How to Lead in Church Conflict: Healing Ungrieved Loss
Ebook
Overview
The hurts of people often spill over into the life of the congregation causing conflict.
Your chair of finance is going through a nasty divorce and is mad at God. The mother of one of your Sunday School teachers is chronically ill. A major factory in your community has relocated, taking with it many of your church members’ jobs. Some losses in your own life remain painful and unresolved. And you wonder why the church council meetings are so rancorous and your church is mired in unproductive conflict. What do you do? How should you lead?
According to Lyon and Moseley, conflict is often about ungrieved loss. When conflict occurs, pastors and other church leaders must know how to be present in the dynamics of grieving loss, encouraging space for a new thing to emerge. With rich and helpful illustrations, this book reveals how leaders can understand group-wide dynamics of conflict, ground their leadership in the liturgical meanings and rhythms of church life, and accompany congregations through potentially destructive realities toward the creative possibilities that conflict can bring.
The hurts of people often spill over into the life of the congregation causing conflict.
Gives readers a simple answer to the complex problems associated with conflict and change. Gives readers illustrations and examples of ways to promote church health. Gives readers a systems approach to church dynamics. Gives readers a theological context for growing healthy congregations.
Readers will have confidence and will feel empowered to address conflict. Readers will see how healthy churches respond and use conflict as a normal part of change and transformation. Readers will better understand how God plays a significant role in the transformation of individuals and congregations.
Product Details
- Title : How to Lead in Church Conflict: Healing Ungrieved Loss
- Authors:
- Moseley, Dan P
- Lyon, K Brynolf
- Publisher: Abingdon Press
- Publication Date: 2012
- ISBN: 9781426756085