1. Church Leader Tools: Leading Difficult Conversations With Pastor Nancy Kraft

3. Leading Difficult Conversations

4. Leading Difficult Conversations
Practicing love in the congregation

5. Leading Difficult Conversations
Practicing love in the congregation
The courage to gather people

6. Leading Difficult Conversations
Practicing love in the congregation
The courage to gather people
Open with scripture and prayer

7. Leading Difficult Conversations
Practicing love in the congregation
The courage to gather people
Open with scripture and prayer
Set ground rules

8. Leading Difficult Conversations
Practicing love in the congregation
The courage to gather people
Open with scripture and prayer
Set ground rules
Divide Into two groups

9. Leading Difficult Conversations
Practicing love in the congregation
The courage to gather people
Open with scripture and prayer
Set ground rules
Divide Into two groups
Groups compile 5-10 things they want to share about themselves

10. Leading Difficult Conversations
Groups compiles 5-10 things they think the other group will share

11. Leading Difficult Conversations
Groups compiles 5-10 things they think the other group will share
Get back together and compare lists

12. Leading Difficult Conversations
Groups compiles 5-10 things they think the other group will share
Get back together and compare lists
Purpose of listening and understanding

13. Leading Difficult Conversations
Groups compiles 5-10 things they think the other group will share
Get back together and compare lists
Purpose of listening and understanding
End with Communion

14. Blessings
Helped create better community

15. Blessings
Helped create better community
Provides “yeast” for the whole congregation

16. Blessings
Helped create better community
Provides “yeast” for the whole congregation
Teaches the process for future conversations

17. Blessings
Helped create better community
Provides “yeast” for the whole congregation
Teaches the process for future conversations
Provided healing and more careful sharing

18. Surprising Blessings

19. Surprising Blessings
The large number who came

20. Surprising Blessings
The large number who came
How well they understood the perspective of the other group

21. Surprising Blessings
The large number who came
How well they understood the perspective of the other group
Learning skills for other conversations outside the church

22. Surprising Blessings
The large number who came
How well they understood the perspective of the other group
Learning skills for other conversations outside the church
Skills for future conflict

23. Surprising Blessings
The large number who came
How well they understood the perspective of the other group
Learning skills for other conversations outside the church
Skills for future conflict
Changing the leader as well

24. Final Advice

25. Final Advice
Be very clear about the purpose

26. Final Advice
Be very clear about the purpose
Be clear that people will need to be honest about which side they’re on

27. The description section below has a link to downloadable handouts and original documents, resources to go deeper, and reflection/discussion questions. Now who should you forward this to in order to grow their leadership?