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Our flagship course, designed for those with leadership responsibility, laying the foundation for recognising our call as Christian disciples to live well with difference and tension. Five days packed with opportunities to learn through teaching, group work, skills practice, prayer and personal reflection.
Conflict is a normal and inevitable part of life, yet leaders often feel ill-prepared to face conflict, and disturbed that it is present in Christian communities. Transforming Conflict 1: Leadership, Discipleship and Community (formerly called Transforming Church Conflict) is designed to help those in leadership roles who are looking for encouragement to face conflict constructively.
This five-day residential course is focussed on conflict in church and other Christian settings, and through the themes of leadership, discipleship and community will help you to be a more resilient leader, and to understand more of the work of reconciliation in practice for a community of faithful disciples. Drawing on the Bridge Builders’ theological roots in the Mennonite tradition, the course explores the call of all Christians to be entrusted with the ministry of reconciliation, that begins with facing and blessing enemies, and calls us to live faithfully in a spirit of power, of love and of self-control.
Transforming Conflict 1: Leadership, Discipleship and Community (formerly called Transforming Church Conflict) serves as the foundation for further Bridge Builders courses. It builds on our experience of leading similar training since 1996, and our commitment to peace-making.
The course is intensive and includes some evening sessions. We strongly recommend avoiding any other commitments during the week.
Liz Griffiths is Director of Training for Bridge Builders. She is an Anglican Priest and has a broad experience of both parish ministry and adult education. Liz has worked in city centre and urban estate parishes, and as Vice-Principal of the Eastern Region Ministry Course, helping to train ordained and lay ministers.
Rupert Ward is a Bridge Builders Training Partner. He leads a church in the centre of Edinburgh and is increasingly devoting time to training and facilitation of leadership groups in other churches & charities. He has trained in facilitation, counselling and theology.
Sue Haslehurst lives in Oxford where she has trained as a restorative justice facilitator and community mediator. Sue previously led a Mennonite Church in London, where she first came across the work of Bridge Builders, and she has also been a lay leader in the small Baptist church to which she now belongs. Sue has been part of the Bridge Builders team since 2015, first as a Training Partner and now as a member of staff.
Key Dates:
Sunday 7 September: arrival from 5:00pm; dinner 6:15pm; session at 7:30pm
Monday 8 and Thursday 11 September: 9:00am-6:00pm
Tuesday 9 and Wednesday 10 September: 9:00am-1:00pm, 3:30-6:00pm, 7:30-9:00pm
Friday 12 September: 9:00am-3:30pm
The full cost of the course is £895.
A training manual, accommodation, meals and refreshments are included in the fee.
Bursaries: if you are on a low income, a bursary may be available to help cover the cost of attending. Please see the bursary information page.
Please note: If a third party (eg. Diocese) is paying for your ticket, please book using your own name and contact details. Select direct bank transfer as the payment option and you will receive an order confirmation containing bank details. You can either pay directly, or forward the order confirmation to the third party for payment.
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