History of Calvary Budapest

In the spring of 1994, a group of university students in Budapest began traveling up to Esztergom every week to attend the Bible studies at the Calvary Chapel there. Greg Opean was the pastor at CC Esztergom at the time. 

Soon Greg began traveling to Budapest every week to meet with these students. They began a Bible study on Monday nights. And this is how Calvary Budapest began.

Since then, God has led us and blessed us as a church immeasurably.... and we give Him all the glory. Many people have been touched by His message of love and grace.

And God’s led us around the city – from YWAM offices, to the Vasas Mûvelõdési Center, a summer on Margaret Island (it never rained once!) and then the Fáklya Club. In 2001 we moved into our current location, “the Mozi”, on Erzsébet krt. (For those who haven’t been here, its an old theatre that is a well-known, historical building in Budapest.) 

We have seen the growth of Home Fellowships, our Sunday School, a Gospel Choir, the sending out of missionaries to Africa and many more ministries.

Over the years, one of our favorite guest speakers has been Phil Metzger. He is the Director of the Calvary Bible College in Vatja, and would regularly come up to Budapest to teach. (He also was serving with Greg back in the early days of the Esztergom church.) In September 2006, Greg asked Phil to oversee our new Sunday night service.

Then in the summer of 2007, Greg sensed the Lord was leading him and his family back to California. He asked Phil to become the new senior pastor of the church.

It’s been an amazing journey, and we are excited about what God has next…