Magyar Egyház, 1968 (47. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
1968-05-01 / 5. szám
MAGYAR EGYHÁZ 13 CONVENTION OF THE HUNGARIAN REFORMED FEDERATION The next issue of Magyar Egyház will come off the press only after the June convention of the Hungarian Reformed Federation of America. Therefore we take this opportunity to salute the convention. May the Lord guide them in their deliberations and decisions! May the ties between the Churches and the Federation be further strengthened to promote the unity among Hungarian Reformed people in America. A.H. B. Y. F. Starts Alumni Membership Drive At the April meeting of the Bethlen Youth Federation Executive Board, held at the Hungarian Reformed Church in Duquesne, Pa., the first signature was put on the B. Y. F. Alumni Association charter member list. The new Alumni Association is seeking to bring together past members of the Bethlen Youtli Federation. In the past 28 years many of our church members have met and made friends in different parts of the country. The aim and goal of the Alumni Association is to renew these old, longtime, unforgotten friendships and ties, and to help bring our churches closer together. B. V F. Executive Board with Robert Szepesi, the first member to sign the Alumni Charter member list Today as never before there is a growing need for an association such as the alumni, an association that would be rich in the heritage and knowledge, not only of our churches but of the many growing problems of the times. This effort to organize the alumni cannot be done alone. In the near future this charter membership list will be sent to all our churches for signatures. If you are an alumni, be sure your name is added to the list. Members who may not have access to the membership list may add their names by contacting: Robert P. Szepesi 208 Peter St., Duquesne, Pa. 15110. Let us make this an all out effort to reunite in the Bethlen Youth Federation Alumni Association. THE SECOND HELVETIC CONFESSION In Questions and Answers Section XVIII. Ecclesiastical servants, their offices and duties. 1. Whom do we understand by ecclesiastical servants? \Ye understand the servants of God, through whom God works for the salvation of man. 2. Since when are there servants of God? God always had and will have his servants to gather, establish, govern, and sustain his church. 3. When can the work of God’s servants be successful? Only when the Spirit of God stirs up faith in the human hearts by the teachings of his servants. 4. Who were the servants of God in the Old Testament Church? The patriarchs, Moses, and the prophets. 5. Who are the servants of God in the New Testament Church? The greatest Teacher of the New Testament Church is the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who called his apostles and instructed them to appoint ministers and teachers for each congregation. 6. How many kinds of servants can we talk about according to the Neiv Testament? We can talk about bishops, elders, ministers and teachers. 7. Why do we reject the ecclesiastical orders of monks? Because Jesus never wanted these orders of monks in His Church, and there is no need for them. 8. Who can be a servant of God? Only that person a. who is caRed and legally elected by the Church; I). who is properly educated, is an eloquent speaker and who conducts a moderate and morally sound life; c. who is publicly installed by prayers and laying of the hands of the leaders of the church. 9. Who cannot be a servant of God? That person who is not called by the Church, but who tries to grab the office of the servants of God in a fraudulent way; and he who is not qualified to fulfill the office of the servants of God. 10. Why do we not call the servants of God “priests”? Because Jesus Christ is the Only High Priest
