Understanding Christian Forgiveness, Part 2: How to REACH Forgiveness

Leaders – Ev Worthington, Science for the Church 
This webinar seeks to equip pastors to make better interventions to promote forgiveness in local congregations. I will deal with psychoeducation, counseling, Christian education, and congregational deep dives into forgiveness. The approach will focus on REACH Forgiveness, an empirically validated method of helping people forgive (test in nearly three dozen randomized controlled trials involving over 4,500 participants in 5 countries). I will detail the 5 steps of REACH Forgiveness as well as evidence for its effectiveness, noting its connections to practical theology and other clinical psychological approaches. Finally, I examine multiple studies in Christian colleges, a secular university and churches in the USA and Australia. We will conclude with practical advice on how to better engage and cultivate forgiveness in your congregation.  
Everett L. Worthington, Jr. has been elder in Presbyterian Churches for nearly 5 decades, serving on session for nearly half of them. Professionally, he taught and did research at Virginia Commonwealth University for 40 years, and now his salary is retired, but he is still active in research and speaking globally. He has published over 50 books and over 600 articles and chapters. He has taught a year at Wheaton College and spoken to Christian venues all over the world. He is a licensed Clinical Psychologist in Virginia.