Navigating Church Politics ; A Church Leader's Guide for Managing Conflict and Power Struggles while Leading Organizational Change / by Randy Wollf.

Chapter One: Opportunity Amid Crisis - One Church's Story -- PART ONE: POWER AND DIRECTIONAL KNOWLEDGE -- Chapter Two: The Nature of Power -- Chapter Three: Power and the Formation of Directional Knownledge at Crossroads -- Chapter Four: The Power of Privilege, Discursive Practices, Outspokenness, and Trust -- Chapter Five: Leadership Lessons on Power and Knowledge -- PART TWO: POWER AND SHARED PERSPECTIVES -- Chapter Six: The Nature of Shared Perspectives -- Chapter Seven: How Shared Perspectives Surfaced at Crossroads -- Chapter Eight: The Power of Shared Perspectives, Symbols, and Transparency -- Chapter Nine: Leadership Lessons on Power and Shared Perspectives -- PART THREE: POWER AND PARTICIPATION -- Chapter Ten: The Nature of Personal Values -- Chapter Eleven: Participation in the Change Process at Crossroads -- Chapter Twelve: The Power of Pain and Intimidation -- Chapter Thirteen: Leadership Lessons on Power and Participation -- Chapter Fourteen: Conclusion.

"In Navigating Church Politics, veteran pastor and church leadership expert, Dr. Randy Wollf, explores one church's productive, yet painful, direction-setting process. Through an in-depth look at this church's journey and a study of relevant research, he will help you discover:How to recognize and address inappropriate uses of power without sinking the church. How to help people focus on their God-given calling so that they don't have the desire to torpedo others. How to make the most of good uses of power to avoid danger and accomplish the church's mission. How to empower people to contribute their ideas to the decision-making process, so that good decisions are made that people own and want to implement together. How to manage conflict so that it strengthens the church. Many church leaders have faced the unwelcome intrusion of church politics into their ministries. It can be very distracting and frustrating. Yet, Randy shows that church politics is a normal and necessary part of church life. Wherever you have a group of people, you will have good and bad exertions of power. Unfortunately, many Christian leaders check out of leadership, not realizing that the church politics that hurt them could have become one of their greatest allies for enacting positive change."

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