Preventing and Resolving Church Conflict, Part 2

In this episode, Mark Clifton, Mark Hallock, and Dan Hurst discuss some more ways to prevent and restore conflict in your church.

1. Teach your people to practice charitable judgements.
2. When you need to negotiate, PAUSE.
3. Diffuse explosive meetings with a six-part format.
4. Teach people to focus on the good before itemizing the bad.
5. Be approachable.
6. Unleash the power of confession.
7. Follow the example of Lincoln and Reagan.
8. Deploy God’s full array of peacemaking processes.
9. Practice redemptive, gospel-centered church discipline.
10. An ounce of prevention is worth many hours of conflict resolution.

Resources related to this podcast:

20 Ways to Prevent and Resolve Conflict in the Church