{"id":395,"date":"2018-11-14T21:53:54","date_gmt":"2018-11-15T00:53:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/marcelowarkentin\/?p=395"},"modified":"2018-11-14T21:53:54","modified_gmt":"2018-11-15T00:53:54","slug":"being-missional-thought-on-blog-7-1-response-to-rob-conflict-and-cooperation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/marcelowarkentin\/2018\/11\/14\/being-missional-thought-on-blog-7-1-response-to-rob-conflict-and-cooperation\/","title":{"rendered":"Being Missional &#8211; Thought on Blog 7.1 Response to Rob: Conflict and Cooperation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Thought on <em>Blog 7.1 Response to Rob: Conflict and Cooperation<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Retrieved from:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"Bbk9ZRDFu1\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/seabreeze\/2018\/11\/14\/66\/\">Blog 7.1 Response to Rob: Conflict and Cooperation<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" src=\"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/seabreeze\/2018\/11\/14\/66\/embed\/#?secret=Bbk9ZRDFu1\" data-secret=\"Bbk9ZRDFu1\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Blog 7.1 Response to Rob: Conflict and Cooperation&#8221; &#8212; Sea Breeze\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Thank you, Sea Breeze, on your thoughts on working at different schools.<\/p>\n<p>I have only worked at Christian schools in the past eighteen years. Twelve years in the USA and six years now in Paraguay. I went to high school at a public school in Brazil but never worked in such an environment. I did have the chance to work at a factory for one year between high school and college, which gave me an interesting perspective on working at a secular environment.<\/p>\n<p>From what I have experienced, Christian schools can have two different purposes, or two different missions and visions. At least this is what I have seen, not just in the US but also here in Paraguay. One purpose would be to maintain the culture if a majority of students come from Christian families and another is being missional when the purpose is to bring students into a new relationship in Christ. In this case, the majority of the students come from non-Christian families. I understand that although students may come from Christian families, it does not mean they will have a personal relationship with Christ.<\/p>\n<p>While in the US I worked for a school that had the purpose to maintain the Christian culture. Majority of students were from Christian families, and the institution assumed that people had an understanding of what it meant to be Christian. The purpose was not to evangelize. Some of this also had to do with the particular denomination the school was part of. In my personal opinion, I see more cons than pros with such schools. It was a great place to work, very professional and caring but we failed to see the need to bring students into a personal relationship with Christ.<\/p>\n<p>I am a principal now of a school which has the purpose to be missional and brings kids into a relationship with Christ. We do have students that come from Christian families, but we don\u2019t recruit them. They naturally come to us. Most of our students have very little knowledge of the Bible and who Christ is. It gives me great energy to work in such a place. As Wolters (2005) says, we are in the job of helping to reconcile the world with the Father (loc. 141). We are healing and restoring what is fallen (loc. 860).<\/p>\n<p>As in any organization, it is important to have the MVV clear since it can also add to additional conflict. On the other hand, conflict is sometimes unavoidable since we are humans. As you said, in some institutions conflict destroys the environment and can make daily routines very difficult. As an administrator, I have learned much about how to manage conflict. I am learning to take conflict as an opportunity to grow. I am learning to see conflict as something God has permitted to help me grow personally and professionally. It is very difficult at the moment to see what God is doing.<\/p>\n<p>Blessings,<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Reference:<\/p>\n<p>Wolters, A. M. (2005). In <em>Creation Regained: Biblical Basics for a Reformational Worldview <\/em>[Kindle version] (Second ed., Loc. 1-1582). Retrieved from www.amazon.com<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thought on Blog 7.1 Response to Rob: Conflict and Cooperation Retrieved from: Blog 7.1 Response to Rob: Conflict and Cooperation Thank you, Sea Breeze, on your thoughts on working at different schools. I have only worked at Christian schools in the past eighteen years. Twelve years in the USA and six years now in Paraguay. 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