Enright The Church As A Process Model Summary
The article, “The Church as Forgiving Community: An Initial Model by Magnuson and Enright (2008) is about the necessity and benefits of forgiveness among family, community, and the church. The authors posit that research studies have shown that the act or process of forgiveness reduces angst, depression, and intense feelings of resentment and hostility; and strengthens self- esteem, hope, and positive feelings and emotions. According to Magnuson and Enright, the general notion of forgiveness originated in the Bible, and the Scriptures call to mind that forgiveness is relevant in “divine- human relationship also person-person relationships” (p. 114). The authors diligently pointed out that to forgive is not to accept and allow, fail to remember,
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The thing that stands out the most was the formation of process models or comprehensive account of how persons deal with forgiving others. The two most cited models are Enright’s process model and Worthington’s REACH model, in which the forgiver moves from one point to another or through four phases of Enright’s model (p. 114). The process involves first admitting the pain and surveying the injustice. The second is taking a look at forgiveness and setting one’s mind on working toward forgiveness. The third point is expressing and generating empathy and compassion for the guilty party and bearing the pain. The fourth is the outcome or healing takes place (Freedman, Enright, & Knutson, as cited in Magnuson & Enright, 2008). Of fourteen published forgiveness interventions, empathy was an essential …show more content…
The goal, on the one hand, is to help children to learn about the theory of forgiveness, and on the other, The Forgiving Communities approach is to strengthen the understanding and encouragement of forgiveness by parents, educators, and pastoral leadership in their personal and professional practices, as they help the children. The authors maintained that the notion of interpersonal forgiveness needed to reach beyond marital relationships, families, and schools and explored within the religious arena. (p. 116). This article presents a model of an education plan in the context of a Christian congregation: “The Church as Forgiving Community” (p.116) that has its roots in God’s love and found in the Holy Bible. The model composes several levels of forgiveness education that occur at set times each year to develop a culture of forgiveness that is part of the congregation’s makeup not in spurts but throughout life. the Pastor, associate ministers, children’s minister, youth minister, music minister, couples, families, and individual ministers. Forgiveness “creates a new context and capacity for community, in which forgiven forgivers live paradoxically, in communities of broken yet restored community” (Jones, as cited in Magnuson &
The thing that stands out the most was the formation of process models or comprehensive account of how persons deal with forgiving others. The two most cited models are Enright’s process model and Worthington’s REACH model, in which the forgiver moves from one point to another or through four phases of Enright’s model (p. 114). The process involves first admitting the pain and surveying the injustice. The second is taking a look at forgiveness and setting one’s mind on working toward forgiveness. The third point is expressing and generating empathy and compassion for the guilty party and bearing the pain. The fourth is the outcome or healing takes place (Freedman, Enright, & Knutson, as cited in Magnuson & Enright, 2008). Of fourteen published forgiveness interventions, empathy was an essential …show more content…
The goal, on the one hand, is to help children to learn about the theory of forgiveness, and on the other, The Forgiving Communities approach is to strengthen the understanding and encouragement of forgiveness by parents, educators, and pastoral leadership in their personal and professional practices, as they help the children. The authors maintained that the notion of interpersonal forgiveness needed to reach beyond marital relationships, families, and schools and explored within the religious arena. (p. 116). This article presents a model of an education plan in the context of a Christian congregation: “The Church as Forgiving Community” (p.116) that has its roots in God’s love and found in the Holy Bible. The model composes several levels of forgiveness education that occur at set times each year to develop a culture of forgiveness that is part of the congregation’s makeup not in spurts but throughout life. the Pastor, associate ministers, children’s minister, youth minister, music minister, couples, families, and individual ministers. Forgiveness “creates a new context and capacity for community, in which forgiven forgivers live paradoxically, in communities of broken yet restored community” (Jones, as cited in Magnuson &