Why Seek Professional Christian Mediation Services?

Families, Christians, Elders, and churches seek mediation when they are facing challenging conflicts and disputes that they have been unable to resolve independently. They may also want to avoid the court system and honor Biblical teaching about avoiding bringing their disputes before unbelievers. (I Cor. 6:1-6)
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• Professional Mediation offers strict confidentiality
• Seeks mutually satisfactory outcomes for all parties
• Is a reconciliatory rather than an adversarial process
• Honors Biblical teaching about disputes
• Costs less than a lawsuit
• Takes less time than a lawsuit
• Addresses unreasonable expectations
• Allows parties to consider more creative solutions to establish agreements they can uphold

Professional Mediators are trained in remaining neutral and have experience working through broken down communication, anger, and resentment to find mutually agreeable resolutions to difficult problems.

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Getting to Know Your Christian Mediator:

Melody Woodall Cline

Melody is a native Tennessean and has been a faithful member of the churches of Christ for over 30 years. She holds degrees in Bible, Psychology, and World Cultures from Freed-Hardeman University and Marriage and Family Therapy from Wheaton College. She studied Family Mediation at the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee completing her 40 hour training with a focus on strengthening family functioning in the context of adversity. She also completed training at the American Red Cross as a course facilitator for training in workplace relationships and 26 hours of training in Special Education Mediation through the Wisconsin Special Education Mediation System. She is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist holding licenses in both IL and TN.

Popular Areas of Christian
Mediation Services

Elder Care Disputes

When adult children disagree about how their parents will be cared for and who will be responsible for care and needs, mediation can result in agreement. Often relational pain dating back to childhood impacts how disputing siblings address their conflicts in the present. Mediation is especially helpful in identifying and addressing these barriers to resolution.

Child Disputes

In families where death, divorce, chronic illness, or incarceration has changed the options for the care of children and details are in dispute regarding roles, responsibilities, and where and how they will spend their time, mediation offers a non-adversarial way to chart a path forward.

Church Disputes

When churches or elders are at risk of being sued by members or community members, when deadlocked disputes arise among the elders, or when disputing members are creating factions, mediation offers the potential to resolve the underlying problems and reconcile differences to reach an acceptable solution.

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