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Creating and Facilitating Peer Support Groups

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Description

This website outlines everything you need to create and facilitate a peer support group.

Features

definitions, how to create and facilitate, tips on sustaining, tips for difficult members, checklist, examples, tools

Recommended Audience

anyone interested in a peer support group

Cost

Free

Practical Applications

Develop a peer support group by sharing this resource with a potential group leader.
Raise awareness about the possibility of this type of ministry by sharing with your leadership team.

Updated: April 15, 2025

About the Contributor

Matt Burke

Senior Director of Resource Consulting and Grants

Matt Burke is the senior director of resource consulting and grants for the Center for Congregations. Prior to this role, he also served as the director of the northeast Center for Congregations in Fort Wayne and the Center’s Education Director statewide. Matt has a background in classroom, digital and experiential education and most recently served as the associate director of Learning Science at Kaplan Test Prep. He is passionate about using education to develop deeper faith in congregational participants.

Matt earned a B.A. in Religion from Mount Vernon Nazarene University and a Masters of Divinity degree from Asbury Theological Seminary. He enjoys spending time with his wife, Kelly, and his two sons, Silas and Levi. Matt also loves storytelling in films, books and music and finding the intersections of faith and popular culture.

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