Each of us needs to be understood and supported through the pain of life.
Equal participation is particularly important in sharing and support.
Each mission group has adopted structures that allow each participant part of the available time to share their life experience with the mission group. There is normally some time at each meeting to share from recent experience. The moderator must be sensitive to each participant's need to share, and provide time for all. The life of commitment to Christ is neither simple nor free of pain. Salvation isn't what liberals or conservatives in this country think it is.