Faith in Conflict Workshop
A Day Workshop
Harnessing the Power of Conflict in the Church
Aims
- To provide participants with a basic understanding of negotiation, mediation and arbitration
- To encourage participants to reflect on controversy in the local church
- To explore:
- the roots of controversy, including emotional investments, theological positions, and the effects of change
- the creative value of controversy
- strategies to achieve a positive outcomes.
Objectives
By the end of the workshop participants will:
- Know what conflict is and how it affects people and organisations
- Understand how they and others might think, feel and behave in conflict
- Have engaged in discussion and reflection on what the Bible has to say about conflict and ways of handling it
- Know their own preferred style(s) of managing conflict
- Understand more about the impact of their preferred style on others
- Have learnt some key skills for communicating effectively in conflict situations
- Know where mediation might be appropriate and where to go for help
The training will use games, large and small group discussions, presentation and role play.