Bringing a long history of rural living to the international stage, IRCA-Europe bridges the barriers of history, culture and language to come to together to share our experiences and challenges.
IRCA Europe Team
IRCA Europe contact person: Irena Stefanova
Rev Matt Jeffrey, UK, Chair of IRCA Europe and CEO of the Arthur Rank Centre
Rev Irena Stefanova, a Methodist pastor from Bulgaria and ministering in North Macedonia with small rural communities. She works with elderly church members, visits people in their homes, preaches, organises training for women from Macedonian and Serbian districts, and looks for new ways of mission in the context of a declining population and limited resources.
Eastern Europe
Rev Dietrich Galter, Romania, is vice-chair of IRCA-Europe and chairs the Eastern Europe section.
Rev Ilona Szokacs Nagy, Romania, is secretary for the Eastern Europe section. She is the contact person – email
Rev Márk László Gyula, Romania, is a Transylvanian Reformed pastor, member of the European branch of IRCA since 2010, who has already served as a speaker at several IRCA conferences or participated as a simple member. He serves in Eastern Europe – Romania, in one of the Hungarian Reformed churches belonging to the Transylvanian Reformed Church District. He also served in a rural environment for several years.
The father of 2 daughters, he has been serving as a pastor for 27 years, and he has always been interested in the nature of rural church service and improving the quality of service and life of pastors serving in the countryside. He is open to learning and discovering new things and for ecumenical relationship. He considers the service of Christ, the commitment to the service of other people, to be his important task.
Vas Jozsef, Romania, is youth representative and currently studying theology towards ordination.
IRCA-Europe finds its voice – Conference 2016 in Sibiu, Romania
Information from Conference 2016 is found here
Conference 2016 Addresses and Reports are here
