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Newsletter April 2023
 

Topic overview : 

  • Editorial
  • 50th anniversary of the Leuenberg Agreement
  • From the Council
  • From consultations
  • Announcements

Bread and wine on a table in the middle of a vineyard. An invitation to join in and linger. This is where fellowship is created, where some good conversation takes place. I think of those on the road to Emmaus with a stranger.

“When he was at table with them, he took bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to them. Then their eyes were opened, and they recognized him.”  (Luke 24:30f)

50 years of communion at the Lord's Table are a reason for gratitude for us in the anniversary year of the Leuenberg Agreement.

The peace of the risen one be with you!

Mario Fischer
CPCE General Secretary
 
 
50th anniversary of the Leuenberg Agreement

Interviews on the anniversary of the Leuenberg Agreement

We are taking the anniversary of the Leuenberg Agreement as an opportunity to conduct interviews with various people who give us their views on the significance of the Leuenberg Agreement. Prof. Sándor Fazakas is a deputy member of the CPCE Council, a member of the Expert Advisory Council on Ethics and the main organiser of the academic conference on the anniversary of the Leuenberg Agreement in Debrecen.
To the Interview
 
Academic conference in Debrecen
 

“Being church together“ was the title of the CPCE’s last conference, held in Debrecen on May 9-11th 2023. It offered many reflections on the 50 years of the Leuenberg Agreement. The significance, future, and presence of the Protestant churches in a European context and the importance of common teaching were the focus of the occasion.
 
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From the Council
 

Council meeting in Debrecen

On 8 and 9 March 2023 the CPCE Council met for its 8th session in Debrecen, Hungary. In addition to decisions on work processes, the Council had on its agenda planning for the 2024 General Assembly and the strategic direction of the CPCE for the time after 2024. Among other things, the Council decided on the logo for the Assembly.
 
From consultations
Practice and Theology of the Lord's Supper
 

The relationship between the practice and the theology of the Lord's Supper is not only an exciting ecclesial topic but also a work assignment of the CPCE-General Assembly to study this relationship in the different member churches. A consultation on this took place in Hildesheim.

 
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Sexuality and gender, marriage and family
 

Hardly any other socio-ethical topic has as much explosive power within the ecumenical world as the questions of gender and sexuality. From 23 to 25 February 2023 more than 40 church representatives met in Dresden to discuss the draft of a comprehensive study text prepared by a CPCE study group.
 
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Announcement
 

CPCE at the German Protestant Kirchentag 2023

The CPCE team will be pleased to welcome you at the „Markt der Möglichkeiten“ in Hall 9 of the Nürnberg Trade Fair, Stand C-14 from Thursday to Saturday 10:30 to 18:30. We offer the following workshops and events:

  • Euro-Waisen – Kollateralschaden europäischer Einigung
  • Beziehungsreichtum - die Diaspora der Kirche als gemeinsame Aufgabe
  • Englisch – deutsches Feierabendmahl

Contents and details can be found on the CPCE website:
 
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