The Decade-and-a-Half-Long Struggle Is over, the Hungarian Evangelical Brotherhood of Gábor Iványi Has Regained Its Church Status
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Following a lengthy legal process, the Metropolitan Court has finally re-registered the Hungarian Evangelical Brotherhood (MET) as a registered church. With the decision, the organization has once again become eligible for the additional state support for its 1 percent personal income tax donations, but the community's ultimate goal is to regain the established church status that ensured its pre-2011 legal status.
The MET would negotiate with the Tisza government to be granted an even higher, established church status.
Gábor Iványi's church has been re-registered - MET would negotiate with the government.
A lengthy legal battle has come to an end: the Metropolitan Court has re-registered the Hungarian Evangelical Brotherhood (MET) as a registered church. The Oltalom Charitable Association reported on the decision on its social media page, highlighting that the decision became final on September 7, 2026, after the prosecutor's office did not file an appeal against the July first-instance verdict.
In 2012, the two-thirds of the Fidesz party revoked its church status. The post The Hungarian Evangelical Brotherhood led by Gábor Iványi became a newly registered church first appeared on 24.hu.
The Metropolitan Court has legally re-registered the Hungarian Evangelical Brotherhood as a registered church.
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