CHURCHCONFLICTCONSULTATIONThis consulting process is for churches where:
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YOUR CHURCH'S CONFLICT:
GOD'S OPPORTUNITY
Serious church conflict is about as much fun as a heart attack. And the consequences can be just as serious. Conflict can kill a church, split a church, or leave a church crippled.
But not all heart attacks kill. Chances are you know someone for whom a heart attack was a wake-up call who responded by taking bold steps to get healthier and focus on what is really most important in life. It's not unusual for someone who responds this way to say, "My heart attack was the best thing that ever happened to me."
While heart attacks are sudden, the problems leading to them have been building up for years. To heal from a heart attack and prevent the next one, you have to change how you live. It's the same with churches. Maybe you've vaguely known that something wasn't quite right, but until your crisis erupted, you didn't know just how serious it was.
The Chinese symbol for crisis combines the characters for danger and opportunity. While the danger is real, so is the opportunity. A church crisis often creates a brief open window during which the leaders are open to making major changes in their priorities, actions, and personal lives, that they normally might not be willing to consider.
At Living Stones, we can help you "put out the fire"-by mediating the immediate crisis. But we don't stop there. Our primary goal is to help you understand the root causes of your crisis and to transform its energy into a powerful force that can help your church go to a whole new level of health and ministry effectiveness.
A church conflict can kill. Or, if you treat it as a wake-up call, take a hard look at your church health, and make critical lifestyle changes in your church, down the road you too may be saying, "It was the best thing that every happened to us."
But not all heart attacks kill. Chances are you know someone for whom a heart attack was a wake-up call who responded by taking bold steps to get healthier and focus on what is really most important in life. It's not unusual for someone who responds this way to say, "My heart attack was the best thing that ever happened to me."
While heart attacks are sudden, the problems leading to them have been building up for years. To heal from a heart attack and prevent the next one, you have to change how you live. It's the same with churches. Maybe you've vaguely known that something wasn't quite right, but until your crisis erupted, you didn't know just how serious it was.
The Chinese symbol for crisis combines the characters for danger and opportunity. While the danger is real, so is the opportunity. A church crisis often creates a brief open window during which the leaders are open to making major changes in their priorities, actions, and personal lives, that they normally might not be willing to consider.
At Living Stones, we can help you "put out the fire"-by mediating the immediate crisis. But we don't stop there. Our primary goal is to help you understand the root causes of your crisis and to transform its energy into a powerful force that can help your church go to a whole new level of health and ministry effectiveness.
A church conflict can kill. Or, if you treat it as a wake-up call, take a hard look at your church health, and make critical lifestyle changes in your church, down the road you too may be saying, "It was the best thing that every happened to us."
