Bethlen Naptár, 1989 (Ligonier)

Kálvin Egyházkerület

any linguistic division. So in December of 1927 the Slovak Reformed congregation by once again worshiping in the Hungarian Reformed Church building seperately in their own language, and on the 12th day of July, 1934, they rejoined the Hungarian Reformed Church of Whiting as a group, remaining faithful and active members of the congregation from that time on.

In 1934 major modifications and renovations were begun on the Whiting church building, and these were completed in 1935. The building was reused four feet higher off the ground, the basement was made one foot deeper, and the woodframe structure was enclosed in brick.

For some time the Whiting congregation shared a minister with the South Chicago congregation, but the South Chicago church building had succumbed to age, and could not be renovated. On the 18th of December, 1940, the South Chicago church was disbanded, some members going either to the Burnside (now Calvin Reformed Church, Lynwood) congregation, some to the Chicago (Westside) Hungarian Reformed Church (now Norridge UCC), or to the Whiting congregation. The assets of the South Chicago church came to the Whiting congregation, including the pulpit which today stands in the Whiting church.

Over the past few years the congregation has not made major changes in the church building, but continued to renew and remodel the facilities, modernizing the interior, the heating facilities, and doing the many other renovations necessary to make the building safe and functional. A landmark in the City of Whiting, the church and its members continue to serve the people of the Nortwest Indiana community as they have done in the past.

Ministers of the Congregation

Rev. István Virág Rev. Alexander Mircse Rev. Gero Garay Rev. Arpad Antal Rev. Joseph Kecskemethy Rev. László Egry Rev. Bela Horosz Rev. Joseph Malasics Rev. Dr. Charles Szabó Rev. Dr. Zoltán Füle Rev. Leslie Borsay Rev. László Medyesy Rev. Koloman K. Ludwig

1919-1921

1922-1929

1929-1941

1941-1943

1943-1945

1945- 1946

1946- 1947

1947- 1962

1963- 1964

1964- 1965 1966-1969 1969-1974 1974-180