The Resolution And Management Of Intra-Church Conflicts And Its Implications For Church And State: A Case Study Of The Evangel Church Assemblies Of God Conflict
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ABSTRACT
This study is premised on the assumption that the body of Christ is
today plagued by numerous internal conflicts resulting in breakaways or
divisions because the appropriate conflict resolution and management
mechanisms are not used to manage and resolve them when they do occur.
Using a methodology based on a combination of the purposive and
stratified random sampling techniques coupled with both qualitative and
quantitative analysis of data collected, a case study was done on the 2002
Evangel Church Assemblies of God conflict. The major findings of the
research indicate that Assemblies of God, Ghana does not have a functional
conflict resolution and management mechanism. It was also confirmed that the
major causes of conflicts in the church include poor communication skills,
poor administrative structures, the absence of well written and generally
accepted church constitution and the reliance on obsolete and unbiblical
church traditions and doctrines.
By way of its implications for church and state, we are sitting on a time
bomb because many churches, especially the Pentecostal-charismatic
churches, Para-church and religious organizations in general (who control a
greater percentage of the population in Ghana), have similar situations as it
pertains in Assemblies of God, Ghana, given some recent events in some of
them.
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African Research, R (2021). The Resolution And Management Of Intra-Church Conflicts And Its Implications For Church And State: A Case Study Of The Evangel Church Assemblies Of God Conflict. Afribary.com: Retrieved April 15, 2021, from https://afribary.com/works/the-resolution-and-management-of-intra-church-conflicts-and-its-implications-for-church-and-state-a-case-study-of-the-evangel-church-assemblies-of-god-conflict
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Resources, African Research. "The Resolution And Management Of Intra-Church Conflicts And Its Implications For Church And State: A Case Study Of The Evangel Church Assemblies Of God Conflict" Afribary.com (2021). Accessed April 15, 2021. https://afribary.com/works/the-resolution-and-management-of-intra-church-conflicts-and-its-implications-for-church-and-state-a-case-study-of-the-evangel-church-assemblies-of-god-conflict