Magyar Egyház, 1968 (47. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)

1968-02-01 / 2-3. szám

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MAGYAR EGYHÁZ

who is tutoring me. Yet I know that God has called me to serve our church, and I believe that He will help and guide me so that I will be able to do His work.

1 love the Hungarian Reformed Faith, the Faith which our fathers suffered, fought, and died to save, and to pass on to us. As long as our Church needs me, I will never forsake it. My prayer is that others of my generation who intend to enter the ministry will return from seminary to serve the church of our fathers.

And yet, having gone through it myself, I can understand the predicament of our young men. How can a young man train for service in the Hungarian Reformed Church? We have no seminaries on this side of the Iron Curtain. Our students are scattered all over the country in seminaries of many different denominations.

With this state of affairs, how can our students receive training in the theology, the history, and the language of our Hungarian Reformed Church? They must be gathered together in one place where there are a number of Hungarian Churches. This would have to be under the auspices of some American seminary, hut many would be more than willing to participate in such a program. Our students must have the opportunity to study the theology and the history of our Church, and learn the Hungarian language. They must also have the opnortunity for field work in local Hungarian congregations. Bringing them together is the only way this can be done.

If our Church is to survive and grow and do God’s work, our ministers and our congregations must encourage young men to enter the ministry of our church. They must support them spiritually and financially, and they must provide the opportunity for them to train for service in the Hungarian Reformed Church. This is not a matter that will wait till tomorrow. It is a matter of life and death today.

Christ gave a commandment to all Christians when He said, “Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you . . .”

Who will go to the Hungarian Reformed Christians in America?

Albert Elsivick

BIBLE SOCIETIES SET UP FIVE “SECURITY DEPOSITORIES.” Bibles in all languages are being collected by the United Bible Societies for storage in five “security depositories” around the world, to ensure that at least one copy of every existing translation will survive any possible catastrophe. The depositories are located in London, New York, Canberra, Capetown and Stuttgart.

UNITED CHURCH WOMEN EASTERN AREA

HUNGARIAN REFORMED CHURCH ANNUAL CONFERENCE

Sunday, May 5, 1968 STATEN ISLAND CHURCH

Theme for English speaking participants:

PARENTS AND TEENAGERS IS THERE A COMMUNICATION GAP?

Speaker: S. Louis Panigrosso (Carteret)

Theme for Hungarian speaking participants: THE LOVE OF CHRIST—DOES IT SHOW ON ME?

Speaker: Louis Boros (New Brunswick)

Registration begins at 2 o’clock

Several churches of our communion participated at ecumenical services during the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. In Carteret, New Jersey, one of such services was held in cur Hungarian Reformed Church where Msgr. Dr. Victor Pospishil preached tre sermon, Father John Chonko and Father Henry Bogdan read the Scriptures and led in the litany. In turn, the pastor of our Hungarian Reformed Church, Dr. Andrew Harsanyi, preached the sermon in St. Mary’s Ukranian Catholic Church. The photo shows Roman Catholic, Greek Catholic, Greek Orthodox, Episcopalian, Lutheran and Reformed clergymen from Carteret.

THANKS TO THE STANDARD PRESS

By order of the Bishop’s Council, as of this issue, Magyar Egyház will be printed by the Bethlen Freedom Press, Ligonier, Pa.

It should be considered as self-evident that we have our magazine printed by the world’s only free Hungarian Reformed printing shop.

As we leave Standard Press, New Brunswick, N. J., we do this with the expression of heartfelt appreciation for their splendid co-operation over more than a decade. Mr. Michael Hegedűs, Jr., the “master-printer” and his associates have printed Magyar Egyház not only with care and efficiency but also with love. We are looking back upon an undisturbed business relationship. Its dissolution does not mean the end of our friendship.

Dr. Andrew Harsanyi, editor