*The term “church network” refers to all types of church organizations, including national denominations, state districts and conventions, and regional presbyteries, associations and conferences.
RW360 views itself as a “bridesmaid” to the Church, the Bride of Christ. Therefore, our calling is to do all we can to make local churches more beautiful by equipping their leaders and members with relational skills that build unity, strengthen relationships, prevent conflict and reveal the transforming power of Jesus and his gospel.
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From Genesis to Revelation, the Bible is filled with stories of conflict among believers. Our tendency toward conflict was not removed by the advent of Christ, which is why every book in the New Testament addresses conflict. Our modern tendency for conflict reveals itself in these kinds of issues:
The good news is that there are effective ways to prevent or resolve these types of conflicts. When church leaders invest in proven relational and peacemaking skills training, they can bring many benefits to their people. Among other things, this training enables church leaders to:
Multiple studies reveal the value of relational skills training in church and ministry settings.
You can begin the process of transforming your church network and equipping your people with life-changing relational skills by taking three steps:
Yes. As these endorsements show, RW360’s resources are respected and recommended across a wide spectrum of Christian leaders and denominations.
Yes. Our Relationally Wise Leader course is available for free online and provides an introduction to relational wisdom, peacemaking and several leadership applications of these concepts. Leaders can deepen these types of skills through our RW Shepherd course.
The best way to launch church-wide training is to host a live kick-off seminar that introduces an entire church to the benefits of improving their relational skills. With or without this introduction, a church can use our small group study sets for Sunday school or small group studies. Alternatively, church leaders could simply encourage their people to take advantage of RW360’s online courses, which members can pursue at their convenience.
As this pastor’s remarkable testimony shows, you can train members of your church to use our PACE (Professional and Community Engagement) resources to make presentations in businesses, schools, college campuses, hospitals, police departments and other secular venues throughout your community.
By all means! That is exactly what Moses did when he wanted to reduce his peacemaking work load (see Exod. 18:13-27). Click here to see how you can develop a Peace Sower Team in your church.
Yes. Adopting RW360’s model Relational Commitments can help your churches avoid many conflicts while also reducing their exposure to legal threats that could otherwise cost them thousands of dollars of legal fees and hundreds of hours of pastoral time.
Relational skills training will help your churches get upstream of conflict and build healthier, more effective relationships. Here are three steps you can take right now:
Get a detailed plan on how to bring this life-changing training to your church and spread it to your community.
Developing relational skills you can practice at home, in church and at work, inspiring others to follow your example.
Invite an RW Instructor to provide a webinar or live seminar to introduce your staff and leaders to relational wisdom.