Surviving Church Conflictby Dave Peters |
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"Peacemaking is never passive. It is an aggressive movement in the church designed to produce holy character and to destroy spiritual darkness." --Dave Peters
Many leaders seek a formula to follow for resolving conflict. Peters is more concerned with the spiritual health of peacemakers in tense and chaotic situations. They need to be spiritually fit, with a holy lifestyle, at peace with God.
Peacemakers use spiritual weapons to strike at sinful strongholds surrounding local ministry. Some may not understand their actions. But if peacemakers stay in God's presence, God will lead them to spiritual victory in conflict resolution.
Surviving Church Conflict calls would-be peacemakers to allow themselves to be spiritually broken before God. Only thus can they discover the will of God and live in it peaceably.
"Church conflict and its resolution offer an adventure into spiritual growth and development. The author, from a broad and varied experience, firmly believers that the solution to conflict in the church requires a biblical base." --Richard E. Allison, Ashland Theological Seminary
About the Author
Dave Peters, Youngstown, Ohio, is a minister in the Evangelical Friends Church with wide pastoral experience in conflict resolution. Peters' holds a M.Div. from Ashland Theological Seminary. He has taken part in a Doctor of Ministry program at Nazarene Theological Seminary.