Conflict management in congregations /
Conflict management in congregations / [print]
David B. Lott, editor ; introduction by Speed B. Leas.
- [Bethesda, Maryland] : Alban Institute, (c)2001.
- iv, 163 pages ; 23 cm.
- Harvesting the learnings series .
- Harvesting the learnings series .
"All the chapters in this book ... originally appeared in slightly different forms in Action information and Congregations: the Alban journal" except "The basics of conflict management in congregations ..."
Includes bibliographical references.
Introduction -- Harvesting the learnings on conflict management dynamics of conflict. When conflict erupts in your church basics of conflict management in congregations Nine common sources of conflict in congregations Conflict: the birthing of the new Creative tension in congregational life: beyond homeostasis Should I leave? A letter from one priest to another Responding to conflict. The illusion of congregational "happiness" / When criticism comes: understanding and working through our defensiveness Neutralizing a history Recovering from a church fight: talking across the old lines language of caring spoken here Who's at fault when the pastor gets fired? How to handle complaints about your fellow staff member Situational conflict. Managing conflict in yoked parishes: a case study Managing conflict in African American congregations From surgery to acupuncture: an alternative approach to managing church conflict from an Asian American perspective Teach us to needle, needle us to learn: a response to Virstan Choy's "From surgery to acupuncture" Making my world view visible: a response to Virstan Choy's "From surgery to acupuncture" Mediation: what can we learn from the Chinese? Speed B. Leas -- Speed B. Leas -- Speed B. Leas -- Roy W. Pneuman -- Caroline A. Westerhoff -- George D. Parsons, Speed B. Leas -- Warner White -- James A. Sparks -- George D. Parsons -- George D. Parsons -- George D. Parsons -- Speed B. Leas -- Speed B. Leas -- Clinton A. McCoy -- Ernest W. Walker -- Virstan B.Y. Choy -- David W. Augsburger -- Alice Mann -- Margaret E. Bruehl.
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Church controversies.
Conflict management.
Church management.
Interpersonal relations--Religious aspects--Christianity.
BV652.L884.C664 2001 BV652
"All the chapters in this book ... originally appeared in slightly different forms in Action information and Congregations: the Alban journal" except "The basics of conflict management in congregations ..."
Includes bibliographical references.
Introduction -- Harvesting the learnings on conflict management dynamics of conflict. When conflict erupts in your church basics of conflict management in congregations Nine common sources of conflict in congregations Conflict: the birthing of the new Creative tension in congregational life: beyond homeostasis Should I leave? A letter from one priest to another Responding to conflict. The illusion of congregational "happiness" / When criticism comes: understanding and working through our defensiveness Neutralizing a history Recovering from a church fight: talking across the old lines language of caring spoken here Who's at fault when the pastor gets fired? How to handle complaints about your fellow staff member Situational conflict. Managing conflict in yoked parishes: a case study Managing conflict in African American congregations From surgery to acupuncture: an alternative approach to managing church conflict from an Asian American perspective Teach us to needle, needle us to learn: a response to Virstan Choy's "From surgery to acupuncture" Making my world view visible: a response to Virstan Choy's "From surgery to acupuncture" Mediation: what can we learn from the Chinese? Speed B. Leas -- Speed B. Leas -- Speed B. Leas -- Roy W. Pneuman -- Caroline A. Westerhoff -- George D. Parsons, Speed B. Leas -- Warner White -- James A. Sparks -- George D. Parsons -- George D. Parsons -- George D. Parsons -- Speed B. Leas -- Speed B. Leas -- Clinton A. McCoy -- Ernest W. Walker -- Virstan B.Y. Choy -- David W. Augsburger -- Alice Mann -- Margaret E. Bruehl.
00111203
Church controversies.
Conflict management.
Church management.
Interpersonal relations--Religious aspects--Christianity.
BV652.L884.C664 2001 BV652