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In this sequel to How Your Church Family Works, Peter Steinke takes readers into a deeper exploration of the congregation as an emotional system. He outlines the factors that put congregations at risk for anxiety and conflict. Learn ten principles of health, how congregations can adopt new ways of dealing with stress and anxiety, as well as how spiritually and emotionally healthy leaders...

A systems approach attends to the impact of relationships on human functioning. In this book, the unit of health or illness is the congregation, and we will examine how we think about congregations and how relationships affect their functioning. A healthy congregation is one that actively and responsibly addresses or heals its disturbances, not one with an absence of troubles. 1. Describe a system in your home. What interdependent relationships exist? 2. Describe a
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