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„Gottesdienste in U-Bahn-Stationen“ – “Worship services in underground stations”
Evangelisch-lutherischer Bischof aus der Ukraine zu Besuch in Wien Für zwei Tage war Bischof Pavlo Shvarts von der Deutschen Evangelisch-Lutherischen Kirche in der Ukraine (DELKU) am 3. und 4. Mai 2022 zu Gast in der Geschäftsstelle der GEKE in Wien. Dabei standen...
Change of guard in the Caucasus – Stabwechsel am Kaukasus
Protestant minority churches located in an Orthodox environment live under special circumstances, as does the Evangelical-Lutheran Church in Georgia (ELCG), which covers territory reaching into Armenia and Azerbaijan. On 15 April 2022, the incumbent Bishop Markus...
Treffen der Regionalgruppe Südosteuropa in Wrocław – South East Europe Regional Group met in Wrocław
Wrocław/Breslau ist eine lebendige Stadt in Polen, die den Hintergrund für das Treffen der GEKE-Regionalgruppe Südosteuropa vom 9. bis 12. Mai 2022 abgab. Momentan fallen Parallelen zwischen Geschichte und Gegenwart der Stadt deutlich auf: nach 1945 wurde fast die...
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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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„Gottesdienste in U-Bahn-Stationen“ – “Worship services in underground stations”
Evangelisch-lutherischer Bischof aus der Ukraine zu Besuch in Wien Für zwei Tage war Bischof Pavlo Shvarts von der Deutschen Evangelisch-Lutherischen Kirche in der Ukraine (DELKU) am 3. und 4. Mai 2022 zu Gast in der Geschäftsstelle der GEKE in Wien. Dabei standen...
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.
“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. The managers of these projects have now met for the first time.
Being church together in a pandemic
COVID-19 has changed our lives – and that of the churches. The CPCE’s Advisory Board on Ethics has produced an interim reflection upon the (ethical) challenges presented by the pandemic on behalf of the Council, entitled “Being church together in a pandemic”.
This text was discussed in the conference “What can be learned from Corona?”, which the CPCE was running with the WCRC Europe and the Protestant Church in Switzerland in March, 2021.
You can access the statement “Being Church Together in a Pandemic – Reflections from a Protestant Perspective” and information on the conference “What can be learned from Corona?” here.
News from the Young Theologians
The “Young Theologians in Communion” have commenced work. After spending over a year familiarising themselves with the work of the CPCE, the reference group of young theologians has formed sub-groups to critically observe twelve CPCE work processes until the General Assembly. The reference group will be reporting on progress with the work processes, discussing the subject matter, and weaving their thoughts and suggestions back into the processes – particularly during consultations.
