Church Conflict

Clean Up on Aisle 7 is a straight-talking, hope-filled guide for pastors and ministry leaders who are navigating the messy realities of church life. Written by seasoned pastors Rev. Michael Page and Rev. David Ralph, this book draws from decades of experience shepherding churches of all sizes — and from their shared passion through Shepherds Hope Ministries to encourage pastors who are in the trenches today. With humor, grace, and practical wisdom, Michael and Dave pull back the curtain on the kinds of conflicts, tensions, and leadership challenges that many pastors never learned about in...

As a child, Elias Chacour lived in a small Palestinian village in Galilee. When tens of thousands of Palestinians were killed and nearly one million forced into refugee camps in 1948, Elias began a long struggle with how to respond. In Blood Brothers, he blends his riveting life story with historical research to reveal a little-known side of the Arab-Israeli conflict, touching on questions such as: What behind-the-scenes politics touched off the turmoil in the Middle East?

In today’s polarized context, Christians often have committed, biblical rationales for very different positions. How can Christians navigate disagreements with both truth and love? Tim Muehlhoff and Rick Langer provide lessons from conflict theory and church history on how to negotiate differing biblical convictions in order to move toward Christian unity.

Gay marriage, transgender rights, birth control - sex is at the heart of many of the most divisive political issues of our age. The origins of these conflicts, historian R. Marie Griffith argues, lie in sharp disagreements that emerged among American Christians a century ago. From the 1920s onward, a once-solid Christian consensus regarding gender roles and sexual morality began to crumble, as liberal Protestants sparred with fundamentalists and Catholics over questions of obscenity, sex education, and abortion.

Learn what the Spirit of Jezebel is doing today in your family. Don't let it be a surprise to you when she wipes out your ministry. In this book, you will understand the driving forces behind Jezebel, and how she functions in the world affecting your life today. You will learn: • What her real name is and how to use it • How it can destroy you • How she is working right under your nose to destroy your family, church, and workplace. • How to pray to get her out of your life. This book is designed to enable you to detect and discern when and where a Jezebel spirit is operating ...

You are invited to witness the enormous power of the early church when it connected to the ultimate power. Then you are invited to request and experience it for yourself. You will again witness the enormous power of the early church as you listen to The Acts of the Apostles, a remarkable commentary on the book of Acts. Then you are invited to request it and experience it for yourself and your church.

The Struggle Between Good and Evil: From Eden to Eternity traces the timeless conflict that runs through Scripture, history, and the human heart. From the Garden of Eden and the murder of Abel, through Babel, Israel’s kings, Christ’s victory in the wilderness, and the cross itself, this book follows the battle of light and darkness into the modern age of ideologies, wars, and culture clashes. Each chapter blends biblical teaching, meditation, personal reflection, poetry, and prayer, offering readers both clarity and encouragement. Rather than despair at the darkness, this study reminds ...

Above all else, Danni wants to preserve her husband’s memory, restore his good name, and protect her daughter from the rumors that her daddy was part of the counterfeit drug ring that invaded Denton Community Hospital last year. Pete, the best friend of Danni’s husband wants to comfort this widow and her child. But unless he can forgive his father he will not be free to love them properly. Then he learns he has a nine-month-old half-brother in need of a liver transplant and that Pete is eligible to be a live donor. Will he risk the threat of death to help a child he never knew existed? ...

God and spirituality are depicted and represented in different ways in the Christian Church versus the Twelve Step Program. If you are an addict attending both a Christian Church and a Twelve Step Program, each being entirely spiritual organizations, you might feel a significant conflict between how each one views the concepts of God and spirituality and what is likewise expected from you to belong. The Christian Church utilizes the Niacin Creed to state what it and all of its members are expected to believe, and the Twelve Step Program uses the "twelve steps" as a guide for each individual...

This book will help church members and leaders discern and be prepared to address problems within their leadership, which the leaders are not addressing. The strategy proposed here prepares members and churches to discover and begin to face hidden challenges before they become public conflicts. It includes an overview of general, harmful, and self-preserving leadership problems and the consequences of these issues for the members who face them. The strategy grows out of three biblical concepts and four theological principles. It is informed by extensive interaction with church members and ...

