6. What are the driving factors of conflict?
• Competition over resource,
• Competition over power,
• Inappropriate understanding of our identities (Ethnic, biblical and evangelical
identity and etc)
• Extremist views,
• Inequality,
• Ignorance,
• Lack of compromising,
• Bad governance,
• Immorality,
• Greediness,
• Poor understanding and handling of diversity,
• False information, etc
8. Christians with dual citizenship
ምድራዊ
• ጊዜያዊ
• የምድራዊ መንግሥት
ሰራተኞች ነን
• በምድር ህግ እንተዳደራለን
• እንመርጣለን እንመረጣለን
እንሾማለን እንሻራለን
ሰማያዊ
• ዘላለማዊ
• የዘላለማዊው መንግሥት
ሰራተኞች ነን
• በእግዚአብሔር መንግስት ስርዓት
እንመላለሳለን/ይጠበቅብናል።
• አንመርጥም ተመርጠናል
• የልጅነት የሆነ የማይሻር ስልጣን
ተሰጥቶናል። ወዘተ. . .
• We live and work in the already-not-yet framework: we work realistically within the mess, but with hope!
• ከላይ ያየናቸው እንደክርስቲያን በዚህ ምድር ስንኖር መገለጫዎቻችን ናቸው
• Christians are the ‘’body of Christ’’ (1.Cor 12), representing the new humanity God is creating
• New creation; the church as a sign and vehicle for God`s purposes for humanity
• A known theologian said, ‘’Theology without practice is dead, practice without life is blind.’’
•
9. Introduction:
• As individuals, or Leader all of us including State leaders and
representatives, Bishops, Pastors, Evangelists, including other faith
sector leaders, together with scholars and experts have one
aspiration in common - that is to see a prosperous Ethiopia, and
Africa at continent level.
10. When we talk about our role as a community
about peace..
• The question is not how Christianity contributes to peace, but what kind
of Christianity can contribute to peace? I am talking about church.
• ቤተ ክርስቲያን በሐዋሪያት እና በኒቂያ የሃይማኖት መግለጫዎች ስተገለጽ
አንዲት፤ ቅድስት፤ ካቶሊካዊት እና ሐዋሪያዊት ናት፡፡ ይህ ማለት ምን ማለት
ነው፡፡
E.g. church represents something new that crosses & creates new
boundaries of community – Christ People. Breaks tribalism.
13. Where do we start?
Simon Oliver Sinek is an English-born American author and inspirational
speaker on business leadership. He introduced the concept of the Golden
Circle: a simple model that explains why some people and organizations are
more successful than others. He argues that people don't buy what you do,
they buy why you do it.He said that most businesses would tend to think
outside-in from “What” we do to “How” and “Why” we do it. However,
inspired leaders would rather think the other way round – going from “Why”
to “How” and then to “What.”
Apple is an example of Simon Sinek's Golden Circle in action. Apple's success
can be attributed to its clear understanding of its “why,” which is to challenge
the status quo and think differently. Apple's “why” focuses on believing in
innovation and thinking differently.
• Apple’s “Why”: We believe in “thinking differently” and “challenging the
status quo” in everything we do.
14. Where do we start?
• Apple’s “How”: Our products are designed beautifully and are quite
simple to use.
• Apple’s “What”: “We just happen to sell computers.”He advices not be
like many other organizations, who are out there with the sole purpose
of making money. A business without a “purpose” and “inspiration”
won’t survive for long. Instead, identify your purpose and mission –
Why do you want to do it? Do you have a story to tell that can inspire
the world?Apple wasn't just in the business of selling computers and
gadgets; they were challenging norms, disrupting industries, and
empowering individuals to think differently.
16. Golden Circle – Simon Sinek
What
How
Why
What - Activity
How – Strategy
Why – Ideology
17. Golden Circle – Simon Sinek
What
How
Why
What - Activity
How – Strategy
Why – Ideology
18. Conflict styles/ለግጭት ምላሽ የምንሰጥባቸው
መንገዶች
• We all have a naturally preferred way of responding to
conflict – all ways have their strengths and
weaknesses. We need to be aware of our preferred
style and be conscious of when it is most and least
appropriate, being prepared to switch to other styles
when necessary.
Conflict often moves us out of our comfort zones. Some conflict
takes us into the alarm zone, where we feel overwhelmingly threatened. But if we can
work constructively and creatively with our conflicts, we can make them a discomfort
zone where we learn
and grow. The discomfort zone is holy ground.
20. Animal conflict styles
Turtle – tends to pull in to protect itself and minimise hurt. Watching
what is happening, but
keeping that shell between the conflict and its vulnerable parts. Hides
away from conflict if it
can.
መራቅ (እተወዋለሁ)
21. Teddy – wishes we could all get along and love one another. Willing to
give up what its own
desires for the sake of maintaining the relationship with the other.
22. Rhino – knows what is right and what needs to
be done and will press ahead in that
knowledge.
