Code of Conduct Guide

Session 7: Review

For Discussion:

  1. Read through the whole Code of Conduct again. In your particular context, what stands out for you as areas of strength and areas of growth?
  2. What next steps will you take to live into and implement the Code of Conduct in your context?
  3. What measures will you set in place to hold each other mutually accountable to the Code of Conduct?

Additional Resources:

Crouch, Andy. Playing God: Redeeming the Gift of Power. (Downers Grove, IL: IVP, 2013).

Langberg, Diane. Redeeming Power: Understanding Authority and Abuse in the Church. (Grand Rapids, MI: Brazos Press, 2020).

Langberg, Diane. Suffering and the Heart of God: How Trauma Destroys and Christ Restores. (Greensboro, NC: New Growth Press, 2015).

McKnight, Scot and Laura Barringer. A Church Called Tov: Forming a Goodness Culture that Resists Abuse and Promotes Healing. (Carol Stream, IL: Tyndale), 2020.

For more on stewarding power for the flourishing of others, check out “The Power to Do Good,” an online, 5-hour, self-directed course for ministry leaders.

For more resources on Leadership Development and Support for ministry leaders and volunteers, check out:  crcna.org/thrive/resources