Transforming Church Conflict

• A five-day residential training course
• Running several times a year, in a variety of places
• Aimed at people with leadership responsibility in the church
• Practical focus & active style of learning
• Opportunities to work on case-studies from your own experience

This course lays the foundation for a constructive way of approaching church conflict. Explore the revolutionary idea that the New Testament sees conflict as normal and inevitable!

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Applying for the right course

Apply for the standard foundation course if you have a leadership role in a local church - for example as an ordained minister, youth leader or lay preacher. This version of Transforming Church Conflict assumes that you mainly face conflict as it emerges in local churches and congregations or smaller Christian groups.

Apply for the foundation course for Senior Church Leaders if you have a leadership role at regional or national level - for example Bishops, Archdeacons and others in the senior staff team (Anglican & Roman Catholic), Regional Ministers (Baptist), District Chairs (Methodist), Divisional Commanders (Salvation Army), Moderators (URC), or equivalents in other denominations. This version of Transforming Church Conflict assumes that your oversight responsibilities include intervening in conflicts at local church level.

"No course will give you greater insight into yourself or greater help in your ministry."

Revd Cheryl Collins, CofE Rural Dean & Parish Priest

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"Senior leaders know that Christians' good intentions to love each other can end in hellish situations. This course is richly resourced and effectively equips participants to assist churches in paving the way to more loving places."

Revd Roy Lowes, URC Synod Moderator

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