If someone gets their foot stepped on, their
foot shouldn’t have been there. Willing to take
leadership and step forth strongly. መወዳደር/ማስገደድ
(እጄን እወስዳለሁ)–
23. Compromise
Fox looks for the deal that will work things out. Wants to get the most
possible out of this but knows that sometimes you have to give up
some things to get what you want.
• መስማማት (ግማሽ መንገድን እንገናኛለን)
24. • Dolphin – tries to bring all the stakeholders together
and agree on something that will be workable for
everyone. How can we maximise what we can all get
out of this situation? ሁለታችንም እናሸንፋለን
ትብብር
26. Intellectual origin (አውደ-ሙህራዊ
መሰረት/አመጣጥ) (Cont’d)
• THINKING ACTIVITY ONE
• Based on Johan Galtung’s classification, rate the following generally or
normatively improper situations under one or the other categories
(See next tables).
27. Intellectual origin (አውደ-ሙህራዊ
መሰረት/አመጣጥ)
Conditions Direct violence
(በቀጥታ የሚፈፀም
ጥቃት)
Structural violence
(ውስብስብ መዋቅራዊ
መሰረት ያለው ጥቃት)
Cultural violence
(በህላዊ መሰረት
ድጋፍ ያለው
ጥቃት)
Systemic and strategic exclusion of certain social groups from having equal access
to sources of economic, political and social power. የተወሰነ ቡድንን ከማህበራዊ
ተሳትፎ፣ ከሃብት፣ ከስልጣን ወዘተ ስልታዊ በሆነ መንገድ መከላከል
Subjecting a member or members of an identity group to war, murder, rape,
assault, and verbal attacks የተወሰነን ቡድን ለጦርነት፣ለስደት፣ ለግድያ ወዘተ ማጋለጥ
ብሎም በቃላት መውጋት
Acts of violence by followers of one religious group against followers and
institutions of another religious group አንዱ የሃይማኖት ተከታይ በሌላው የሃይማኖት
ተከታይና በተቋሙ ላይ የአመዕ እንቅስቃሴ ማካሄድ
The belief that Africans are primitive and intellectually inferior to Caucasians.
ጥቁሮች ከነጮች ጋር ሲወዳደሩ ኋላ ቀር ናቸው ብሎ ማሰብ/አመለካከት
Causing people to starve even though there’s enough food for everyone as a
result of insidious agenda in food distribution system. በአካባቢው በቂ ምግብ እያለ
ለራስ የተደበቀ አጀንዳ ሲባል ሆን ብሎ ህዝብ እንዲራብ ማድረግ
A situation where an authority justifies the deaths of starving people by blaming
them for their situation (called blaming the victim)
28. Intellectual origin (አውደ-ሙህራዊ
መሰረት/አመጣጥ)
Situations Direct violence
(በቀጥታ
የሚፈፀም
ጥቃት)
Structural violence
(ውስብስብ
መዋቅራዊ መሰረት
ያለው ጥቃት)
Cultural violence
(በህላዊ መሰረት
ድጋፍ ያለው
ጥቃት)
Promotion of norms or values, attitudes and beliefs
within a society that allow or facilitate the use of direct violence or
the
perpetuation of structural violence. በሌሎች ላይ ቀጥታ ጥቃት
እንዲፈጠም የሚያደርግ ወይም መዋቅራዊ አመዕ እንዲነሳ የሚያነሳሳ
የአንድ ጎሳ/ብሔር/ቡድን ባህል፣ እሴት፣ አመለካከት
Widespread racist or
discriminatory attitudes or beliefs that characterise one social,
ethnic or racial
group as inferior to another. አንዱ ብሔር ወይም ጎሳ ወይም ቡድን
ከኔጎሳ ወይም ብሔር ወይም ቡድን ያንሳል ብሎ ሆን ብሎ የበታችነት
እንዲሰማቸው ማድረግ ወይም ማሸማቀቅ
Oppressive practices such
as slavery, apartheid or the caste system in South Asia, which
incorporate the
subjugation and exploitation of one group by another into the basic
social,
29. Intellectual origin (አውደ-ሙህራዊ
መሰረት/አመጣጥ)
Conditions Direct violence
(በቀጥታ
የሚፈፀም
ጥቃት)
Structural violence
(ውስብስብ
መዋቅራዊ መሰረት
ያለው ጥቃት)
Cultural violence
(በህላዊ መሰረት
ድጋፍ ያለው
ጥቃት)
Use of coercive physical violence or institutionalised armed force
such as Janjaweed in Sudan to deal with conflict between social
groups or political entities such as states can promote or justify
the use of direct violence.
The social cosmology that allows one to look at
repression and exploitation as normal or natural and, therefore,
more difficult to uproot. ብዝበዛና ጭቆናን እንደ ተፈጥሯዊ/እንደ
መብት መቁጠርና በሌሎች ላይ መተግበር
Fatal shooting by police of unarmed black people or suspects
such as brutal murdering by Minneapolis police officer Derek
Chauvin of a black man named George Floyd በሚኒያፖሊስ የፖሊስ
ኦፊሰር የተከናወነው የጆርጅ ፍሎይድ ግድያ
49. To live and influence to the level we are expected,
three major feature of Churches – are expected
Inclusive cooperation
Prophetic/Divinatory presence
Core identity
50. Feature of church for influence
Inclusive
cooperation
Prophetic
presence
Core
identity
51. Inclusive cooperation (ሁሉን አቀፍ ትብብር)
Who do we include? ማንን ነው የምናካትተው?
