SOM Exam – 209 Conflict Resolution – Southern New England Ministry Network of the Assemblies of God

SOM Exam – 209 Conflict Resolution

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Final Exam - 209 Conflict Resolution

TEXT: Conflict Resolution Making Peace — Jim Van Yperen

Multiple Choice

1. Shifting responsibility in a conflict situation is:

A. one of the common mistakes that can lead a church into deep trouble.
B. will help a church refocus and start mending after the initial trouble is realized.
C. a method leaders can use to delegate administration and focus on the crisis itself.
D. one of the warning signs indicating a church split is about to occur.

2. Essentially, all church conflict:

A. can be avoided.
B. is always about leadership, character, and community.
C. is part of the discipline of the Lord.
D. ends in long term regret between members.

3. Selfishness which leads to competition, control, and conflict:

A. is the byproduct of any democratic society.
B. can be controlled, but not necessarily eliminated.
C. has become a rampantly growing trait in seminary trained ministers.
D. is the product of a church organized around meeting needs.

4. The interrelationship of internal and external forces that underlies the way we make decisions and can create the conditions for conflict is called the:

A. system dynamic.
B. current of conflict.
C. balance of power.
D. None of the above.

5. In the church, autonomy has come to mean:

A. to be complete and whole, undivided.
B. the automatic response to a situation based on the system dynamic of the church.
C. individual privacy, preferences, and rights on personal and corporate levels.
D. None of the above.

Matching

Match the attribute to the appropriate leadership approach.

6. Relational view of life.

A. Right-handed approach
B. Left-handed approach

7. Mercy

A. Right-handed approach
B. Left-handed approach

8. Objective view of Scripture

A. Right-handed approach
B. Left-handed approach

9. Knowledge

A. Right-handed approach
B. Left-handed approach

10. Intuition

A. Right-handed approach
B. Left-handed approach

11. Truth

A. Right-handed approach
B. Left-handed approach

True or False

12. In order for the Lord to repair and restore order to a church in conflict the leadership must be willing to honestly accept, openly confess, and intentionally address the underlying causes of church conflict.

True
False

13. Church conflict is always theological, and never merely impersonal.

True
False

14. Syncretism: The uncritical combination of two or more different, often opposing beliefs and practices into one.

True
False

15. The biblical description of sin as forensic means having to do with a set of principles and practice governing the conduct of a person.

True
False

16. A working definition for the church is "the realm where forgiven saints hear the Gospel."

True
False

Multiple Choice

17. A performance-based leader will:

A. live by faith with uncertainty.
B. build an interdependent team.
C. look for underlying structures that are causing patterns of problems.
D. typically work alone.

18. Some of the elements that take part in the development of a person's conflict style include:

A. age and gender.
B. educational background.
C. personality, and the family system or culture grown up in.
D. the type of church one is a part of (traditional, mainstream, etc.).

19. In the Scriptures, selfish desire is likened to:

A. childishness.
B. sexual misconduct.
C. idol worship.
D. backsliding.

20. God's ultimate purpose in conflict is to:

A. separate the wheat from the tares.
FalseB. see what His people are made of.
C. accomplish redemption.
D. teach reconciliation.

21. A term derived from the Old French and Latin for "subject to emotion" and "to suffer":

A. Evasive
B. Defensive
C. Passive
D. Aggressive

22. When a leader is silent in matters of conflict, it is more than just failure to lead, it is:

A. grounds for dismissal.
B. a breach of trust of those who he or she has placed in areas of responsibility.
C. hidden anger waiting to erupt.
D. unbelief and even deceit.

23. To become redemptive in their responses, passive leaders should begin to:

A. learn how to surface and express what they are thinking and feeling.
B. be more aggressive in their approach.
C. see a counselor about repressed childhood emotions.
D. rethink their original reasons for believing they are called to lead.

24. Most churches do not discipline their members because:

A. they are afraid their members will file lawsuits.
B. it will be used against them at a later date.
C. their church polity does not have written guidelines for such matters.
D. their members leave long before the discipline process can be put in place.

