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Healthy Congregations: A Systems Approach is unavailable, but you can change that!

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...

Whenever humans interact, emotional and physical processes happen. Human interactions are full of information and are mutually influencing. With a systems approach, we “see” the interactions that take place, the information that is exchanged, and the influence that is reciprocally reinforced. Let us look at each of these elements, beginning with interaction. Example: The biblical prophets urged their audiences to love God with all their heart, mind, and strength. Mind, heart, and strength are three
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