Pastor
Conflict Situation
Presented to
Dan Burrell (PhD)
Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary
Lynchburg, VA
In Partial fulfillment
Of the requirements for the course
DSMN605 Christian Leadership
By
Elliot Sanchez ID (22567431)
February 18, 2011
Often many times within a church family such as Grace with over thirty five hundred partners there are bound to be conflict. Any environment whether large or small we are all people, with personalities that some time come together in a manner that does not always show the church family in the best of light. I find people look at believers as we are designed to be different and we are in a way. We as believers are called to be different, yet we are people. This transformation comes not from our doing but through the transforming power of the Holy Spirit. This paper will outline a situation at which such an instance was brought to light. The manner in which the situation was handled by the pastoral staff, and finally, the outcome from the situation as well as the change that took place due to the situation. In order to understand the situation we must talk about the background behind the situation. A few years back Grace Covenant Church had a pastor by the name of Karrie. Pastor Karrie and my mother got along quite well. As far back as I could remember Pastor Karrie and my mother hit it off like sisters. Pastor Karrie daughter would come over to my mother’s house unannounced and stay for the day just to sit and talk. Quite often Pastor Karrie’s daughter would find herself at my mother’s house to take a load off in between classes. Pastor Karrie’s daughter Joelina was going to college located in Statesville located about five minutes away from the campus. Joelina would stay hours at a time after she was done with school. I found this to be quite out of the ordinary. Sometime my wife Jessica and I would go up there to see my mom Alba and stay for some time. We would arrive there to find
Presented to
Dan Burrell (PhD)
Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary
Lynchburg, VA
In Partial fulfillment
Of the requirements for the course
DSMN605 Christian Leadership
By
Elliot Sanchez ID (22567431)
February 18, 2011
Often many times within a church family such as Grace with over thirty five hundred partners there are bound to be conflict. Any environment whether large or small we are all people, with personalities that some time come together in a manner that does not always show the church family in the best of light. I find people look at believers as we are designed to be different and we are in a way. We as believers are called to be different, yet we are people. This transformation comes not from our doing but through the transforming power of the Holy Spirit. This paper will outline a situation at which such an instance was brought to light. The manner in which the situation was handled by the pastoral staff, and finally, the outcome from the situation as well as the change that took place due to the situation. In order to understand the situation we must talk about the background behind the situation. A few years back Grace Covenant Church had a pastor by the name of Karrie. Pastor Karrie and my mother got along quite well. As far back as I could remember Pastor Karrie and my mother hit it off like sisters. Pastor Karrie daughter would come over to my mother’s house unannounced and stay for the day just to sit and talk. Quite often Pastor Karrie’s daughter would find herself at my mother’s house to take a load off in between classes. Pastor Karrie’s daughter Joelina was going to college located in Statesville located about five minutes away from the campus. Joelina would stay hours at a time after she was done with school. I found this to be quite out of the ordinary. Sometime my wife Jessica and I would go up there to see my mom Alba and stay for some time. We would arrive there to find