• Within the local church
• Denomination
• Ecumenism
• Society (all sectors)
• Inter-faith
• Government
52. Inclusive cooperation (ሁሉን አቀፍ ትብብር)
Who do we include? ማንን ነው የምናካትተው?
Possibilities and threats
አቅሞች፣ ዕድሎች
ማንን ነው የምናሳትፈው?
የማሳተፍ/የትብብር ጥቅምና ውጤት ምንድን ነው?
የማሳተፍ ስጋቶች ምን ምን ናቸው? The three views
53. Inclusive cooperation (ሁሉን አቀፍ ትብብር)
Who do we include? ማንን ነው የምናካትተው?
Attitude towards other religions and traditions:
It hangs on three major poles:
1. The exclusivist view, (one single religion is true) – who do we involve?
2. The inclusivist view, (truth can be found in various forms within other
religions) – the composition of the dialogue
3. The pluralist view. (all religions have true revelations and therefore
no single religion can claim final and definitive truth).
- Reciprocal communication
- Common interest
- An attitude of respect and friendship (Ujamaa/Ubuntu)
- Believers seek to cooperate and collaborate
54. Prophetic/Divinatory presence በመለኮታዊ ስልጣን
መገለጥ/መኖር/መመላለስ
Where is our voice heard?
• Act in the public (Luke Bretherton)
• Personal public faith
• Prophetic as political
• Political – Politics (Chantal Mouffe) – Church can be political, but not politician. ቤተክርስቲያን
ፖለቲካዊ ልትሆን ትችላለች ነገር ግን ፖለቲከኛ ልትሆን አትችልም!
• Advocacy for the kingdom values
• Theology of presence/የመገኘት ስነመለኮት – E.g. Bishop Isaiah from South
Sudan (Political parties were in dialogue without having religious leaders with
them and, he went with his collar and said, the Bishop is here)
55. Prophetic/Divinatory presence በመለኮታዊ
ስልጣን መገለጥ/መኖር/መመላለስ
Where is our voice heard?
Presence መገኘት – Power ሃይል – Proclamation አዋጅ
ቤተክርስቲያን ሶስቱንም አሟልታ ይዛለች
We have the power – ordained/called to do so,
We have the power
Are we making proclamations or public statements?
መቼ ነው የቤተክርስቲያን ድምፅ ከመንግስት፣ ከማህበረሰቡ
የሚጠበቀው?
56. Core identity (ማዕከላዊ ልዩ ማንነት)
How do we guard that?
•Identity as core not layer – Mathew 5:13-14 (Salt & Light)
•Love God and others. Mathew 22:37-39, the great commandment
& the second commandment. Mathew 22፡40 የሚለው በእነዚህ ትዕዛዛት ህጉም
ሁሉ ነቢያትም ተሰቅለዋል።’’ ይላል
•What is the gospel? Is not a livelihood, it is a life.መኖሪያ
ሳይሆን ኑሮ ነው።
•Objective or means? ዋና ነገር ነው እንጂ ተከታይ
አይደለም። አስከታይ ነው።
58. Reconciliation:
• Peace and reconciliation is in our DNA Ephesisns 2:14-17
• Crosss & grace are the transformative power Ephesisns 2:8-10
• Acceptance as we have been accepted. Rom 15:7
60. የማህበራዊ ሚዲያ ጥቅሞች እና ጉዳቶች
Advantages of social media
Global connectivity
Information & updates
Share a large amount of information daily
An excellent tool for education
Share a large amount of information daily
Access to paid advertising services
. Disadvantages of social media
Trouble with privacy
Negative feedback for brands
Depression and Anxiety
Unhealthy Sleep Patterns
General Addiction
Unrealistic Expectations
•የሀሰት እና የጥላቻ ንግግሮችን ማሰራጨት።
61. Mind of human being
• Stick on what is informed. E.g. If you tel someone who is running
fast in the forest and you say, ‘’Take care of the trees.’’ He/she
immediately start to watch trees by moving their sight from the
path. So, instead, good to advise, ‘’Keep watching your path!.’’
He/she get focused on the path.
63. Why hard for us to solve conflict?
• Because we are proud. No room for others.
• We consider we are right & they are wrong, and fail to understand that
others perceive the same.
• We don`t give chance for others.
• We should believe, and avoid faithless.
• We fear to dialogue.
• We let problems grow till they went out of hand.
• Learn to forgive because, bitterness magnifies conflict.
• Failure to apply theology of presence - Bishop with Colar.
• Apply principle of bible
e.g. sharing Gods word. Because we are called to do so.
e.g. Speak the truth, with love.
