{"id":3473,"date":"2026-01-09T06:50:39","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T06:50:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2025.leuenberg.eu\/?page_id=3473"},"modified":"2026-02-04T10:51:32","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T10:51:32","slug":"council","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.leuenberg.eu\/de\/about-us\/council\/","title":{"rendered":"Council"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"et_pb_section_0 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_0 et_pb_row et_block_row\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_0 et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_0 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module preset--module--divi-text--default\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Council<\/h1>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_1 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_1 et_pb_row et_block_row preset--module--divi-row--5138c454-be54-4233-bd3b-f8e6a8747976\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_1 et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough preset--module--divi-column--73121f80-a3ef-4484-8763-c3f18e3c56d2\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_1 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module preset--module--divi-text--default\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>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.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_2 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section\" id=\"council\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_2 et_pb_row et_block_row\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_2 et_pb_column et_pb_column_3_5 et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_2 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module preset--module--divi-text--default\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2>The Council<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_image_0 et_pb_image et_pb_module et_block_module\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/leuenberg.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/457873653_938007928366335_6851520653255040179_n.jpg\" title=\"457873653_938007928366335_6851520653255040179_n\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_3 et_pb_column et_pb_column_2_5 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_3 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module preset--module--divi-text--default\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>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.:\u00a0\u00a0Members of the Council (Proxy members)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ingrid Bachler, Austria, Lutheran (Markus Schaefer, Germany, United)<\/li>\n<li>Nathan Eddy, United Kingdom, United (Marco Batenburg, Netherlands, United)<\/li>\n<li>Rita Famos, Switzerland, Reformed (Martin Hirzel, Switzerland, Reformed)<\/li>\n<li>Laura Kj\u00e6rgaard Fischer, Denmark, Lutheran (Marcin Brz\u00f3ska, Poland, Lutheran)<\/li>\n<li>Dimitris Boukis, Greece, Reformed (Pawel Andrzej Gajewski, Italy, United)<\/li>\n<li>Annette Gruschwitz, Germany, Methodist (J\u00f8rgen Thaarup, Denmark, Methodist)<\/li>\n<li>Eva Guldanov\u00e1 , Slovakia, Lutheran (Jana Hofmanov\u00e1, Czech Republic, United)<\/li>\n<li>Tam\u00e1s Kod\u00e1csy, Hungary, Reformed (Kl\u00e1ra Tarr Cselovszky, Hungary, Lutheran)<\/li>\n<li>Georg Plasger, Germany, Reformed (Susanne Bei der Wieden, Germany, Reformed)<\/li>\n<li>Thomas Prieto Peral, Germany, Lutheran (Raphael Quandt, Germany, Lutheran)<\/li>\n<li>Ulrich R\u00fcsen-Weinhold, France, United (Petra Renate Magne de la Croix, France, United)<\/li>\n<li>Ulrike Scherf, Germany, United (Susanne Schenk, Germany, Lutheran)<\/li>\n<li>Marko Tiitus, Estonia, Lutheran (Gerhard Servatius-Depner, Romania, Lutheran)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Presidium consists of Rita Famos, Georg Plasger, and Marko Tiitus.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_3 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_flex_section\" id=\"structure\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_3 et_pb_row et_flex_row\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_4 et_pb_column et-last-child et_flex_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_24_24 et_flex_column_24_24_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_4 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_flex_module preset--module--divi-text--default\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2 class=\"et_pb_module_header\" data-et-vb-editable-element=\"true\" contenteditable=\"true\">The Structure of the CPCE<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_5 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_flex_module preset--module--divi-text--default\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>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,\u00a0 is approved by the General Assembly which takes place every 6 years.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The content of CPCE's work consists of<a href=\"https:\/\/leuenberg.eu\/what-we-do\/community-in-learning-and-teaching\/\"> doctrinal dialogues and study processes, as well as consuultations and working groups<\/a>, 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.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The 96 Member Churches are divided into different European <a href=\"https:\/\/leuenberg.eu\/about-us\/regional-groups\/\">Regional Groups<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The CPCE has eight <a href=\"https:\/\/leuenberg.eu\/what-we-do\/working-groups-and-cooperation\/\">cooperation partners<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_4 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_4 et_pb_row et_block_row\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_image_1 et_pb_image et_pb_module et_block_module\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/leuenberg.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/CPCE-Structure-scaled.jpg\" title=\"CPCE Structure\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":389,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3473","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.leuenberg.eu\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3473","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.leuenberg.eu\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.leuenberg.eu\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.leuenberg.eu\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.leuenberg.eu\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3473"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.leuenberg.eu\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3473\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.leuenberg.eu\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/389"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.leuenberg.eu\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3473"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}