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How to support a faith community member experiencing spiritual crisis

Our small prayer group has been meeting for five years and now one member is going through a crisis of faith that's making everyone else uncomfortable and we don't know whether to give them space or keep including them. The dynamic has shifted and we're all walking on eggshells.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

When one person's darkness threatens to extinguish the group's light, the question becomes whether true fellowship means holding space for doubt.

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