• Relationships & Peacemaking

    Conflicts Over Church Building Use Policies

    Well … just like most topics in life, I surely didn’t know one QUARTER of the potential issues, interests, challenges, and pitfalls associated with this one. Yes, yes, like most Christians I had (casually) “mediated” (discussed?) topics and conflicts related church building usage over the years. And thinking back on it, I’d have to say that pretty much every conflicted church intervention I learned about or reviewed when I was still on staff at Peacemakers had at least one church building use issue—even if it was only a presenting issue. Still, I was surprised by how diverse the documentation from various churches is. Some really go the “three paragraph, only…