{"id":3561,"date":"2016-08-08T08:00:18","date_gmt":"2016-08-08T12:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/trainchurchleaders.com\/practicum\/?p=3561"},"modified":"2025-07-30T09:41:17","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T13:41:17","slug":"good-bad-conflict","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trainchurchleaders.com\/practicum\/good-bad-conflict.htm","title":{"rendered":"Not All Conflict is Bad"},"content":{"rendered":"

We come together in the Church with preconceived ideas and preprogrammed ways of doing things. Conflict is bound to happen as ideas clash, philosophies fail to gel, and methodology differs. The objective of getting each other on the same page “in Christ” therefore comes with its challenges.<\/p>\n

What’s the Difference Between Good and Bad Conflict?<\/h2>\n

If by conflict we are talking about lack of agreement, that may not be a bad thing. Often when we come through the conflict well, we arrive at a better place than we might have been without the disagreement.<\/p>\n

If, on the other hand, we are talking about clashing in such a way as to be antagonistic toward one another, it is not good. When disagreements become divisive, breaking our unity and fellowship in Christ, it is bad conflict. God commands us to “live in harmony with one another” (1 Pet. 3:8).<\/p>\n

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