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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.
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