission Meeting and Prayer Day.
Tragedies like the Roma Holocaust will only be unrepeatable if there is a culture of respect and if the mainstream and Roma “learn together, work together, live together and think together,” the minister of human resources said.
Between the 25th and the 28th of February, nearly sixty people attended the conference called “Rapprochement Among Nations”, which provided an opportunity to experience the healing and reconciliation among Christians of different origins.