Healing from the past and discerning the future: using conversation as a strategic leadership process in a congregation learning to work together and grow in wholeness

Campbell B Singleton

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Healing from the past and discerning the future: using conversation as a strategic leadership process in a congregation learning to work together and grow in wholeness

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MLA citation style (9th ed.)

Campbell B Singleton. Healing From the Past and Discerning the Future: Using Conversation As a Strategic Leadership Process In a Congregation Learning to Work Together and Grow In Wholeness. Hartford Seminary. rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/a4d2f222-65fb-42a4-b985-8a0801922b66?locale=en.

APA citation style (7th ed.)

C. B. Singleton. Healing from the past and discerning the future: using conversation as a strategic leadership process in a congregation learning to work together and grow in wholeness. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/a4d2f222-65fb-42a4-b985-8a0801922b66?locale=en

Chicago citation style (CMOS 17, author-date)

Campbell B Singleton. Healing From the Past and Discerning the Future: Using Conversation As a Strategic Leadership Process In a Congregation Learning to Work Together and Grow In Wholeness. Hartford Seminary. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/a4d2f222-65fb-42a4-b985-8a0801922b66?locale=en.

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Campbell B Singleton

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Narration

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Abstract

This ministry project asserts that a conflicted congregation's capacity to discern its future direction is restricted when it is enmeshed in deciphering blame for the past. A process guided by pastoral care conversations invited parishioners to acknowledge their raw feelings, explore their sources of pain, wrestle with faith practices and open to healing experiences. The hermeneutical approach to this project was based in narrative. Various research tools were used to aid this congregation to connect with the wider story of the church including: focus groups, surveys, semi-structured interviews, and feedback forms. In the context of 'deep listening,' conversation was an effective and inclusive leadership approach to healing this conflicted conversation and cultivating within them the capacity to discern a shared sense of mission and vision. As the congregation healed, six interactive patterns emerged that transformed this congregation.

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