LOGOS-HUNGARY INFORMÁCIÓK 2006

LOGOS-HUNGARY FOUNDATION AND COLLEGE, MISKOLC, HUNGARY

DEVOTED TO EDUCATION AND AID…

One of the goals was to attain a modern theological education, recognizing the needs of the Hungarian society, co-operating with church environment, answering European norms, one which does not remain under the bonds of the past but prepares the students of theology for the problems of our modern society.

The other goal of ours is to implement aid projects to help overcome the practical difficulties of everyday life, both mentally and physically.

We pay particular attention to children. FITT Youth Projects are to give heed and care for the children according to their age from the least to the biggest; Family YES Programme is to carry out and to facilitate a sound family model, real love-relationships, where families don’t have to fear from disappointment, loneliness, rejection and the falling apart of the family.

We say yes to family!

Founders: Tibor Verebélyi and Csaba Czinke

Tibor Verebélyi, founder of Logos-Hungary Foundation, being recognized for his work, received the award “The helper of We help” on the Press Day celebration held in the Népkert Vigadó on 11th March 2005.

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ACCORDING TO ITS GOALS, LOGOS-HUNGARY FOUNDATION DOES THE FOLLOWING ACTIVITIES:

• Health sustentation, prevention of disease, healing and health rehabilitation activity

• Social work, family supporting, looking after old people

• Nurturing and education, competence development, informative work

• Cultural activity

• Environment protection

• Protection of children and youth, representation of the interests of children and youth

• Facilitating social equality of disadvantaged groups

• Protection of human and civil rights

• Activity concerning national and ethnic minorities in Hungary, as well as Hungarian people abroad

• Rehabilitative employment

• Facilitating the Euro-Atlantic integration

• Activity concerning flood and inland water damage protection

Board of trustees:

Kovácsné Boros Ilona (chairman),

Sándor Szentpétery and Lajos Killián

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BA COLLEGE PROGRAMME

Logos-Hungary Foundation started its work in May 2000, primarily aiming at interdenominational education, as well as organizing preventive and equal opportunities programmes for keeping the traditional moral values and crime prevention.

Logos-Hungary Foundation and Logos European College, within a co-operation agreement, established a college - called Logos-Hungary Christian College - to accomplish educational goals.

The aim was to establish a college with the education of standard, protestant interpretation of the Scriptures, ethics, practical and systematic theology, communication and leadership principles, providing an American B.A. degree, working in a credit system.

At the beginning the Foundation contracted with Logos Christian College and Graduate Schools (Jacksonville, Florida) later with the college of the Southern Baptist Convention, Southern Bible Institute and Seminary (Thomson, Georgia).

Since 2003 we issue Certificates, Associate Certificates, Diplomas and BA theological Degrees within an affiliate co-operation.

Connecting with Logos European College was the most important to us, with the idea of establishing the participation in the international education.

The office of the Academic Dean functions at Logos European College (Dalgety Bay, Scotland), but the Registrar, relating to Logos European College, co-ordinates local work at Logos-Hungary Christian College.

The work of the leadership, teachers, lecturers and students of Logos-Hungary Christian College is based on “Logos European College (Dalgety Bay, Scotland) Procedures Manual”.

In the Academic year of 2000-2001 the Bachelor Degree started with 56 students. Total number of our enrolled students up to now is 185. The number of students writing a Bachelor Project, being the first graduating students, was 19. In 2004 the number of graduating students was 11. At the moment 81 students are doing their studies at Logos.

At Logos-Hungary Christian College both local and adjunct lecturers from Hungary and abroad, Christian professors and teachers, Bible School leaders from various denominations, pastors and ministers are teaching.

Zoltán Kiss, Secretary, Logos-Hungary Christian College

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MASTER – GRADUATE DEGREE

In recent years the training within a high-standard education provided by Logos-Hungary Foundation opened the door to obtaining American B.A. degree. This qualification corresponds to the academic expectations of the developing European educational systems. We are encouraged to further co-operate by the monitoring of education by the Partners (Logos-European College and Southern Bible Institute and Seminary) as well as their confidence and content on one hand, and by the demand from Hungarian church environment for an opportunity in Hungary to move forward, to obtain Master academic level degree in theology. Master graduate degree has a completive role in Hungary as in the system of church institutions giving theological degree there is no opportunity to obtain a qualification at this level. The Foundation wishes to make this opportunity available for everyone.

It was also necessary to get to know and study the international, European education to reach adequate educational standards.

During the Master degree there is an opportunity to do specific leadership study projects. These mean improvement both personally and practically, fulfilling various ministry goals. The aim is to provide further education and professional training for leaders of civil organizations and churches.

By adopting education from abroad, we provide an opportunity for the students to receive graduate degrees without travelling abroad.

As today in Hungary there is only standard and usually denominational training, and Masters Degree means specific further education majoring in certain studies, so the contents of the courses have been formed according to the surveyed and arising demands.

Starting higher standard education required the examination of the study materials that have worked abroad and also the preparation of the subjects of the local education during the past two years.

We faced several problems to solve, partly because of the immature educational methodology of Hungarian church environment, and partly because we had to investigate the chances and difficulties of the adoption of the operating school system in Hungary.

At the moment there are 4 students whose application were accepted by the Partners so, within the co-operation, they can pursue the specific Masters courses of Logos European College at Logos-Hungary Christian College.

Zsolt Budai, Director of Logos-Hungary Christian College

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FITT YOUTH PROJECTS

We regard families based on sound relationships as the most important fundament of society. We try to support it with family and children’s days, excursions and organized holidays.

Not only do we minister towards the members of Christian churches but we invite families who are friends, children from orphanage as well as disabled children. We organize excursions together with them. Last time we visited the Palace of Miracles in Budapest, where healthy and disabled children found experiences together and got closer to each other unawares.

In the past few years we invited disabled children to the Father Christmas party, to children’s day, for whom the “jumping-castle”, the presents and the cheerful community was a great experience. We regard Biblical education as important for children and youngsters that we are doing in kindergarten and school age groups. Little children are taught the basics of Christianity in a playful environment, children over 10 within a Sunday School system. Within FITT projects we draw children’s attention with quality programmes. For instance, Sunday School purposed that the children get to know better the Scriptures so they acquire Christian principles and ethics.

Education is provided by experienced graduate theologians who are able to give practical answers to the children’s questions. We are eager for the children’s opinion to be known within free discussions. They themselves tell their remarks and questions on the subject matter, so what they learn becomes more grounded. In the free and easy atmosphere good relationships, friendships are born.

We believe that common experiences and time spent together become considerable power in their later development: they learn to pay attention to each other and behave with their peers following the Biblical patterns, esteeming the importance of family, helpfulness, tolerance and accepting others.

We want to teach our children the Christian principles to be able to adapt in their environment, and not simply adapt but also be able to give moral attitude and love.

In the community we endeavour to counteract the rebellion and violence appearing at schools, so that they esteem learning, devotion, willingness to fight for a cause as a part of their own character.

Together with the parents we aim at recognizing and supporting the talents and gifts, so that we can nurture people who are creating values, useful for the society and open to doing good.

Tibor Verebélyi and his wife Enikő, FITT Projects