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Gesegnete Weinachten! Merry Christmas!
Gesegnete Weihnachten und ein gutes Neues Jahr! Generalsekretär Mario Fischer und das Team der Geschäftsstelle danken für alle Weihnachtsgrüße aus den Mitgliedskirchen und wünschen ein frohes Weihnachtsfest und alles Gute für 2025! Die Geschäftsstelle bleibt von...
Notice of Events in Sibiu / Ankündigung von Veranstaltungen in Hermannstadt (EN, DE)
The Centre for Protestant Theology in Eastern Europe (ZETO), a partner organization of CPCE, has announced the following programs in the coming months. Applications for the Ecumenical Semester program and the Postuniversitary Course „Intercultural communication in...
Conferences on Peace Ethics / Konferenzen zur Friedensethik (EN, DE)
The Bible uses the concept of peace a lot and among Christians it has become a greeting, a liturgical element. But the meaning of the word needs to be clarified more in times of war.
The General Assembly of the Communion of Protestant Churches in Europe in asked to “reconsider doctrines of peace and war from a Protestant perspective” in the summer of 2024. It is not only the CPCE, but many churches and ecumenical organisations, who ask such questions at the moment.
About us
The CPCE is a communion of protestant churches. 96 lutheran, methodist, reformed and united churches from over thirty countries in Europe and South America belong to it. With that the CPCE represents altogether around 50 million Protestants.
The CPCE exists thanks to the Leuenberg Agreement of 1973. It concluded: churches are allowed to be different because they appeal to the Gospel as their common basis. That sounds simple, but has far-reaching consequences: since then a lutheran minister can preach from a reformed pulpit or a French minister lead a congregation in Germany.
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Gesegnete Weinachten! Merry Christmas!
Gesegnete Weihnachten und ein gutes Neues Jahr! Generalsekretär Mario Fischer und das Team der Geschäftsstelle danken für alle Weihnachtsgrüße aus den Mitgliedskirchen und wünschen ein frohes Weihnachtsfest und alles Gute für 2025! Die Geschäftsstelle bleibt von...
About us
The CPCE is the umbrella organisation of the protestant churches. 94 lutheran, methodist, reformed and united churches from over thirty countries in Europe and South America belong to it. With that the CPCE represents altogether around 50 million Protestants.
The CPCE exists thanks to the Leuenberg Agreement of 1973. It concluded: churches are allowed to be different because they appeal to the Gospel as their common basis. That sounds simple, but has far-reaching consequences: since then a lutheran minister can preach from a reformed pulpit or a French minister lead a congregation in Germany.
Rich Relationships – The Joint Task of the Church as Diaspora
Many Protestant churches are in the minority – in Europe and all over the world. Some churches have been in this situation for many decades, while for others it is a new challenge. Yet others see themselves moving towards life as a minority.
The CPCE study document “Theology of Diaspora” developed a concept of diaspora that understands diaspora as shaping fullness of relations in a spirit of Christian discipleship.
Now CPCE published an abridged version and further development of the study document “Theology of Diaspora” as edition no. 30 of CPCE’s magazine focus, entitled “Rich Relationships – The Joint Task of the Church as Diaspora”.
This focus booklet should appeal to anyone who likes and enjoys reflecting upon the Church and its meaning and purpose in the world with regard to its actual or progressively minority situation in Europe.
“Euro-orphans”
Numerous children are growing up without parents in eastern (and to some extent also southern) Europe, dubbed “Euro-orphans” by the international press. What happens to these children when their parents go to work abroad indefinitely?
The CPCE is working with the Gustav Adolf Foundation to support various projects run by churches for these children and their families in eight different European countries. From 17 to 19 April 2023 a network meeting of project managers took place in Katowice.
