ADVENTIST CHAPLAINCY LEVEL II TRAINING
CONFLICT MANAGEMENT AND PEACE BUILDING
PURPOSE: To promote peace co-existence within the church and community at large in
these last days. 2Cor. 5:18-19, Prov. 24:1-6
OBJECTIVES
1. Top help understand various terms
2. To understand an atomy of conflict
3. To educate trainees on the conflict and violence
4. To establish peace builders and conflict managers in the local church and
society
5. To understand the general Biblical teachings on conflict and peace building.
6. To understand Ellen White counsels on conflict and peace building
7. To help local churches establish conflict management and peace building groups
COURSE OUTLINE
1. Definition of terms
2. Types of conflict
3. Conflict resolution
4. Peace building
5. Counseling skills
6. Violence management
7. Way forward
CONFLICT MANAGEMENT AND PEACE BUILDING
1. Definition of terms
What is conflict? It is an agreement of ideas, interests or values
What is conflict management?
is the process of planning to avoid disagreement where possible and where necessary.
It is to organize to resolve conflict so that it does happen as smooth as possible. A
friendly competition often leads to achievement, inventions, etc. But when competition
becomes unfriendly or bitter, becomes conflict to even result to violence.
What is violence?
It is the expression of hostility and rage with the intent to injure or damage people or
property through physical force."
What causes conflict?
Wherever there are relationships, there are possibility of contentions, frictions and
disagreement.
There are many factors that causes this bome of contention.
a) Rebelliousness - Desire to have one’s way anger, bitterness and unforgiving attitude,
a judgmental heart, insecurity fear to trust, prejudice. Inability to open up and share your
thoughts and feelings, failure to accept or listen to others.
b) Communication breakdown -Misperceptions, poor listening, insecurity, etc.
c) Differing conflict- Failure to listen to one another or impatience at personal
differences.
d) Social environment challenges- Declined economy, ethnic differences, political
immaturity, overcrowding, lack of resources.
e) Satanic involvement- Satan, the father of lies Jn 8:44 leads peoples to greed,
deceptive wrong priorities in leadership, godless activities, and all sorts of self-
centeredness.
2. Types of Conflict
a) Intraindividual - Desire to achieve two goals that are incompatible
b) Interpersonal - Disagreement or discord between people with respect to goals, values
or attitudes.
c) Intergroup- Disagreement or confrontation between two or more groups and their
members. This may involve physical violence.
d) Interpersonal discord or psychological tension
e) Intragroup- Disagreement or confrontation between two or more members of a single
group.
3. Conflict resolution
A conflict resolution that works has to:
a) Discourage denial
b) Discourage escape
c) Involve dialogue
d) Avoid confrontation
e) Incorporate genuiness
f) Avoid compromise
g) Encourage integrate communication
The role of the Counselor
Take time to understand the source of conflict
Work at transforming the individual
Model good relationships and effective communication
Choose a quiet location free from destruction where people can relax and
concentrate.
Clarify goals
Reconciling differences
Help the CE (Conflict Expeditor)
Choose courage-2 Chronicles 32: 7,8
Honesty acknowledges sin Ps. 51:3-4 Y
Confess sin- James 5:16 Forgive-Eph 4: 32
Trust in God- 1Cor. 13:7
Sacrifice the rights- Phil. 2:3-4 x
THE LOCAL CHURCH PART
Each church should strive to have three levels of CR in its membership:
a) Level 1- Counselling by encouragement- Gal. 6:2
b) Level 11- Counselling by Exhortation (trained CRS)
c) Level III- Counselling by enlightenment (professional)
NB: Every counselor should remember that:
Jesus Christ is our model counselor- Isaiah: 6:9
God's words is adequate in counseling-2Tim 3:16
The holy spirit is available to give guidance John 16:7-13
Prayer provides communion with God
Biblical change begins with new birth Jn: 3:1-21
PEACE BUILDING
The counselor should debrief the group who are in conflict as follows:
a) What does Matt. 5:23-24 mean to you
b) What does Matt. 5:10-12 mean to you
c) Is Matt. 5:39-40 practical in these last days
d) How can you apply Ecc. 7:14, Rom. 8:28-35, Phil. 4:11-13, 2-3-4; 1Tim. 6:6-8, Heb 13:5-
6. How is this related to your situation of the conflict
e) How can you overcome self-belittlement, self-pity, self-exaltation- Matt. 23:12, Luke:
9:23, Rom. 14:7-8, 2Cor. 5:15, James 4:16-17- How are these verses applicable to our
situation of conflict.
f) Isaiah 5:20-22, Ps.51:12-13, Ps. 51:1-4. How is this practical?
g) Mark 11:25-26, Matt. 18:15 is related to the conflict how?
h) Ps. 119:133- memorize this verse and examine what you are not being directed by
God's words to do what you are doing.
