‘Robert’s Rules of Order’ on religious conflicts in the Church of Christ in Zimbabwe
Church conflicts arise due to poor ethics, hermeneutics or doctrine. Unending conflicts may be historical and conflict resolution may not have been done. This article identifies fissures in the history of conflict in the Church of Christ in Zimbabwe (COCZ). It proposes to use ‘Robert’s Rules of Orde...
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| description | Church conflicts arise due to poor ethics, hermeneutics or doctrine. Unending conflicts may be historical and conflict resolution may not have been done. This article identifies fissures in the history of conflict in the Church of Christ in Zimbabwe (COCZ). It proposes to use ‘Robert’s Rules of Order’ (RONR) to redirect deliberants’ energies towards comprehensive solutions (Robert 2020). This can eradicate collegial competition, litigious animosity, divided loyalties, mutual hatred, and violent tendencies in negative energy to increase growth tendencies in the organisation. Trust was lost due to highly adversarial contact where legal battles and acrimonious criticisms have not been addressed. The COCZ has tactical, technical and strategic management principles inherited from the restoration history, which can apply in conflict resolution. Using scientific methods of handling conflicts like RONR, and the COCZ principles can hopefully lead to better results in that church.
Contribution: The paper contributes to alternatives to conflict resolutions which have been tested within the Church of Christ. The Robert’s Rules can be used in different religious organisations to resolve conflict through peaceful resolutions of difference. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-cdde788f01c4492585bc44015630be352023-04-03T13:54:45ZafrAOSISVerbum et Ecclesia1609-99822074-77052023-03-01441e1e710.4102/ve.v44i1.26661811‘Robert’s Rules of Order’ on religious conflicts in the Church of Christ in ZimbabweGift Masengwe0Bekithemba Dube1Department of Curriculum Studies, Faculty of Education, University of the Free State, QwaqwaDepartment of Curriculum Studies and Higher Education, Faculty of Education, University of the Free State, QwaqwaChurch conflicts arise due to poor ethics, hermeneutics or doctrine. Unending conflicts may be historical and conflict resolution may not have been done. This article identifies fissures in the history of conflict in the Church of Christ in Zimbabwe (COCZ). It proposes to use ‘Robert’s Rules of Order’ (RONR) to redirect deliberants’ energies towards comprehensive solutions (Robert 2020). This can eradicate collegial competition, litigious animosity, divided loyalties, mutual hatred, and violent tendencies in negative energy to increase growth tendencies in the organisation. Trust was lost due to highly adversarial contact where legal battles and acrimonious criticisms have not been addressed. The COCZ has tactical, technical and strategic management principles inherited from the restoration history, which can apply in conflict resolution. Using scientific methods of handling conflicts like RONR, and the COCZ principles can hopefully lead to better results in that church. Contribution: The paper contributes to alternatives to conflict resolutions which have been tested within the Church of Christ. The Robert’s Rules can be used in different religious organisations to resolve conflict through peaceful resolutions of difference.https://verbumetecclesia.org.za/index.php/ve/article/view/2666history of conflictssocial causes of conflictsomabhula-devure splitssomabhula conference centrerobert’s rules of order’church of christ in zimbabweconstitution. |
| spellingShingle | Gift Masengwe Bekithemba Dube ‘Robert’s Rules of Order’ on religious conflicts in the Church of Christ in Zimbabwe Verbum et Ecclesia history of conflicts social causes of conflict somabhula-devure splits somabhula conference centre robert’s rules of order’ church of christ in zimbabwe constitution. |
| title | ‘Robert’s Rules of Order’ on religious conflicts in the Church of Christ in Zimbabwe |
| title_full | ‘Robert’s Rules of Order’ on religious conflicts in the Church of Christ in Zimbabwe |
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| title_short | ‘Robert’s Rules of Order’ on religious conflicts in the Church of Christ in Zimbabwe |
| title_sort | robert s rules of order on religious conflicts in the church of christ in zimbabwe |
| topic | history of conflicts social causes of conflict somabhula-devure splits somabhula conference centre robert’s rules of order’ church of christ in zimbabwe constitution. |
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