Fraternity-Testvériség, 1964 (42. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)

1964-10-01 / 10. szám

FRATERNITY

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Volume XLII OCTOBER 1984 Number 10

JOSEPH KECSKEMETHY:

ITEMS OF INTEREST

THE FUTURE OF THE HUNGARIAN REFORMED CONGREGATIONS IN AMERICA

(This important and most interesting topic was assigned by the

President of the Hungarian Reformed Presbyters’ Association to Mr. John Nemesnyik, a second generation presbyter of the Passaic Hungarian Reformed Church. After his valuable and eloquent presentation, the

subject matter was discussed at length benefitting both the ministers and laymen. The author of this paper is very dear to me. He was one of my Sunday School pupils and a member of my first Confirmation Class in my first church in America, the Hungarian Reformed Church of Passaic, New Jersey. John Nemesnyik’s conception and philosophy of Hungarian church life and its future proves his Christian caliber and loyalty to the faith of his fathers, and I, in turn, can express my joy and give humble thanks to our Lord that such valuable second and third generation church members were produced through the spiritual guidance of our first and second generation ministers here in America. If we could have more of his kind, the future of the

Hungarian Reformed Congregations is assured for at least another one or two more generations.)

It is almost impossible, today, to predict the future of the Hungarian Reformed Congregations. The differing viewpoints of the clergy right from the start of things, 60-70 years ago,

through today, the nature of the lay people, their attitudes and their aptitudes, the interfering external forces, two world wars, a severe depression and many other factors make it practically impossible to determine a behavior pattern of the Hungarian Reformed Congregations from which a future might be predicted. Therefore, I would rather, at this time, express mv