Reformed Christian Church in Slovakia

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The Reformed Christian Church in Slovakia (

Calvinist churches.[1]

Reformed church in Silica

History

Before

Counter Reformation, the princes of Transylvania
protected the Calvinist faith and extended their supremacy to this part of Hungary.

After World War II, the church adopted its constitution. In 1925, a theological seminary was founded in Lučenec. In 1950s the denomination adopted a constitution.[2]

After the collapse of communism, the church adopted a new constitution. It runs five primary schools, two secondary schools and one kindergarten.[1]

Doctrine

Demographics

The church had 110,000 members and 204 parishes and 103 congregations and 54 mission churches in 2001 an increase of 25,000 since 1991, mostly in southern Slovakia among Hungarians. Hungarian speaking members are about 95,000–100,000, the church has 225 active pastors, 200 are Hungarian speaking.[3][1]

There are 9 presbyteries in the denomination, the

Ungi, Michalovský (Nagymihályi), Ondavsko-Hornádský (Ondava-Hernádi) Presbyteries, and there are several mission congregations,[4] like the Hungarian Reformed Church in Prague.[5]

Interchurch relations

The Reformed Christian Church in Slovakia is a member of the World Communion of Reformed Churches,[6] World Council of Churches[7] and the Hungarian Reformed Communion.

References

  1. ^ a b c "Nyitóoldal". Reformata.sk (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2016-11-04.
  2. ^ "Address data base of Reformed churches and institutions". Reformiert-online.net. 2006-02-16. Retrieved 2016-11-04.
  3. ^ "Reformed Christian Church in Slovakia — World Council of Churches". Oikoumene.org. Retrieved 2016-11-04.
  4. ^ "Nyitóoldal". Reformata.sk (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2016-11-04.
  5. ^ "Prágai Magyar Református Missziói Gyülekezet". Reformata.cz. Retrieved 2016-11-04.
  6. ^ "Member churches |". wcrc.ch. Archived from the original on 11 November 2010. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  7. ^ "Slovakia — World Council of Churches". Oikoumene.org. Retrieved 2016-11-04.

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