EVERY CHURCH HAS ITS DISAGREEMENTS. BUT WHY DO THEY SO EASILY TURN TOXIC?

from Take Note 2023 Issue 1

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Loving disagreement is the problem –Christians have become too relaxed about the way disagreements destroy unity and undermine mission.

Loving disagreement is also the solution –because if Christians can learn to love even their neighbour in Christ with whom they disagree, situations of conflict are transformed.

Reflecting on his experiences first as a BBC religion correspondent and then as an ordained Anglican, Christopher Landau offers practical solutions to the facing of inevitable disagreements among Christians, rooted in a dual call to love our neighbour and seek the fruit of the Spirit.

Also included is a five-session small group resource, The Unity Course, that unpacks the New Testament principles, and equips followers of Jesus to disagree in authentically Christian ways.