Most local churches have never offered practical training on handling conflict to their lay leaders. Yet it can make a big different to be given permission to start talking openly about the subject. And learning better ways of dealing with conflict while things are calm can make a church better equipped for those times when tension rises.

Contact us if your church, or a group of local churches are interested in a day-long workshop. We are in touch with people around the UK who have been trained to lead workshops using Bridge Builders' materials. The training gives participants a chance to reflect upon the reality of conflict in concrete situations, increase their self-awareness, and learn some new skills.

A typical workshop on Making Peace With Conflict in the Church would include these topics:

• Our experience of conflict
• Conflict patterns in the church
• Jesus' call to reconciliation
• Personal styles of approaching conflict
• Careful communication

"Very well thought through,  and appropriate to the audience."

Christine Cumming, church pastoral worker, Durham