246: Strong Personalities, Bullies & Bad Behavior: When Women Hurt Women in Church

What do you do when the difficult person is sitting three chairs down at Bible study... or leading it? Church relationships can get especially confusing when you add in grace, forgiveness, patience, keeping the peace, and that little voice that says, Good Christian women don’t make trouble. In this conversation with Jennifer Y. Afriyie, we’re talking about what happens when women hurt women in church, why we sometimes put up with more than we should, and how we can have compassion without giving away our agency. Listen in for: Strong personality, difficult behavior, or bullying? They’re not all the same. When difficult or disappointing crosses the line into destructive Why church can make bad behavior weirdly hard to deal with Why strong, giving, forgiving women sometimes stay in unhealthy situations How we can be kind, compassionate AND still say, “That’s not okay.” CONNECT WITH JENNIFER Y. AFRIYIE www.jyaspeaks.com RESOURCES MENTIONED Join the Everyday Influence Join our free Facebook Community Support the show SUBSCRIBE & REVIEW If you loved this episode, please take a moment to subscribe and leave a review on Apple Podcasts! Your support helps us reach more people -- just like you -- in small churches who need to hear this. 🎙 Thanks for tuning in to Small Church Ministry Podcast! See you next week! FOLLOW US: ➡️  Website: smallchurchministry.com ➡️  Instagram: instagram.com/smallchurchministry ➡️  Facebook: facebook.com/smallchurchministry ➡️  Creative Solutions for Small Churches Facebook Community: facebook.com/groups/smallchurchministry ➡️  Small Church Network: smallchurchministry.com/membership