Council

The CPCE has a clear structure. A General Assembly determines the basic guidelines for its work approximately every six years. The 13-member Council, led by a three-member Presidium, directs the work between the General Assemblies, which is coordinated by the Head Office in Vienna.

The Council

The Council, led by the Presidium, is responsible for the work between the General Assemblies. The General Assembly elected a new Council on 29.8.2024.:  Members of the Council (Proxy members)

  • Ingrid Bachler, Austria, Lutheran (Markus Schaefer, Germany, United)
  • Nathan Eddy, United Kingdom, United (Marco Batenburg, Netherlands, United)
  • Rita Famos, Switzerland, Reformed (Martin Hirzel, Switzerland, Reformed)
  • Laura Kjærgaard Fischer, Denmark, Lutheran (Marcin Brzóska, Poland, Lutheran)
  • Dimitris Boukis, Greece, Reformed (Pawel Andrzej Gajewski, Italy, United)
  • Annette Gruschwitz, Germany, Methodist (Jørgen Thaarup, Denmark, Methodist)
  • Eva Guldanová , Slovakia, Lutheran (Jana Hofmanová, Czech Republic, United)
  • Tamás Kodácsy, Hungary, Reformed (Klára Tarr Cselovszky, Hungary, Lutheran)
  • Georg Plasger, Germany, Reformed (Susanne Bei der Wieden, Germany, Reformed)
  • Thomas Prieto Peral, Germany, Lutheran (Raphael Quandt, Germany, Lutheran)
  • Ulrich Rüsen-Weinhold, France, United (Petra Renate Magne de la Croix, France, United)
  • Ulrike Scherf, Germany, United (Susanne Schenk, Germany, Lutheran)
  • Marko Tiitus, Estonia, Lutheran (Gerhard Servatius-Depner, Romania, Lutheran)

The Presidium consists of Rita Famos, Georg Plasger, and Marko Tiitus.

The Structure of the CPCE

The CPCE is made up of many bodies, which interact with each other and form the structure of the Communion. The Head Office in Vienna organizes the Council meetings. The General Secretary and the Presidium (made up of three Council members) work together to make decisions. All the work done within the framework of the CPCE, as well as new topics,  is approved by the General Assembly which takes place every 6 years. 

The content of CPCE's work consists of doctrinal dialogues and study processes, as well as consuultations and working groups, that relate to the current situations of the Church. Ecumenical, liturgical, ethical, and religious education topics as well as questions regarding migration are discussed and worked on by specific Advisory Boards. 

The 96 Member Churches are divided into different European Regional Groups. 

The CPCE has eight cooperation partners.