Hungarian Church Press, 1949 (1. évfolyam, 4-13. szám)

1949-07-26 / 9. szám

No $,-8-II# For all those who wish to take part in the work of evangelisation it is imperative to accept the following attitude which we consider shown by God and the only possible one:

a/ The obedient fulfilment of the clear commandements of God contained in the Scriptures in regard to Church and secular authorities, To that end, we consider it our heartfelt obligation to study and follow the respective teachings of the whole Scripture,' and especially those of the Epistles.

b/ We learned of the Scriptures that the Church and all its servants must accept and follow with obedience the commandment contained in I. Timothy 2: 1-4.

0/ We learned from the'Scriptures that the service of the lord demands a clear and unmistakable attitude in the midst of the world we live in by His gracious will. It is our duty to. obediently accept and serve the entirely new upbuilding of social and economical order on the ground of the historical verdict of God as perceived in faith, we must evade the temptation to he involuntarily the approvers, promoters or strengthensrs of certain reactionary political or churchpolitical attitudes. This can be achieved by making our services unmistakable, determined not to know anything save Jesus Christ and Him as crucified, risen glorified ruling gloriously over evexything.

Consequently we declare as binding for ourselves all the decisions of our Church authorities brought concerning the aforesaid, obeying and endeavouring that our evangelistic services may be in complete and sincere harmony with them.

The representatives of the missionary branches declared that in the spirit cf the declaration they assume communion with the branch of evangelists.

»HEKS« ABOUT THE EE FORMED CHURCH Hi HUNGARY

The following report of the "Hilfswerk der Evangelischen Kirchen der Schweiz" by Rev. II.Hellstern appeared in The Presbyterian World /G0neva7 June last.

"Manifold are our relations with the Reiormod Church in Hungary. A great distance separates us from this land,and many other obstacles have arisen,but in our encounter with our brethren in Hungary we have found ourselves to be not- only the givers, but in many a way also the receivers. Through visits, discussions,lectures and correspondence, we have a^ain and again felt something of the strength prevailing still today in the Reformed Church of Hungary. It is a Church which openly realizes its own former mistakes. It is a Church which does not intehd to rest Lind remain in its attained position, but which knows that the character of the Reformed Church is to be found in the fact that it must continue, and more successfully so, to make it the Church of Jesus Christ. Therefore,we have always been especially happy to help these brethren in their severe struggle by sending in material and spiritual aid, supporting their homes, forwarding literature and promoting all personal relations."