Hungarian Reformed Communion

Hungarian Reformed Church
Magyar Református Egyház
TypeWestern Christianity
ClassificationProtestant
OrientationContinental Reformed
ScriptureBible
TheologyReformed theology
PolityEpiscopal
StructureCommunion
Dioceses10
RegionCarpathian Basin
LanguageHungarian
LiturgyReformed
Origin2009
Congregations3,125
Members1,623,991

The Hungarian Reformed Church (HRC) or Hungarian Reformed Communion (Hungarian: Magyar Református Egyház) is a global fellowship of continental Reformed denominations historically related to the Reformed Church of Hungary.[1][2]

The purpose of the organization is to maintain unity among Hungarian Reformed churches in different countries and to give joint representation of denominations in international organizations of Reformed denominations.[3]

History

From the Dissolution of Austria-Hungary, after the First World War, the members of the Reformed Church of Hungary were spread over several countries.[4] In each of these, Hungarian reformeds organized themselves as a new national denomination.[5][6]

On May 22, 2009, 6 of the Hungarian Reformed denominations (Reformed Church in Hungary, Reformed Church in Romania, Reformed Church in Transcarpathia, Reformed Christian Church in Serbia, Reformed Christian Church in Slovakia and Reformed Church in Slovenia) decided to form a Hungarian Reformed Communion, also called the Hungarian Reformed Church.[7]

In the same year, the Hungarian Reformed Church in America joined the organization.[8]

In 2013, the Reformed Christian Calvinist Church in Croatia was accepted as a member.[9][1][2]

In 2019, the Calvin Synod (United Church of Christ) was accepted as a member[10] and in 2024, the Hungarian Reformed Church in Australia also joined.[11]

Doctrine

All denominations part of the communion subscribe to the Second Helvetic Confession and Heidelberg Catechism as a faithful expression of biblical doctrines, such as the Reformed Church of Hungary.[12]

Likewise, they differ from the other reformed denominations in that they call those responsible for a church jurisdiction "bishop".[12]

Members

Communion members are:[1][13]

CountryDenominationNumber of congregationsNumber of membersYear
HungaryReformed Church in Hungary1,230943,9822022[14]
RomaniaReformed Church in Romania1,352495,3802021[15]
SlovakiaReformed Christian Church in Slovakia30485,2712021[16]
UkraineReformed Church in Sub-Carpathia/ Reformed Church in Transcarpathia10870,0002015[17]
Western EuropeFederation of Hungarian-Speaking Protestant Congregations in Western Europe51-2024[18]
SerbiaReformed Christian Church in Serbia5017,0002004[19][20]
United StatesHungarian Reformed Church in America276,0802006[21]
CroatiaReformed Christian Calvinist Church in Croatia213,3782006[22]
United StatesCalvin Synod (United Church of Christ)292,5002016[23]
SloveniaReformed Church in Slovenia44002004[24]
LuxembourgHungarian Protestant Parish in Luxemburg1--
AustraliaHungarian Reformed Church in Australia---
CanadaAssociation of the Hungarian Reformed Churches in Canada---
Western EuropeHungarian Reformed Pastoral Service in Western Europe---
Carpathian BasinHungarian Reformed Communion3,1761,623,9912004-2024

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Hungarian Reformed Communion". Retrieved August 7, 2021.
  2. 1 2 "Hungarian Unit Day". Retrieved December 14, 2021.
  3. ↑ "Meeting of the Reformed Church in the Carpathian Basin". Retrieved December 14, 2021.
  4. ↑ "End of Austria-Hungary". Retrieved December 14, 2021.
  5. ↑ Toth Zsuzsa (September 24, 2010). "The training of the Transcarpathian Reformed Church". E-Journal Database File. Retrieved December 14, 2021.
  6. ↑ "History of the Transcarpathian Reformed Church". Retrieved December 13, 2021.
  7. ↑ "founding of the Hungarian Reformed Communion". May 20, 2011. Archived from the original on October 30, 2013. Retrieved May 20, 2011.
  8. ↑ Category: Történelmünk. "85 éves az Amerikai Magyar Református Egyház". Hungarianrca.org. Archived from the original on February 1, 2014. Retrieved September 10, 2019.
  9. ↑ "Declaration of the HRC General Convent concerning the Reformed Calvinist Christian Church in Croatia". April 2, 2014. Retrieved May 15, 2025.
  10. ↑ "Calvin Synod Conference of the United Church of Christ Unites with the Reformed Church in Hungarian". 2019-07-04. Retrieved January 11, 2021.
  11. ↑ Zsuzsa Ivady (October 18, 2024). "Unity is a great gift". Retrieved May 15, 2025.
  12. 1 2 "Hungarian Reformed Church". Encyclopedia Brittany. Retrieved December 13, 2021.
  13. ↑ "Constitution of the Hungarian Reformed Church". Retrieved 12 May 2026.
  14. ↑ "Hungarian Census:2022". Retrieved May 18, 2024.
  15. ↑ "2021 Romanian Census" (PDF). Retrieved December 27, 2024.
  16. ↑ "2021 Slovak Census". Archived from the original on 20 January 2022. Retrieved May 25, 2024.
  17. ↑ "Reformed Church in Transcaratia". Retrieved December 14, 2021.
  18. ↑ "Nyugat-Európai Magyar Protestáns Gyülekezetek Szövetsége" (in Hungarian). Retrieved July 26, 2026.
  19. ↑ "Reformed Christian Church in Serbia & Montenegro — World Council of Churches". Oikoumene.org. Retrieved 2015-05-20.
  20. ↑ "Christian Reformed Church in Serbia". Reformiert Online. February 10, 2006. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
  21. ↑ "Hungarian Reformed Church in America". Retrieved July 22, 2020.
  22. ↑ "Christian Reformed Church in Croatia". Reformiert Online. May 17, 2004. Archived from the original on December 5, 2023. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
  23. ↑ "Calvin Synod May Leave UCC Over Denomination's Permission to Celebrate Same-Sex Marriage". Retrieved December 13, 2021.
  24. ↑ "Christian Reformed Church in Slovenia". Reformiert Online. February 27, 2004. Archived from the original on December 4, 2022. Retrieved June 26, 2022.
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