The purpose of this essay is for the Writer to examine and analyze personal power and discover the corporate power (Church) that exists in the following areas: 1) Personal type(s) of Power; 2) Type of Power in Church, and 3) Church Culture and how it affects Conflict.
Background
This writer has witnessed and experienced throughout life, that power comes in many different ways that can be used for both good and bad. Ricky Griffin and Gregory Moorhead stated that “power is the potential ability of a person or group to exercise control over another person of the group, in that, is distinguished from influence due to the element of control while the more powerful control the less powerful”. Here, the writer has experienced over a course …show more content…
Bernard Mayer states that “different ways of culture influence people’s interaction in conflict while these cultural difference breeds conflict and complicate communication due to different ethnicities and cultural backgrounds”. Here, the writer has experienced cultural difference as being a sensitive nature in the workplace, Churches should implement cultural diversity competency training in their programs. Jay Adams stated that “during the conflict process, the principles of Christian conferences are taught by example and explained by the precepts, in that, encouragement that comes from solving the problem successfully helps the clients to see that whenever they work at their problems biblically they can God’s answers to them”. Proverbs 15:1, says “ A gentle answer turns away wrath, But a harsh word stirs up anger”. Moreover, Millard Erickson stated, “while finding creative ways to utilize culture as a vehicle for communication of the gospel, the church must recognize that there will inevitable points of incompatibility between biblically revealed Christianity and the culture, whether Greek, modern, postmodern, or any other”. The writer has established that the ultimate goal is for Christian churches to open up its walls, and make sure that all recognize why we worship God, then we can become accustomed to the heavenly form of worship so that it culturally relevant in a Christ-like manner to make sure that cultural conflict is zero tolerance when it comes to the House of the
Background
This writer has witnessed and experienced throughout life, that power comes in many different ways that can be used for both good and bad. Ricky Griffin and Gregory Moorhead stated that “power is the potential ability of a person or group to exercise control over another person of the group, in that, is distinguished from influence due to the element of control while the more powerful control the less powerful”. Here, the writer has experienced over a course …show more content…
Bernard Mayer states that “different ways of culture influence people’s interaction in conflict while these cultural difference breeds conflict and complicate communication due to different ethnicities and cultural backgrounds”. Here, the writer has experienced cultural difference as being a sensitive nature in the workplace, Churches should implement cultural diversity competency training in their programs. Jay Adams stated that “during the conflict process, the principles of Christian conferences are taught by example and explained by the precepts, in that, encouragement that comes from solving the problem successfully helps the clients to see that whenever they work at their problems biblically they can God’s answers to them”. Proverbs 15:1, says “ A gentle answer turns away wrath, But a harsh word stirs up anger”. Moreover, Millard Erickson stated, “while finding creative ways to utilize culture as a vehicle for communication of the gospel, the church must recognize that there will inevitable points of incompatibility between biblically revealed Christianity and the culture, whether Greek, modern, postmodern, or any other”. The writer has established that the ultimate goal is for Christian churches to open up its walls, and make sure that all recognize why we worship God, then we can become accustomed to the heavenly form of worship so that it culturally relevant in a Christ-like manner to make sure that cultural conflict is zero tolerance when it comes to the House of the