5 The denominations have a leadership crisis

a) Leaders of high morals and fresh vision

b) The release and empowerment of lay leaders

c) Leadership training

6 Ministry to young people, one of the most receptive groups to the gospel in Hungary

a) Teaching religious knowledge in schools, in several hundred Christian schools and also public schools

b) Children and youth programmes in churches

c) University students who are open to most spiritual influences, both false and true

d) Summer outreach programmes, by many Hungarian churches as well as those jointly run by The Bible League and OM

7 The less-reached:

a) The Jews

b) The Roma (Gypsy) community which has not seen the same spiritual breakthrough as in Spain, France and Romania

c) As many as 200,000 refugees from former Yugoslavia

d) Hungarians abroad

8 Expatriate missions increased numerically in the 1990s, but have since levelled off

9 Christian help ministries:

a) Scripture distribution

b) Christian literature is in great demand

c) The JESUS film

d) Christian radio

Politics

Hungary lost 60% of its land area at the break-up of the Austro-Hungarian Empire in 1918, leaving large Hungarian minorities in surrounding lands.

Religion

In 1600, Hungary was 90% Protestant.

Churches in Hungary

Missionaries from Hungary

122 in 13 agencies to 16 countries

Missionaries to Hungary

489 in 67 agencies from 18 countries

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Geography

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Area 93,030 sq.km. A landlocked, central European state on the River Danube.

Population (2000) 10,035,568 -0.38%AGR

Capital Budapest 1,812,000.

Peoples

Magyar (Hungarian) 88.8%; Minorities 11.2%.

Literacy 99%. Official language Hungarian. Languages with Scriptures 6Bi 1NT 2por 2w.i.p.

Economy

The first Communist bloc state to begin privatizing its economy, and to record positive economic growth. HDI 0.795; 47^th/174. Public debt 33% of GNP. Income/person $4,340 (14.3% of USA).

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