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  • Christian Leaders Institute • Leadership Multiplication Course

    Start a Peacefire Practice

    Move from personal Peacefire formation into launching a practical Christian conflict-navigation ministry with role clarity, wise boundaries, trusted referrals, and faithful next-step support.

    1 Module Peacefire Practice Leadership Multiplication Professor Brian DeCook
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    Start a Peacefire Practice equips trained Christian leaders to turn Peacefire formation into a practical ministry pathway for helping others navigate conflict with truth, grace, wisdom, boundaries, accountability, and the presence of God.

    This course is designed for leaders who have completed Navigating Conflict in Christ ministry training or MIN 240: PeaceSmart Relationships and are ready to multiply what they have learned through a local, relational, or online Peacefire Practice.

    Course Overview

    Start a Peacefire Practice is a leadership multiplication course developed by Attorney/Pastor Brian DeCook and presented by Haley Steiner.

    The course helps trained leaders move from personal Peacefire formation into launching a practical Peacefire Practice in a Soul Center, church, chaplaincy setting, parish ministry, small group, workplace, online ministry, or community-based Christian care context.

    Students will learn how to create a clear and responsible ministry pathway for helping people navigate conflict without offering counseling, legal advice, formal mediation, crisis intervention, or pressure-based reconciliation.

    A Peacefire Practice helps people move away from flesh-driven reactions and toward God’s presence, truth, grace, wisdom, power, and faithful obedience.

    The Peacefire Framework

    Students learn how to help others recognize three different spiritual and relational dynamics that often appear in conflict.

    Wildfire

    The flesh-driven reactions, offenses, fears, accusations, control patterns, anger, avoidance, and destructive habits that spread conflict.

    Strangefire

    The temptation to pursue godly goals through self-powered, controlling, manipulative, fearful, or ungodly methods.

    Peacefire

    God’s presence, truth, grace, wisdom, and power forming a Christ-centered response marked by humility, responsibility, forgiveness, courage, and peace.

    What Students Will Learn

    Conflict-Navigation Ministry

    • Help people recognize offense and flesh-driven reactions
    • Explore hidden desires and expectations beneath conflict
    • Encourage personal responsibility without shame
    • Support confession, apology, and forgiveness
    • Distinguish forgiveness from trust and reconciliation
    • Encourage the Jesus Mindset in conflict

    Practice Development

    • Create a clear Peacefire Practice description
    • Develop a practical service menu
    • Design a first-session pathway
    • Build referral and safety procedures
    • Form partnerships and accountability relationships
    • Plan a ninety-day ministry pilot

    Twelve Areas of Peacefire Formation

    Heart and Responsibility

    • Offense
    • Hidden desires
    • Personal responsibility
    • Confession
    • Apology
    • The Jesus Mindset

    Relationships and Wise Boundaries

    • Forgiveness
    • Reconciliation
    • Trust
    • Enemy love
    • Faithful boundaries
    • Protective firebreaks

    Where a Peacefire Practice Can Serve

    A Peacefire Practice may be developed in a variety of Christian ministry, relational, and community settings.

    Church and Ministry Settings

    • Local churches
    • Soul Centers
    • Chaplaincy ministries
    • Parish ministries
    • Small groups
    • Discipleship ministries

    Community and Relational Settings

    • Workplaces where Christian ministry is welcome
    • Online ministry
    • Community-based Christian care
    • Family and relational support
    • Leadership development
    • Christian coaching conversations

    Role Clarity and Safety

    Start a Peacefire Practice does not prepare students to provide counseling, psychotherapy, legal advice, crisis intervention, formal mediation, or professional conflict-resolution services.

    It also does not authorize leaders to pressure people into forgiveness, reconciliation, renewed trust, unsafe contact, or continued access to harmful relationships.

    Peacefire ministry must remain consent-based, role-aware, and safety-conscious.
    Leaders must recognize when a situation requires professional counseling, legal assistance, emergency response, domestic violence support, institutional intervention, pastoral oversight, or another qualified referral.

    Healthy Ministry Guardrails

    Practice with Clarity

    • Explain what the Peacefire Practice does and does not provide
    • Receive consent before beginning ministry conversations
    • Respect confidentiality limits and reporting obligations
    • Avoid making decisions for the person being served
    • Maintain clear boundaries and ministry accountability
    • Use prayer and Scripture with wisdom and permission

    Build Trusted Referrals

    • Pastors and church leaders
    • Licensed counselors and therapists
    • Attorneys and legal services
    • Domestic violence and safety resources
    • Emergency and crisis services
    • Community care and support organizations

    Peacefire Practice Launch Portfolio

    By the end of the course, students will complete a practical launch portfolio designed to help them begin serving responsibly and clearly.

    Public Practice Description
    Peacefire Service Menu
    First-Session Pathway
    Safety and Referral Statement
    Partnership and Accountability Plan
    Ninety-Day Ministry Pilot
    Commissioning Prayer
    Launch Readiness Reflection

    Course Outcomes

    Upon completion of Start a Peacefire Practice, students will be better prepared to:

    Serve Others Faithfully

    • Explain the Wildfire, Strangefire, and Peacefire framework
    • Help people reflect on conflict with honesty and humility
    • Encourage personal responsibility, confession, and forgiveness
    • Support wise boundaries and faithful firebreaks
    • Offer Christian conflict-navigation coaching with consent
    • Serve without pressuring people toward unsafe reconciliation

    Launch a Responsible Practice

    • Describe the scope of a Peacefire Practice clearly
    • Create a practical pathway for ministry conversations
    • Develop trusted partnerships and referrals
    • Establish safety, accountability, and boundary practices
    • Launch a ninety-day ministry pilot
    • Begin serving with prayer, humility, and role clarity
    By the end of this course, students will have a completed Peacefire Practice Launch Portfolio and a practical plan for multiplying Peacefire formation through a church, Soul Center, chaplaincy ministry, parish, small group, workplace, online ministry, or community-based Christian care setting.