Naomi Sato, a master gardener presumed lost at sea, returns to her family in Kamakura, Japan, not as a victim, but as a woman transformed. Her two years of survival on a deserted island with nothing but a King James Bible have replaced her quiet family traditions with an unshakeable, scriptural faith. But her newfound peace, a "peace that passeth all understanding," becomes a declaration of war against the cherished beliefs of her family. Her refusal to participate in the ancestral Obon ceremony creates a schism that threatens to tear her family apart, leaving her disowned and an outcast in...

Profiled on the front page of the Wall Street Journal, Iranian-born scholar Vali Nasr has become one of America's leading commentators on current events in the Middle East, admired and welcomed by both media and government for his "concise and coherent" analysis (Wall Street Journal). In this "smart, clear and timely" book (Washington Post), Nasr brilliantly dissects the political and theological antagonisms within Islam. He provides a unique and objective understanding of the 1,400-year bitter struggle between Shias and Sunnis, and sheds crucial light on its modern-day consequences—from the nuclear posturing of Iran's President Ahmadinejad to the recent U.S.-enabled shift toward Shia power in Iraq and Hezbollah's continued dominance in Lebanon.

You hear about Israel in the news regularly, but beyond the many opinions and preconceptions, do you really know what to make of the conflicts and controversies in the Middle East? What Should We Think About Israel? exposes the main current issues and provides well-researched objective facts to help you learn the truth about Israel's past, present, and future. This compilation from experts including Walter Kaiser, Jr., David Brickner, Mitch Glaser, Michael Brown, Arnold Fructenbaum, and Steven Ger will help you answer the tough questions.

Those who want to avoid simplistic partisan rhetoric and use words in a challenging, spirited way need practical strategies. This audiobook offers a range of them. Drawing upon the work of exemplary contemporary writers, Speaking Peace in a Climate of Conflict shows how to speak and write clearly and generously.

American Zion is the story of the Bundy family, famous for their armed conflicts in the West. With an antagonism that goes back to the very first Mormons who fled the Midwest for the Great Basin, they hold a sense of entitlement that confronts both law and democracy. Today their cowboy confrontations threaten public lands, wild species, and American heritage.

The wit and wisdom of Pastor Al Bishop will bring to mind loads of stories of your own about the complicated joy of ministering in our Lord’s Church to His people. But most of all, it will also help new and seasoned pastors, lay leaders and God’s Church to relax and be able to laugh at the strange things that happen in their congregations on their way to heaven as well. Dr. Walter C. Kaiser, Jr. .President Emeritus, Gordon-Conwell Theological SeminaryAl served as my youth pastor and a close associate during his seminary years. I’m acquainted with his ministry and congratulate him on ...

This book needs to be in the hands of every pastor, church leader, counselor, consultant, mediator, and leader in higher education, organizations, the workplace, and any other place where there are two or more people having two or more opinions. Its goal is to help a congregation or organization build inner resources that could stabilize life together and produce a more adequate and stable organization for the future.

"Bring My Sheep Back" presents a candid framework for the process of restoring Christians that stray. Most of the books that deal with this subject approach it from the standpoint of solving conflicts between Christians. "Bring My Sheep Back" is founded on Jesus’ teaching to put the interests of the straying Christian ahead of our own desire for immediate relief of pain caused by the one caught in sin. Personal observations along with much attention to biblical instruction produce a very useful and thorough resource for church leaders and lay people who desire to restore Christians ...

Belmont Heights by Gerald C. Anderson, Sr. is a gripping tale set in the vibrant yet tumultuous neighborhood of Belmont Heights, Tampa, Florida. The novel intricately weaves the lives of its characters, capturing the essence of a community marked by resilience, struggle, and hope. The story follows Keyshawn Jennings, a young man with a deep connection to his community and a desire to continue his father's legacy as the pastor of St. Matthews Church. Keyshawn's journey is fraught with challenges, from the internal politics of the church to the external pressures of a neighborhood grappling ...

Too many times, the Biblical command to not touch God's anointed is taken out of context. Unfortunately, it has been used to silence critics, end conflict and justify an otherwise indefensible position or abusive ministry as untouchable. This has resulted in entirely too much abuse, mismanagement and bad theology in the Body of Christ. When taken in its proper context, this passage from Psalm 105 is not addressing professional clergy at all! In this brief treatise, Pastor Jeff address who God's anointed really are, and the importance of not "Touching" them.