Conflict management in congregations /David B. Lott, editor ; introduction by Speed B. Leas.

Book

Community of Christ Library

Name/Title

Description

Introduction: Harvesting the learnings on conflict management / Speed B. Leas -- pt. 1. The dynamics of conflict. When conflict erupts in your church / an interview with Speed B. Leas -- The basics of conflict management in congregations / Speed B. Leas -- Nine common sources of conflict in congregations / Roy W. Pneuman -- Conflict: the birthing of the new / Caroline A. Westerhoff -- Creative tension in congregational life: beyond homeostasis / George D. Parsons and Speed B. Leas -- Should I leave? A letter from one priest to another / Warner White -- pt. 2. Responding to conflict. The illusion of congregational "happiness" / Gil Rendle -- When criticism comes: understanding and working through our defensiveness / James A. Sparks -- Neutralizing a history / George D. Parsons -- Recovering from a church fight: talking across the old lines / George D. Parsons -- A language of caring spoken here / George D. Parsons -- Who's at fault when the pastor gets fired? / Speed B. Leas -- How to handle complaints about your fellow staff member / Speed B. Leas -- pt. 3. Situational conflict. Managing conflict in yoked parishes: a case study / Clinton A. McCoy -- Managing conflict in African American congregations / Ernest W. Walker -- From surgery to acupuncture: an alternative approach to managing church conflict from an Asian American perspective / Virstan B.Y. Choy -- Teach us to needle, needle us to learn: a response to Virstan Choy's "From surgery to acupuncture" / David W. Augsburger -- Making my world view visible: a response to Virstan Choy's "From surgery to acupuncture" / Alice Mann -- Mediation: what can we learn from the Chinese? / Margaret E. Bruehl. iv, 163 p. ;23 cm.

Book Details

Place Published

City

[Bethesda, Md.]

Date Published

circa 2001

Publication Subjects

Church controversies. Conflict management. Church management. Interpersonal relations--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Call No.

BV652.9 .C66 2001

ISBN

1566992435

LCCN

00111203

Notes

Bibliography Note: Includes bibliographical references.