Mediation is a voluntary process that facilitates negotiations to assist parties in reaching a resolution to their dispute that both sides can accept. It is a way of solving problems which allows the participants in a dispute to talk with each other, even if they could not do so before, and resolve conflict without having to resort to the courts for solutions. It is a settlement process that allows and encourages the parties, rather than lawyers and judges, to control what happens to their finances, their parenting plans, their families, and their businesses.

Mediation is conducted by a mediator. “Mediator” is translated from the Greek, mesites, which means to go between, an intercessor, a reconciler. A mediator is simply one who intervenes between two parties.

Christian Mediation follows the same process as any mediation but the mediator comes from a faith based approach and relies on biblical principles and prayerful discernment. Christian mediators must follow some of the same protocol as a non-Christian mediator, but have the advantage of the greatest Mediator, Jesus Christ, as their guide, strength, resource, and influence. They do not rely solely on their own knowledge and wisdom but also on their relationship with God. They know that the only hope for a restored marriage or healed lives is through a personal relationship with the Lord. They also know that they are only a vessel that the Lord may choose to use to help bring peace to people’s lives. They know that they represent God in working with people not as a judge and jury, but as a missionary of peace, hope, and love.

They believe in the promise in Jeremiah 29:11 that says, “God still has plans for those who love the Lord, plans to give hope and a future.”