Community of Protestant Churches in Europe CPCE
Ostern 2020: Spendenaufruf für Lesbos und Aleppo/Easter 2020: Appeal for Lesbos and Aleppo
(English version - please scroll down) „Wir können nicht Ostern feiern, ohne auch an die Flüchtlinge zu denken.“ Mit diesen Worten stellt der Präsident der Gemeinschaft Evangelischer Kirchen in Europa (GEKE) Gottfried Locher eine Spendenaktion vor, die für die...
Church communion in times of the coronavirus/Kirchengemeinschaft in Zeiten des Corona-Virus
In many European countries, efforts to try to prevent spreading the coronavirus are curtailing public life immensely. This also affects the life of the Protestant churches. Church communion thrives even in uncertain times Many people feel very uncertain about how they...
Laufender Betrieb der GEKE/Current operations in the CPCE
Die Geschäftsstelle der GEKE in Wien bleibt wegen der in Österreich geltenden Corona-Regelungen vorerst bis 29. März 2020 geschlossen. E-Mails an die Geschäftsstelle (geke(at)leuenberg.eu) und die Mitarbeitenden werden bearbeitet. Die Mitarbeitenden der GEKE dürfen...
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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.
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Ostern 2020: Spendenaufruf für Lesbos und Aleppo/Easter 2020: Appeal for Lesbos and Aleppo
(English version - please scroll down) „Wir können nicht Ostern feiern, ohne auch an die Flüchtlinge zu denken.“ Mit diesen Worten stellt der Präsident der Gemeinschaft Evangelischer Kirchen in Europa (GEKE) Gottfried Locher eine Spendenaktion vor, die für die...
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.
European Cities of the Reformation
The “European Cities of the Reformation” is a project to strengthen the partnerships between the European churches and their towns and cities as they celebrate the 500th anniversary of the Reformation. The scheme promotes the vibrant interaction of art, culture and spirituality and encourages historical adventures and tourism in the towns and cities where the Reformation evolved.
The CPCE awarded participating towns and cities the title “European City of the Reformation” and right to use the official emblem and a joint media campaigns to publicise the full range of activities.
General Assembly Basel 2018
A Guide to the Ethics of Reproductive Medicine
The progress of reproductive medicine and its possibilities have raised hopes and expectations as well as concerns in our societies and churches in recent decades. And the outcome of the possible developments cannot be foreseen yet. The CPCE believes that the time has come to identify the mutual Protestant reasoning in this discussion.
The CPCE is aware that the medical technological possibilities will progress further. The Guide is not the final word. But it offers a fundamental and manifold guide for a common Protestant orientation at the European level. It invites and encourages the Member Churches to work further on these questions in their specific contexts.
