BERKONFLIK DAN BERTUMBUH

Abstract

Many pastor found that sometimes it is not easy to solve a conflict intheir church. Conflicts that happen in their congregation sometimes show thatthey have lack of skill to solve that conflict, besides sometimes they do notreally understand source of that conflict. Pastors or church leader often just usetheir knowledge about pastoral counseling to solve conflicts in theircongregation. They never learn or try to have a good skill to manage basedprinciples of reconciliation. Yet since many conflict happened in Indonesiamany church member want to learn how to manage a conflict. On the other handit means that there is a consciousness that conflict is also part of church life andchurch sould be able to manage this conflict. Purpose this paper is not on givingan understanding to solve a conflict but also to go beyond it, namely to buildreconciliation among those who are in conflict.