Conversational in tone yet buttressed by careful research and well-placed scripture, this book is perfect for both the average believer and the academic.
See Daniel L. Olson, “The Wellbeing of Individualsandthe Health ofthe Community,” in Norma Cook Everist,ed., The Difficult ButIndispensable Church(Minneapolis:Fortress Press, 2002),pp.33 34. Olson explores how the loss of primary ...
Arthur Paul Boers, Never Call Them Jerks: Healthy Responses to Difficult Behavior (Bethesda, Md.: Alban, 1999), pp. 58-60, 66. Boers also quotes Edwin Friedman, Mansell Pattison, and Peter Steinke in pointing out that not only are ...
If church is like a family, it fights like one too! As in any family, conflict in the church family is natural and inevitable. But the way the church family handles its fights can make or break ministry.
This book is designed to help the reader ask certain key questions about the nature and scope of the conflict they are experiencing and, based on the answers to those questions, move beyond conflict.