NWC Rural Ministry Webinar – Thriving in Ministry Within Conflicted Spaces
In this webinar we focus on recasting conflict as an opportunity v.s. an offense in our journey with others and the specific role of the pastor/leader in this pursuit. We did this by using Acts 15—The Jerusalem Council—as a learning case study.
In this text we find the early Church wrestling with the new idea that salvation in Christ was for gentiles who remained as gentiles rather than becoming converts to Judaism. This was a seismic shift for the early Church—holding all of the potential drama, emotion and split potential for any movement to face.
The recording is shorter with this webinar as we broke into small groups for part of our time. The recording includes the opening framing comments and the full group reflection time following small groups.
Because of the scope and significance of this topic we offer the following resources for reference/use as well:
- When Sheep Squabble
- 5 Ground Rules
- Why have a Behavioral Covenant
- Dev a Behavioral Covenant
- Non-Anxious Leadership
- Pathway to Peace flyer
- Peace Making Principles pamphlet
- Healthy Guide to Healthy Church Conflict