CONFERENCE TO EXPLORE CONFLICT AND SPIRITUALITY

Congregational conflict, one area in which church leaders are challenged to be agents of reconciliation, is the theme for ABSW’s Annual Pastoral Leadership Conference.

“Wrestling with the Angels: Conflict and Spirituality” will be held Jan. 12-14, 2004, at San Damiano Retreat in Danville, Calif.

Keynote speaker is Speed Leas, senior consultant for The Alban Institute and visiting professor of congregational leadership at the Pacific School of Religion. For the past 33 years, he has worked with ecclesiastical groups throughout the U.S. and Canada. He is the author of 11 books, including Leadership and Conflict and Church Fights.

The conference will include interactive presentations and workshops as well as worship highlighted by great preaching and music. The conference preacher is the Rev. Felicia Thomas, a Baptist minister on the staff of Middle Collegrate Church, New York, N.Y. Thomas is the former pastor of First Baptist Church, Princeton, N.J. She is a member of the Editorial Board of the Living Pulpit.

For further conference details call Jane Gonzalez at 510/841-1905, ext. 222.