Church Conflict
Your Anxieties
About Dr. Newberger
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Preventative Training
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Nip Conflict in the Bud
Establish a Proactive Conflict Management System in Your Church
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"Today, a key leadership capability is the capacity to understand the inevitability of crisis
and to be prepared for it." M. Braverman
"If your church wants to effectively deal with conflict, to learn from the experience instead
of being damaged by it, it must first have a plan in place!" K. Newberger
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Dr. Newberger's System
Takes Just One Weekend to Implement
An Analogy to Matthew 13:33
He [Jesus] told them another parable. “The kingdom of heaven is like leaven that a
woman took and hid in three measures of flour, till it was all leavened.”
In the same way that a small amount of leaven is needed to permeate flour and make it rise,
only a small number of people are needed to nip conflict in the bud throughout the church.
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What People Have Said
A Pennsylvania church member reported, "Ken came to our small church after a crisis of leadership caused a deep split in the congregation. There were many wounds that needed to be addressed and Ken and his wife were given the unenviable task of dealing with the aftermath through his Peacemaking seminar. Through his teaching style, his firm grasp of the issues, and his deep concern for the members of the congregation, he helped us to move forward to a point where we were able to look to the future instead of dwelling on the past.... As the result of Ken's influence, our church has established a Peacemaking Committee to head off similar future problems. I have been privileged to be the head of this committee since it's inception."
An Oregon pastor wrote, "You left us with not only an enjoyable experience, but with a system complete with trained staff, training materials and procedural guidelines. We feel equipped to assimilate this ministry in to the life of our congregation and to keep it alive for years to come. Ken, thank you again for your time, your energy, and your insights into conflict resolution and healthy communication. We truly enjoyed our time with you."
From the same Oregon church, the newly appointed Directors of Peacemaking wrote: “Ken, I wanted to write to you and tell you 'thank you'. Your information and teaching on 'Peacemaking' and conflict resolution is exactly what our church was looking for. I think this will help our church immensely. The binder full of information and the videos with the examples will also allow us, as directors, to train new informal mediators and keep the current ones 'up to speed'. Since the weekend of your seminar, I have had several people tell me how much they appreciated your sermon on Sunday, and that they look forward to seeing this program get going. There is a good deal of much energy surrounding the program already.... Carol and I would strongly recommend this program for any church that has had explosive conflicts as well as any church wanting to mature in their inter-personal fellowship.”
A Pennsylvania pastor [a different PA church from above] stated, "Ken has a wonderful gift of teaching and a clear understanding of scripture and how conflict resolution should be accomplished in the church.... His power point presentation on the process of mediation in the church to resolving conflict was excellent."
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The Following Comments Have Been Made about
Dr. Newberger's Materials and Workshops
“Eye-opening”
“Really hit home!”
“Biblically based presentation”
“The workbook was very well laid out!”
“Applicable to all interpersonal relationships”
“I can't imagine who couldn't benefit from this class”
“The discussions and sharing - very cathartic process”
“Reflects deep thinking and broad experience in ministry”
“I appreciate someone tackling this incredibly difficult task”
“It has helped me rethink my own actions in past conflicts.
There are things I would do better (more Christ-like) after this”
“Very informative, there are concrete helps in solving problems”
"This is a great work and really should be of much help to churches”
“Honestly - I enjoyed and valued it all. Nothing seemed superfluous”
“Gave me a whole new understanding of how reconciliation can be accomplished”
“Ken is an excellent communicator and has developed a program that is extremely useful”
“[Ken] presented three separate trainings... that received excellent evaluation for his thorough preparation, comprehensive written material, compelling and effective presentations, practical illustrations / case histories, biblically-based life principles, and motivating large and small group discussion / sharing opportunities”
“[I appreciate] the hope that I received from a church which recognizes that conflict does
exist in our personal lives as well as in the life of the church, and the foresight to have a
plan for conflict resolution in place before the conflict gets out of hand”
“Outstanding presentation... I was amazed at your delivery style and being able to translate/communicate relatively complex, theological information at the “lay level”
“Ken has a wonderful gift of teaching and a clear understanding of scripture and
how conflict resolution should be accomplished in the church... His power point
presentation on the process of mediation in the church
to resolving conflict was excellent”
“I liked the fact that people were able to discuss the experience of the conflict
that we went through and were able to personalize it to the course content”
“I liked the first section that put conflict into a broader perspective
biblically and socially thereby normalizing our experience”
“[I'm] better prepared to recognize and deal earlier with conflict”
“This is a huge topic and an extremely important one”
“I would recommend this class to anyone”
“Thanks for your faithful ministry!”
“Time flew by”
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