James Qualben, Peace in the Parish: How to Use Conflict Redemption Principles and Processes. Langmarc Publishing, 1991.
Referenced in: Managing and Resolving Church Conflict
LifeandLeadership.com Summary
This is an excellent resource that originated from the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod’s “Peace in the Parish Project.” Qualben discusses the role of purpose systems, biblical theology (especially regarding forgiveness and reconciliation), and the Matthew 18 pathway (5 steps). The second half of the book discusses how to detect and overcome obstacles to church vitality such as deflected distress, shoot-out meetings, bombsight biblicism, theological thugs, stuck family systems, false teachings, hyper-dependency, codependency, and clergy immorality. Chapter 15, “Usages,” gives a very helpful outline of a congregational reconciliation service.
From the Publisher
Peace in the Parish introduces the most thorougly tested new process for coping with conflict: Conflict Redemption. Its system of principles, analytical steps, & how-tos for moving conflicted situations toward vitality are published here for the first time. Purpose Systems (for unifying & motivational support), Codependency Cliques, Power Sharks, Family Systems Burnout: These are some of the topics covered, drawn from Dr. Qualben’s work as national consultant to major denominations.
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