AI, Responsibility, and the Church’s Role in Protecting Human Relationships

“A fool with a tool is still a fool and a tool in the hands of a fool is a bad thing.” Such a statement could not be truer of humanity’s latest technological tool, argued Director of the Center for Faith & Society at Fribourg University’s Oliver Dürr as he spoke…

“Double” at the CPCE press conference

“The CPCE thrives on a conciliatory approach to diversity. The CPCE will continue along this path,” announced Dr Susanne Schenk, the incoming CPCE’s Secretary General, at the press conference marking her appointment. She hopes that the CPCE’s capacity for dialogue…

How do you prepare for ordination?

This was one of the questions that ordinands from Estonia, Austria, and Romania asked one another. Many additional questions arose during their meeting in Tallinn from April 16–19, 2026. Such exchange was the explicit goal of the gathering, which took place under the…

New CPCE series: 96 member churches – one living faith! DENMARK

Almost 100 churches across Europe – from east to west, from north to south – and even four more across the Atlantic on the River Plate. Such diversity, and yet they are all united by one thing: a shared faith that is alive. In our new series, the member churches of…

Shaping the future rather than giving in: but how?

Churches, or more broadly religious communities, are often regarded as places of tradition, where faith and religious practices have been passed down over thousands of years. Protestant churches, however, assume a more nuanced role in this regard, as they draw upon…

Preparing for What We Can and Can’t See – Being Church Together in Times of Uncertainty

“Therefore keep watch, for you do not know the day nor the hour.” – Matthew 25:13 Does uncertainty prevent us from walking in faith? Do preparations for war, for pandemic, for crises show that we do not believe God shepherds us and guides us? What do Christians do…

European Baptist Federation and Communion of Protestant Churches in Europe Launch a Second Round of Ecumenical Dialogue

PRESS RELEASE More than two decades after the first doctrinal dialogue between the European Baptist Federation (EBF) and the Communion of Protestant Churches in Europe (CPCE), the current situation of Christianity in Europe offers a renewed opportunity to continue the…

Singing God in hard times

The Lutheran Church in Ireland organizes a workshop on contemporary church music! 1.-3. May in Dublin! We are living through dark times: Unchecked climate change is accompanied by large scale denial on all levels of society, politics and business; democratic politics…

‘Shifting the silence’: a morning prayer service full of rhythm, silence and poetry

“In what we do and what we refrain from doing, the melodies we carry within us find expression.” Dr. Susanne Schenk, the designated CPCE General Secretary, chose art in its various forms of expression as the introductory theme for the morning prayer…

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Change at the top of the CPCE

On 27 April 2026, the CPCE will bid farewell to Rev. Dr Mario Fischer as General Secretary of the CPCE. His successor, Rev. Dr Susanne Schenk, will be installed in the office of General Secretary. Both events will take place during a festive service at the Lutherkirche in Vienna-Währing, which will begin at 5:30 p.m.

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Those who wish to attend are requested to notify the office by 1 April with this link here!

 

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The Communion of Protestant Churches in Europe (CPCE) is the Protestant voice of Europe for 40 million believers. It comprises 96 Lutheran, Reformed, United, and Methodist churches in Europe and overseas. The CPCE has been based in Vienna since 2007.

About the history of the CPCE: With the Leuenberg Agreement, a historic bridge was built between churches just over 50 years ago (1973): the mutual recognition of Protestant churches in Europe. Since then, a Lutheran pastor can preach from a Reformed pulpit and a Reformed believer can receive communion at a Lutheran service.