Bitter Fruit (eBook)

Dysfunction and Abuse in the Local Church

Keith Gordon Ford (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2021
274 Seiten
Wipf and Stock Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-6667-0351-1 (ISBN)

Infos

No church founder or planter likely intends to start a church with the stated goal of allowing abuse or abusing those within it. Yet sadly and too often, even in the best of churches abuse does occur. The bitter fruit of abuse does not appear from nowhere. Its origins, the soil in which it grows, and the structures that support it need be understood if we are to eradicate this fruit from within our churches and Christian organizations. Bitter Fruit: Dysfunction and Abuse in the Local Church describes those psychologies, social psychologies, and inadequate theologies that are frequently true in churches that enable abuse, regardless of the form the abuse may take. It is vital that you understand these things if you are a pastor, leader, or lay person seeking to maintain a healthy church environment.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 17.6.2021
• Verlagsort: Eugene
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte
• Themenwelt: Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Pastoraltheologie
• Schlagworte: Abuse • Bitter Fruit • Christianity • Christian life and practice • christian living • Christian ministry • Christian theology • Church conflict • Dysfunction • Keith Gordon Ford • Leadership • Leadership and Mentoring • Pastoral Resources • pastoral theology • Religious social and pastoral thought and activity • Theology
• ISBN-10: 1-6667-0351-6 / 1666703516
• ISBN-13: 978-1-6667-0351-1 / 9781666703511