Book Review: Redeeming Church Conflicts
Reviewed by Matt Smethurst
Conflict isn’t far from your church. I don’t simply mean that it’s in that congregation down the street—I mean it’s coming to yours.
AN EXCELLENT PRIMER ON CHURCH CONFLICT
Tara Barthel and David Edling have written an excellent primer on church conflict titled Redeeming Church Conflicts: Turning Crisis into Compassion and Care. With years of experience in conflict mediation through Peacemaker Ministries, they are well qualified to speak to this issue.
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Book Review: Taking Your Church to the Next Level
Reviewed by Matt Smethurst
I don’t know about you, but I can’t think of many nobler aims than helping pastors improve their churches. As the title suggests, Gary McIntosh’s Taking Your Church to the Next Level intends to do just that.
THE GIST
The book centers on a series of “life cycles” in which all churches find themselves and through which most churches journey.
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