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Yesterday, the Contact Group of the Conference of Churches on the Rhine (CERR-KKR) met. This group comprises church lead...
19/09/2026

Yesterday, the Contact Group of the Conference of Churches on the Rhine (CERR-KKR) met. This group comprises church leaders on a middle level from both banks of the river Rhine.
Prof. Dr Fritz Lienhardt (University of Heidelberg) spoke about current challenges facing theology and the Church. The participants valued the opportunity to exchange views beyond their own structures and to gain further insight into neighbouring churches. In the evening, Christoph Weber-Berg, President of the Protestant Church in Aargau, spoke about the church and democracy in Switzerland. He had served on the committee of the CERR-KKR for several years and gave this lecture as his farewell address.
With this programme, the regional group addressed two current themes of the CPCE: ‘Theology of Change’ and ‘Church and Democracy’.

Gestern traf sich die Kontaktgruppe der Konferenz der Kirchen am Rhein (KKR). Das sind Menschen der mittleren Leitungsebene aus diesen Kirchen.
Prof. Dr. Fritz Lienhardt (Universität Heidelberg) sprach über aktuelle Herausforderungen für Theologie und Kirche. Die Teilnehmenden schätzen den Austausch über die eigenen Strukturen hinaus und den Blick in die benachbarten Kirchen. Am Abend sprach Christoph Weber-Berg, Präsident der Evangelisch-reformierten Kirche im Aargau, über Kirche und Demokratie in der Schweiz. Er hatte mehrere Jahre im Ausschuss der KKR mitgearbeitet und verabschiedete sich mit diesem Vortrag.
Die KKR hat mit diesem Programm zwei aktuelle Themen der GEKE aufgegriffen: "Theologie des Wandels" und "Kirche und Demokratie".

On Wednesday, the team of the CPCE head office swapped desks for discovery and visited *Rust am Neusiedler See* — one of...
11/09/2026

On Wednesday, the team of the CPCE head office swapped desks for discovery and visited *Rust am Neusiedler See* — one of the European Cities of the Reformation.

Awarded the title "European City of the Reformation" in 2019 by the CPCE, this small city on Lake Neusiedl is famous for its w**e, its historic old town and the storks nesting on its rooftops.

A special highlight of our trip was the team lunch followed by the guided tour through the old town and the Historic Churches with our guide *Gerald Szivacz*!

Learn more about Rust as a European City of the Reformation:
👉 https://www.reformation-cities.org/cities/rust/

About our Reformation Cities project:
👉 https://reformation-cities.eu

The CPCE Advisory Board on Ecumenism met from 6 to 8 September at the Protestant Centre in Vienna, which also houses the...
10/09/2026

The CPCE Advisory Board on Ecumenism met from 6 to 8 September at the Protestant Centre in Vienna, which also houses the CPCE head office.

Pictured, from left:
Front row: Tara Carlewis, Susanne Schenk (CPCE General Secretary) and Eva Guldanová.
Back row: Thomas-Andreas Põder (CPCE Secretary for Theology and Ecumenical Dialogue), Mario Fischer, Hans-Peter Grosshans, Frédéric Chavel, Jennifer Wasmuth and Jørgen Thaarup.

This week we had a study conference with our reference group CPCE Young Theologians. We reflected on the result of the d...
31/07/2026

This week we had a study conference with our reference group CPCE Young Theologians. We reflected on the result of the doctrinal conversation 'Church and Israel' from 2001, on Christian-Jewish relations today, specifically in the United Kingdom, and on Protestant Perspectives on Religious Plurality in Europe (a study text from 2018).
It was great to meet our Council member Nathan Eddy, our former president John Bradbury and other inspiring people from the United Reformed Church.
Many meetings and conversations will tingle on.

A broad ecumenical and international approach to safeguarding in CPCE churches at the Warsaw Conference with 70 particip...
20/06/2026

A broad ecumenical and international approach to safeguarding in CPCE churches at the Warsaw Conference with 70 participants from 40 member churches of the Communion of Protestant Churches in Europe.

A huge ecumenical and international approach to safeguarding in CPCE churches started these days at the Warsaw Conferenc...
20/06/2026

A huge ecumenical and international approach to safeguarding in CPCE churches started these days at the Warsaw Conference with 70 participants from 40 countries.

20/06/2026
Guter Bericht über unsere Konferenz in Warschau in diesem polnischen Kirchenmedium!
19/06/2026

Guter Bericht über unsere Konferenz in Warschau in diesem polnischen Kirchenmedium!

19 czerwca 2026 roku rozpoczęła się w Warszawie konferencja Wspólnoty Kościołów Ewangelickich w Europie (GEKE) zatytułowana „Ochrona przed przemocą seksualną w Kościołach". Wydarzenie odbywa się w budynku Chrześcijańskiej Akademii Teologicznej (ChAT).

19/06/2026

Die GEKE freut sich über einen gelungenen Auftakt der Konferenz zu Schutzmaßnahmen gegen sexualisierte Gewalt. Der Dank der GEKE gilt besonders der Guido Fluri Stiftung, die diese große Konferenz mit 70 Teilnehmer*innen aus 40 GEKE Mitgliedskirchen ermöglicht hat

"Church" means faces and not numbers. Thank you to the Protestant churches in the Netherlands for the insides in their c...
29/05/2026

"Church" means faces and not numbers. Thank you to the Protestant churches in the Netherlands for the insides in their challenges and joys.

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