Making Peace A Guide to Overcoming Church Conflict

by Van Yperen, Jim

• ISBN13: 9780802431851
• ISBN10: 0802431852
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-07-01
• Publisher: Moody Publishers

Summary

Conflict abounds in the church of Jesus Christ. Reconciliation within the body, however, will not happen with the right 'method' or 'set of principles.' In Making Peace, readers are challenged to place their church and all of its dissension under the Lordship of Jesus Christ.

Author Biography

Jim van Yperen is the founder and executive director of Metanoia Ministries, a non-profit Christian ministry serving evangelical churches in conflict reconciliation and leadership formation. He has served hundreds of pastors and dozens of conflicted churches in the past decade, including serving six churches as Intentional Interim Pastor. Jim and his wife, Sharon, are the parents of two adult children and reside on a small sheep farm in East Washington, New Hampshire

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. 9
Introduction	p. 11
Prologue: Conflicts at Second Church ... and Elsewhere	p. 17
The Mess We Are In	p. 23
Root Causes of Conflict	p. 27
Toward a Theology of Reconciliation	p. 49
Leading and Forming Biblical Community	p. 73
Why All Conflict Is About Leadership	p. 89
A Biblical View of Conflict	p. 91
Passive Responders: Why Peacekeeping Is Not Peacemaking	p. 111
Evasive Responders: Why You Can't Run or Hide	p. 121
Defensive Responders: Why Your Conflict Is Not About You	p. 135
Aggressive Responders: Leaving Vindication for God	p. 153
Church Conflict and Counterfeit Peace	p. 163
On Becoming a Redemptive Community	p. 177
Living Under Lordship: A Call to Submission	p. 185
Living into the Light: Why We Must Examine and Confront	p. 197
Confession and Forgiveness: How We Must Respond	p. 221
Discipline and Restitution: How We Are Re-formed	p. 245
Epilogue: Seven Calls to Repentance	p. 255
Forming a Safe Place Group	p. 261
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