I’ve been in ministry for 37 years and at this point in ministry, what seems to be happening is that the Lord is bringing me people in ministry to counsel and churches to counsel. Let me tell you a little bit about what life has been like in the last 6 months. I’ve been involved in consulting or actually counseling with five different conflict situations in four countries—all related to church leadership. Four churches in conflict in four different countries, and then also a pastor and his wife that just have a horrible marriage. My wife and I had the privilege of doing a marriage mediation with them and helping them get reconciled with each other. One of the things that I’ve noticed—and I know you know this intuitively—is that a church will never rise above the level of its leadership.
This seminar will seek to answer the question: Where do church leadership and conflict intersect? And I’m going to explore with you the idea of personality, and talk about what really is personality. Because we often hear people say, “Well, I’m a Type A.” The Type A’s don’t realize how they’re impacting the church.
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