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. These are mostly Hungarian speaking congregations, which organised themselves as a church in 1551. There are a few Czech speaking and Croatian churches. The church has 21 congregations, several preaching points and 3,000-4,000 members. According to the statistics of the Hungarian Reformed Church it has 23 congregations and 4,000 members served by 4 female and 8 male pastors. The church is a member of the

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. The current Head Bishop of the church is Péter Penn.Új püspök
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Separations

The Protestant Reformed Christian Church in Croatia separated from the church.

References

External links

church websiteReformed Church in Hercegszőlős, Croatia
{{Authority control Reformed denominations in Europe Protestantism in Croatia Members of the World Communion of Reformed Churches Christian organizations established in 1993 1993 establishments in Croatia