Index – Motherland – Pastor who criticized Zoltan Balogh cannot continue to work because of his sermon in February

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In a letter to the congregation in response to Reformed pastor László Thoma, the Reformed bishop Zoltán Balog declared that this is not a punishment but a consequence. Labor camp news The report said.

As we wroteIn his sermon on February 18, the head pastor of the Gazdagret Reformed Church said in response to the newly erupted pardon scandal that “politics cannot be so involved in the operation of God’s people,” and also made specific comments about Zoltan Balog, who advised on the pardon decision for former head of state Katarin Novak.

“He would do the greatest service to our church community if he truly recognized the severity of his actions and the divisive nature of his role, if he realized how much harm he had caused, and resigned from all leadership positions,” the pastor declared in a statement to the church on February 18. Thereafter, in early July, he received a notice from the church district that, starting in September, he could no longer work at the Reformed University School of Religion, where he had previously served as a teacher and where he had worked for 11 years, serving as an adjunct assistant professor in his final academic year.

His fixed-term contract expired on August 31 this year, but was not renewed. According to RTL, this was because the board of directors of the parish wrote an email saying that they did not support the move. The pastor wrote a letter to his followers about what happened, in which he also reported that he personally spoke with the president, including Bishop Balog.

It is said here that this decision was a result of my sermon in February, but I should not take it as a punishment.

– he wrote in the letter, adding that “it is painful and I think it is unfair, but I put it before God and received it from His hands.”

“This is actually a purge, but I am not surprised at all by this purge, this is how it is,” said Elder Levent Konya. Zoltan Balogresigned his episcopal office, but in vain. He declared: “I do not understand why he is so attached to the episcopal chair, when he himself sees that the whole case and himself reflect particularly badly on the Church.”

RTL approached the Rev. László Thoma, but he did not want to comment, while the Reformed Church wrote that the decision was made by the president of the Reformed Church district in Dunameilik, and they only learned about it later.