He earned his degrees in Pécs, Debrecen, and Budapest. Since 1978, he worked as a teacher in various secondary schools. Throughout his career, he has contributed significantly to Hungarian public and higher education, particularly in the development of Hungarian literature as a school subject. In 2012, thanks to his personal initiative, Ferenc Herczeg, Cecile Tormay, Dezső Szabó, and József Nyirő were included in the new National Core Curriculum.
From 1993 to 2003, he served as Chief Educational Advisor of the Reformed Church in Hungary, during which time he took part in founding 38 public education institutions. In 1993, he played a role in the founding and launch of Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church, where he also taught between 2000 and 2004. In 2007–2008, he was a lecturer at the Faculty of Humanities of Pázmány Péter Catholic University. Since September 2014, he has been teaching at the Acting MA programme of the Faculty of Arts at Kaposvár University.
He is currently an external associate of the Educational Authority, a board member of the Hungarian Writers’ Association, and chief advisor to the Prime Minister.
In 2001, he was elected Secretary-General of the World Federation of Hungarian Reformed Churches, which he co-led with its president, László Tőkés, until 2008. For many years, he was a member of the Synod of the Reformed Church in Hungary and, from 1998 to 2002, a member of the Synod Presidium. He has been a church elder for 33 years.
Since 2013, he has served as President of the Association of Hungarian Literature Teachers in the Carpathian Basin.
