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Kata Balog

Kata Balog
Person Details
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Country

  • Hungary
Participants Details

ELF Network

  • 2024 Youth Ministry Leaders Network

Ministry Focus

  • Worship

Occupation

  • Other

Funding Status (ELF)

  • ELF Funded
Participants Answers
What is your ministry?

I serve on the church worship team during church service and organise events for the members. I am working with youth at my workplace in a non-Christian youth club, and we are running a peer helper training group for high school students.

When did you trust Christ?

I first heard the Gospel when I was five years old. I attended a church service with my mom, where I was taught about Jesus and what He accomplished at the cross for me. I felt a calling in my soul, and I gave my life to Jesus at that time.

What have been the defining moments of your Christian walk?

I had good Bible teachers in my church, and I learned a lot from them. As I grew up, I helped in children’s camps, youth conferences, small groups, and my church’s youth ministry. When I was a university student, I participated in an IFES group with two other students; I learned so much from the coordinators and the workers of IFES in Hungary. I visited churches depending on which city I lived in, and I finally began to serve at Agora Church in Budapest. I could see the people there growing in Christ. Currently, I am serving on the worship team and in the children’s ministry in the church.

What do you hope to gain from participating?

At the Forum, I learned more about God and how to live as a member of the body of Christ. I have grown as a Christian. I have learned more about God, His work, and His plan for my life and church. I have built networks and relationships with others from other countries and have shared the outcomes with my church and others from my country. The Forum is a blessed week; I meet new people I can learn and share with. I want to learn more about kids' needs and the specifics of the younger generations. It would be great to see other methods that work during activities and on programs with them, maybe in particular, problems in the area of mental and social connection.

What is your leadership role or what were your past leadership roles?

I was a leader in my old church in the youth ministry, but I moved to a new city. I was a leader in our IFES group at the university for almost two years, where I helped with the weekly meetings. Before moving to Wales, I was also a worship leader in helping plant a church with a couple of pastors from England.  

Why should someone invest in your ministry?

I can see some of the problems in churches in Hungary that make the people frustrated. Many people are “religious,” but they are not believers. I want to help them find a way to change their thinking about Christianity, ministry, and theology. I want to help people find Jesus so that their scars can be healed and become new.