Conflict Management Support Team The Conflict Management Support Team (CMST) was formed to help congregations, pastors and conference leaders within Central Plains to manage conflict in ways that lead toward reconciliation and forgiveness. Our purpose is to instruct, model and lead constructive methods of conflict management that are consistent with our Anabaptist Mennonite faith.
I hope you take advantage of the benefits the Conflict Management Support Team offers by attending our workshops and inviting the team to help your congregation. --Tim Detweiler, Conference Minister for Ministerial Leadership |
Introducing the team
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Elizabeth Troyer-Miller works for Central Mediation Center in Kearney and as a trainer for the Nebraska Mediation Association. Elizabeth earned a B.A. in Peace, Justice, and Conflict Studies from Goshen College in 2006, and an M.S. in Negotiation and Dispute Resolution from Creighton University in 2011. She is a member of Wood River Mennonite Church in Wood River, Nebraska.
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Gordon Krause has a degree in psychology and has been a pastor and counselor. He is a member of Bethel Mennonite Church in Mountain Lake, Minnesota. He was the moderator of his congregation when it journeyed through a process of conflict resolution led by Lombard Mennonite Peace Center. See his story here.
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Lon Marshall is a licensed marriage and family therapist. He works in private practice and is the founder and owner of Cornerstone Brief Therapy in the Cedar Rapids-Iowa City corridor. He has worked in critical incident debriefing, conflict resolution, counseling and therapy in many contexts for 25 years. He attends West Union Mennonite Church in Parnell ,Iowa.
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Lois Janzen Preheim was director and mediator for Victim Offender Reconciliation Program (now Restore) in Sioux Falls for 17 years. During that time, Lois took mediation training from Lombard Mennonite Peace Center, with Victim Offender Mediation Association, and the University of Minnesota. Lois also has pastoral and teaching experience. She attends Salem Mennonite Church near Freeman, South Dakota. She writes about the perspective of the mediator here.
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Tim Detweiler is Conference Minister for Ministerial Leadership for Central Plains. He has a Master of Divinity degree from Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary. Tim has received training in conflict mediation through the Lombard Mennonite Peace Center. He has 28 years of experience as a pastor and 12 years experience as a conference minister.
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