What is it about?
In any church context, when culture evolves, there is a chance that there will interpersonal conflicts concerning the choice of music used in worship. This paper provides evidence that when these conflicts occur, people are more concerned about being respected, maintaining relationships, and fair decisions than they are about the music that is finally chosen.
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Why is it important?
Knowing what's important to people in a conflict enables pastors and missionaries to focus on what's most important to others, even if they can't grant them what they want in the surface(music-related) conflict.
Perspectives
I believe that the damage that comes from conflicts in churches and other Christian organizations can be greatly reduced if we were to better focus on what is important to people: relationships, respect, and fairness. This paper provides empirical evidence of this when the conflict revolves around music.
Dr David R Dunaetz
Azusa Pacific University
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This page is a summary of: Mission in evolving cultures: Constructively managing music-related conflict in cross-cultural church planting contexts, Missiology An International Review, February 2016, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1177/0091829616634753.
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