The Council of Protestants in Guiding and Scouting (CPGS) is an autonomous, international body committed to promoting and supporting Protestant Scout and Guide associations and to be a link between the Scout movement and Protestant churches based on the definition of the World Council of Churches (WCC).
It enjoys consultative status with the World Scout Committee and forms the World Scout Inter-religious Forum (WSIF) together with the International Link of Orthodox Christian Scouts, International Catholic Conference of Scouting, International Union of Muslim Scouts, International Forum of Jewish Scouts, Won-Buddhism Scout and World Buddhist Scout Brotherhood.
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History
The CPGS was founded as Conference on Christianity in Guiding and Scouting (CCGS) in 1965. In 2006, it was renamed to Council of Protestants in Guiding and Scouting reflecting a change of policy within the World Organization of the Scout Movement.
Members
Current members
The members of the CPGS are:
Argentina: Scouts de Argentina, Comisión Pastoral Scout Cristiano Evangélica
Benin: Scoutisme Béninois
Brazil: União dos Escoteiros do Brasil (observer)
Cameroon: Les Scouts du Cameroun
Democratic Republic of the Congo: Fédération des Scouts de la République démocratique du Congo (observer)
Finland: Suomen Partiolaiset - Finlands Scouter ry
France: Eclaireuses et Eclaireurs Unionistes de France
Gabon: Éclaireuses et Éclaireurs Unionistes Unionistes du Gabon
Guinea: Association Nationale des Scouts de Guinée
Guinea-Bissau: Escuteiros da Guiné-Bissau
Hungary: ICHTHÜSZ – Protestant unit of the Hungarian Scout Association
Ivory Coast:
Éclaireuses et Éclaireurs Unionistes de Côte d'Ivoire
Éclaireuses et Éclaireurs Evangéliques de Côte d’Ivoire
Éclaireuses et Éclaireurs de Côte d'Ivoire (associate member)
Fédération Ivoirienne du Scoutisme (observer)
Madagascar:
Tily eto Madagasikara (observer)
Firaisan'ny Skotisma eto Madagasikara (observer)
Former members
Germany: Verband Christlicher Pfadfinder*innen, founding member, membership terminated in 2024