{"id":25478,"date":"2026-03-04T14:34:38","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T14:34:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/?p=25478"},"modified":"2026-03-04T14:34:38","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T14:34:38","slug":"baptisms-and-hot-dogs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/baptisms-and-hot-dogs\/","title":{"rendered":"Baptisms and Hot Dogs"},"content":{"rendered":"

13 February 2026 | Budapest, Hungary [Andrea Fleischer with tedNEWS<\/em>]<\/p>\n

Two young people were baptised at the Budapest Pr\u00e1ter Street Seventh-day Adventist Church in Hungary on 7 February, in a Sabbath service that brought together worship, music and fellowship for members and guests. Csilla Moln\u00e1r and Jonat\u00e1n M\u00e1rffy publicly expressed their commitment to Christ during the morning worship service, witnessed by the congregation gathered in prayerful support.<\/p>\n

The baptismal service was led by L\u00e1szl\u00f3 Bal\u00e1zs, together with Zsombor Henter, pastor of the Budapest Pr\u00e1ter Street Adventist Church. Church members committed to supporting the two newly baptised members as they begin their journey of faith.<\/p>\n

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Church members share a meal and conversation together during the \u201cHot Dog Night\u201d programme<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The occasion was strengthened by the presence of the Advent Brass Band, whose members travelled from various parts of Hungary to contribute to the service through music. Their ministry added to the reflective and celebratory atmosphere of the morning.<\/p>\n

In the afternoon, the congregation continued the day\u2019s programme with its initiative known as Hot Dog Night<\/em>. The event provided an opportunity for members and visitors to share a meal, build relationships and spend time in conversation. More than just a social gathering, organisers described the initiative as being part of the church\u2019s commitment to nurturing fellowship alongside worship. Members said the Sabbath highlighted the importance of supporting one another and strengthening community bonds.<\/p>\n

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Church members share stories and connect during the afternoon programme, strengthening relationships over relaxed conversation<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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[Photos: Courtesy of the Duna Conference Communication Department]<\/em><\/p>\n

The original version<\/a> of this article was posted in Hungarian on the Duna Conference<\/a> website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

From the baptismal waters to the shared table<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":43,"featured_media":25480,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1586,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25478","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hungary","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25478","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/43"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25478"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25478\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25497,"href":"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25478\/revisions\/25497"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25480"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}