LOCAL CHURCH CRISIS COUNSELLING STRATEGIES
MODEL I
Suggested program
Opening prayer
Opening remarks
Peace building debriefing
Song service and prayer
Sermon
Testimonies and seasonal prayers
Groups discussion
Reports from groups
Way forward
Closing remarks
MODEL II
All group to be together in all presentation
MODEL III
The ring leaders to be debriefed together
VIOLENCE
Introduction
Violence is expression of hostility and rage with intent to injure or damage a person,
people, o property through physical force.
There are many kind of violence but the common ones are:-
a) Bullying- An attempt to frighten, or persecute, oppress a person who is smaller or
weaker.
b) Assault- A threat of attack.
c) Sexual Harassment-Unwanted sexual comments, force, and acts
d) Rape- Threatened or actual use of physical force to get someone to have sex without
her consent.
e) Child abuse- Harmful treatment of a person under eighteen including emotional
abuse, neglect and sexual abuse
f) Domestic violence. That occurs within the family or within other relationships in which
people live together.
6. VIOLENCE PREVENTION
To prevent violence the community must be educated about wellness.
Wellness is the quality of life that includes physical, mental-emotional, family-social
environmental health.
Health status is the sum total of the positive and negative influences of behaviors,
situations, relationship, decisions, use of resistance skills, and use of self-esteem.
There are seven factors that influences health and wellness:
a) The behavior a person chooses.
b) The situations in which a person participates.
c) The relationships in which a person engages
d) The decisions that a person take.
e) The resistance skills that a person uses
f) The level of self-esteem that a person develops
g) The attitude person has.
Goal of violence prevention
The goal of violence prevention education is to promote wellness and health status in a
community and students.
Philosophy
The philosophy of violence prevention education is to help community and students
develop life skulls for violence prevention
What are life skills?
Life skills are actions that are learned and practiced for lifetime that keep young and old
people safe. Therefore, life skills for violence prevention help young and old resist
behaving in violent actions of others and develop resiliency.
What is resilience
is ability to prevent or to recover, bounce back and learn from misfortune change or
pressure
Responsible decision model
A decision model should be applied consistently for every age
The steps in the model are as follows:
Clearly describe the situation
List possible actions that can be taken
Share the list of possible actions with responsible leaders.
Carefully evaluate a possible responsible action that is:
a) Health
b) Wellness
c)Safe
d) Legal
e) Respectful of God, others and self
f) Indicative of character
g) Understand risk factor that promote and prevent violence.
Risk Factors that Promote Violence
Risk factors are ways that you might behave and characteristics of the environment in
which you live that increase the likelihood of having something negative happen to your
health, safety or well-being.
Risk Behaviors
Failing to recognize violent behavior
Having negative self esteem
Practicing discriminatory behavior
Challenging authority and breaking laws
Lacking social skills etc.
Preventive Behavior
Protective factors are ways that you might behave and characteristics of the
environment in which you live that promote health, safety and well-being and these are:
a) Recognizing violent behavior
b) Having positive self-esteem
c) Avoiding discriminatory behaviors
d) Respecting authority and abiding by laws
e) Using social skills etc
Violence Behaviors
a) Bullying
b) Fighting
c) Assault
d) Discriminatory
e) Oppression
7. WAY FORWARD
With all what you have read and hard in the word of God and the testimonies
1. Do you wish to repent and confess to God and others?
2. Do you have things you need to put off or put on? Col. 3:8
3. Do you have things you need to share with family members, neighbor, friend etc. in
order to initiate reconciliation?
4. Do you have some things you need to share with one who wronged you in order to
facilitate confession, repentance and forgiveness?
5. Do you need special prayer on certain individuals that you are not able to forgive?
NB:
1. Remember "if injuries and insults are meekly born, if insulting words are responded to
by gentle answers and oppressive acts by kindness, it is evident that the spirit of Christ
dwells in the heart. Signs of the times Vol.4 p281
2. The strongest man is he who, while sensitive to abuse, will yet restrain passion and
forgive His enemies Maranatha pg 223.
3. The life of Christ was charged with divine message of love and His conduct
characterized by grace and humility and truth. Every member of the church militant
must manifest the same qualities Vol.STPs463
PRACTICALS
1. Handle a case in the local church, family and write a report.
2. Handle a violence case, specify the type of violence and how you managed it.
3. Apply local church crisis counseling strategies in your church and write a report.
