Loading ...Doing the D.Min Class Again
This Thursday Charity, the Kids, and I are heading to Nashville. Charity and the family are going to stay with the family while I head on to Memphis to stay with Joe Godley. He is the administration minister for the Sycramore View church of Christ. The last time I stayed with him and had a great time. He is a wise and smart minister. A lot of churches would benefit him coming to talk with the eldership about structure in congregations. He is a fun guy to be around. While I am there, I will be working on my second Doctor of Ministry class. This class is taught by Carlus Gupton. The class is dealing with Change, Conflict, and Crisis in Congregations. The material so far has been wonderful and helpful. I am looking forward to the spiritual time of refreshing and growing. By the end of the week, I might be tired of hearing about church fights, but I will be a better minister for doing this class. Change and conflict are two major parts of congregational life. Please keep me and my family in your prayers as we are separated. I appreciate the Castle Rock congregation and the elders for encouraging me and supporting me in this goal of being a doctor someday.
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What is really neat is to hear all the stories of churches with conflicts who would have managed that conflict in a unhealthy and un-Christian manner but because they chose to pursue conflict in healthy, biblically informed way, came out of the conflict stronger in the faith and more united in purpose and mission than before.
Say hello to my friends at HUGSR.
Grace and peace,
Rex
I will Rex. The reason we are having better results in the church with conflict because I believe more of our schools are teaching people to properly handle conflict. It use to be a fight or flight mindset, which was a write you up or start a new church attitude. We are overcoming this I believe.
What an important topic for a D.Min. course. Should be helpful. The last few classes I did at HUGSR were of the one-week intensive kind. Lots of reading, followed by a very-full week, and then a project to complete. It was exhausting, but always worth it.