The Rev. Matthew A. Laferty, director of the Methodist Ecumenical Office Rome and representative of the World Methodist Council to the Holy See, met Rev. Dr. Susanne Schenk, the incoming general secretary of the Communion of Protestant Churches in Europe, at the CPCE headquarters in Vienna on 20 April 2026. During their hour-long meeting, they had a mutual exchange on Christian unity in Europe, theological dialogue, and the ministries of the Methodist Ecumenical Office Rome and the Communion of Protestant Churches in Europe.
Rev. Laferty also had the opportunity to meet the CPCE staff.
The Communion of Protestant Churches in Europe is a church communion in Europe that brings together 96 Lutheran, Methodist, Reformed, and United churches in 30+ countries in Europe and South America. It has a total of 40 million Protestant members. By signing the Leuenberg Agreement in 1973, the member churches committed themselves to “common witness and service.”
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