Communion of Protestant Churches in Europe CPCE
Assembly Documents Available/ Vollversammlung Dokumente verfügbar
Documents from the General Assembly are now available on our main website! Please check the Documents tab on our page for all of the noteworthy published documents from the 9th CPCE General Assembly in Sibiu, including the Final Report and official statements of the...
Flutkatastrophe in Mitteleuropa/ Flood Disaster in Central Europe
Große und langanhaltende Regenfälle haben in weiten Teilen Mitteleuropas zu heftigen Überschwemmungen geführt. Während an den meisten Orten die Pegel wieder gefallen sind, herrscht an den großen Flüssen immer noch Hochwasser. Zugleich wird erst bei den Aufräumarbeiten...
Paolo Ricca, one of the last living authors of the Leuenberg Agreement, has died / Paolo Ricca, einer der letzten lebenden Autoren der Leuenberger Konkordie, ist verstorben
Professor Paolo Ricca died in Rome on 14 August at the age of 88. He was a pastor of the Waldensian Church and a Protestant theologian known beyond Italy. Ricca, who was born in Torre Pellice, was ordained in 1962 after studying in Rome, the USA and Basel, and worked...
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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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Assembly Documents Available/ Vollversammlung Dokumente verfügbar
Documents from the General Assembly are now available on our main website! Please check the Documents tab on our page for all of the noteworthy published documents from the 9th CPCE General Assembly in Sibiu, including the Final Report and official statements of the...
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.
