How to Lead in Church Conflict: Healing Ungrieved Loss - Softcover

Moseley, Dan P.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1426742339 ISBN 13: 9781426742330

Publisher: Abingdon Press, 2012

Synopsis

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.

About this edition

• Publisher: Abingdon Press
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1426742339
• ISBN 13: 9781426742330
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 166