Episode 25: Faith, Doubt, and Everything (Matt Bellefeuille)

Faith and Doubt are topics every youth worker needs to help students navigate. These seasons of doubt and be long and unsettling. So what does it look like to patiently endure with these students and what does discipleship look like in the midst of it? 

Matt Bellefeuille served as a youth pastor for about a decade before starting a ministry called Truth Snack, which supports and ministers to doubting Christians.

• Could you share with us your own story of faith and doubt and how that’s shaped your current ministry? 
• What’s a good first response when you talk with teenagers who are navigating doubt? 
• Obviously, there’s no “one cause” behind doubt and deconstruction. Are there a few factors or themes that youth workers could keep in mind as they listen to students and try to discern what’s at the root of their doubts? 
• What does faith look like for students (or youth workers) who are working through their doubt? 
• Sometimes it can feel like doubt will last forever, but it doesn’t need to. Can you give us some hope and confidence as we wrap up this conversation with a word about the gospel for those who are facing doubts? 

Learn more about Matt's series, Faith, Doubt, and Everything in Between. 

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