Description

Understanding, Navigating, and Redeeming Church Tension

Dealing With Conflict equips church leaders and ministry teams to handle the inevitable tensions that arise in relationships and organizations with biblical wisdom and spiritual maturity.

You’ll learn to:

• Gain a clear understanding of conflict—its sources, patterns, and spiritual dimensions.

• Distinguish between normal and destructive conflict, and apply the right strategies for each.

• Neutralize antagonism and prevent minor issues from escalating into divisions.

• Reconcile conflict biblically, promoting restoration and trust within the body.

• Identify organizational errors that commonly generate unnecessary tension in churches.

• Recognize and address the spiritual warfare aspect that often fuels conflict beneath the surface.

• Develop leadership habits and communication approaches that prevent destructive conflict while redeeming normal conflict for growth and unity.

Includes a zip file containing over 12 hours of the conference audio (MP3 format), and the conference workbook (PDF format). From the 2005 How Church Works Conference.