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When families split over staying versus leaving a faith community

Our family has attended the same church for generations but some of us are ready to leave over recent changes in leadership and doctrine while others feel we should stay and work for reform from within. The disagreement is fracturing relationships that go back decades.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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The question of when to fight and when to flee tests not only individual conviction but the bonds that hold generations together.

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