25. Asking God to give them boldness and courage from His Word, the Holy Spirit, and other believers to face each conflict as it arises is a positive step toward change for:

A. a defensive responder.
B. a passive responder.
C. an evasive responder.
D. an aggressive responder.

26. A defensive responder must recognize that his or her first impulse to defend:

A. must have logical reasoning accompanying the defense.
B. is best if given publicly, where his comments won't be taken out of context.
C. will always make the conflict worse.
D. is an indirect form of lying, and is therefore sin.

Matching

Match the description to the conflict response type.

27. Believes all conflict is about proving who is right and who is wrong.

A. Passive
B. Evasive
C. Defensive
D. Agressive

28. Frequently found in Independent, Fundamental, and Pentecostal churches.

A. Passive
B. Evasive
C. Defensive
D. Agressive

29. Will hold secrets and cover up the truth to protect themselves.

A. Passive
B. Evasive
C. Defensive
D. Agressive

30. Will minimize the damage of their sin against someone else to escape conflict.

A. Passive
B. Evasive
C. Defensive
D. Agressive

31. Has a sympathetic, emotional view of grace and mercy.

A. Passive
B. Evasive
C. Defensive
D. Agressive

32. Will position themselves by claiming, "God told me..."

A. Passive
B. Evasive
C. Defensive
D. Agressive

33. Uses shame and guilt to gain influence.

A. Passive
B. Evasive
C. Defensive
D. Agressive

34. Above correction by claiming special knowledge, position, anointing, or authority.

A. Passive
B. Evasive
C. Defensive
D. Agressive

True or False

35. Keeping silent is a passive form of stealing.

True
False

36. To present having heard from God as untested and a requirement for loyalty and spirituality is the sin of pride.

True
False

37. When a leader threatens to resign, others in leadership should realize it may be an overreaction to conflict and give him or her time to cool off before accepting the resignation.

True
False

38. Defensive leaders need to be freed from false and secular thinking that leadership is about power and position.

True
False

39. Relational triangulation occurs when a believer talks to a third party about a problem before talking to the person they have the problem with.

True
False

40. The Bible teaches that submission is required unless it violates God's commands.

True
False

Multiple Choice

41. Each of the four conflict response styles are essentially negative because they:

A. cause division.
B. are indirect forms of avoidance and minimizing.
C. are based on either right- or left-hand methodology.
D. fall short of biblical peacemaking principles.

42. Peacekeeping is actually:

A. the same as peacemaking.
B. a hidden agenda whereby sin is crouching at the door.
C. the first step to conflict resolution.
D. a false peace.

43. Reconciliation under lordship and light must always involve:

A. a written apology.
B. God's Word, God's Spirit, and the church.
C. replacing any offender who holds a position of leadership.
D. a planned system of arbitration.

44. "To arrange a troop or division in a military fashion under the command of a leader," is the military connotation of the Greek word for:

A. submit.
B. defensive.
C. obedience.
D. reconcile.

45. In its Scriptural usage, the word truth literally means:

A. nonconcealment.
B. justice.
C. reconciliation.
D. illumination.

46. The two ways in which truth and love work together are:

A. truth sees and love saves.
B. truth separates and love supports.
C. truth sanctifies and love sacrifices.
D. truth sacrifices and love sanctifies.

47. "1 don't know what the problem is":

A. is a sign that a leader is about to be blindsided in conflict.
B. means a leader is not in touch with his people.
C. is an assertion that will rally others to the defense of a person under attack.
D. is an assertion that should be made when initially examining conflict that arises.

48. Confronting sin is a prerequisite for, and must precede:

A. forgiveness.
B. mercy.
C. worship.
D. witnessing.

49. The worst initial reaction a Christian leader or pastor can have when they fail is to:

A. resign.
B. claim the authority of God to justify their actions.
C. tell others in the church.
D. cover up.

50. The phrase "to be in a covenant of peace" is translated 18 times in the New International Version of the Old Testament into the English word:

A. restitution.
B. resolution.
C. reconciliation.
D. redemption.

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