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Building Healthy Relationships in the Local Church: Commitment to Unity and Harmony

This resource provides essential principles for fostering healthy relationships within the local church community. Emphasizing intentionality, communication, and emotional intelligence, it outlines the importance of developing covenants that promote unity and respect. By understanding the dynamics of interpersonal relationships, congregations can enhance their collective immune system and create an environment of support and growth. The document encourages active participation in behaviors that strengthen community ties and align with Christian values, working towards mutual respect and spiritual development.

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Building Healthy Relationships in the Local Church: Commitment to Unity and Harmony

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  1. Building Healthy Relationships in the Local Church October 29, 2011

  2. The Art & Science • Commitment to Unity and Harmony • Intentionality • Energy • Vision • Passion • Practice • Teaching • Exhortation Healthy relationships rarely happen by accident.

  3. Managing Relationships 1

  4. Managing Relationships 3

  5. Managing Relationships 10

  6. Managing Relationships Communication is the key. 28

  7. The Power of Facilitation Facilitator A facilitator watches process – who speaks, how often, who engages, who withdraws, tone, inflection, volume, etc.

  8. Emotional & Social Intelligence

  9. Developing a Learning Agenda Drawing from the 19 E.I. Competencies or the 12 Relationship Builders

  10. Strengthening the Congregational Immune System

  11. Mission Control Self Space is completely under our control – beliefs, values, skills, knowledge, gifts. This is WHO WE REALLY ARE. Control Space 1 = conversation, sharing opinions, beliefs, basic give-and-take, engagement for learning. Control Space 2 = debate, influence, persuasion, simple argument, basic conflict, attempts to change others. Control Space 4 = violence, conquest, win-at-all-costs, forced submission, annihilation, dehumanization. Control Space 3 = forceful argument, conflict, disagreement, competition, coercion, disregard & disrespect.

  12. Congregational Behavior Covenants • First, Do No Harm, Avoid Evil • Second, Do Good of Every Possible Sort • Third, Attend Upon the Ordinances of God

  13. Congregational Covenants • First, Do No Harm • Create a list of behaviors and activities that the group agrees are negative, unproductive, and/or unacceptable. These are the things the group and/or congregation covenants together NOT to do, and to not tolerate or allow others to do unchallenged.

  14. Congregational Covenants • Do All the Good You Can • Create a list of behaviors and activities that the group agrees build strong, healthy relationships and that they will work to develop and support. These are things that the group and/or congregation covenants together to intentionally DO.

  15. Congregational Covenants • Attend to the Ordinances of God • Create a list of the behaviors and practices of the Christian faith that build positive feeling and help to strengthen the group and/or congregation, such as prayer, study, fellowship, service, etc. • Be as specific as you can be about expectations.

  16. Congregational Covenants • Congregational/Operating covenants work best when written and explicit. • They work best when they are created by those who will be bound by them. • They work best when signed by all in the group/congregation. • Many congregations find benefit in finding and listing Biblical passages that support and affirm the nature of the covenant.

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