Graduates of Gilead and of the Ministerial Training School

László Sárközy was the first missionary trained by the Watch Tower Society to be officially sent to Hungary.

Fourteen brothers and sisters who attended either the Watchtower Bible School of Gilead or the Ministerial Training School now serve in Hungary. They have been assigned to serve at Bethel, in the special pioneer work, or in the traveling work. Meanwhile, István Mihálffy, the first brother from Hungary to receive such training, was sent to Ukraine to serve the Hungarian-speaking brothers as a circuit overseer.

At the beginning some had only limited knowledge of Hungarian, but they used what they had. Stefan Aumüller, from Austria, relates: “Because my knowledge of the Hungarian language was limited, my presentation was very simple. Usually, I opened the Live Forever book and asked the householder whether he wanted to study the Bible. As a result, I started many studies. When other publishers saw how effective this simple, direct method was, they also started to offer home Bible studies right away, with similar success. This has contributed to the congregation’s growth from 25 publishers in August 1992 to 84 reporting in June 1995.”