Managing Polarities in Congregations: Eight Keys for Thriving Faith Communities

by Roy M. Oswald and Barry Johnson

Book Overview

Congregations often find themselves in power struggles over two opposing views. People on both sides believe strongly that they are right. They also assume that if they are right, their opposition must be wrong--classic 'either/or' thinking. A polarity is a pair of truths that need each other over time. When an argument is about two poles of a polarity, both sides are right and need each other to experience the whole truth. This phenomenon has been...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1566993903
• ISBN13: 9781566993906
• Release Date: December 2009
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 266 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.9" x 9.9"