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During his thirty-one years serving in churches across the country, Doug Fagerstrom has both known the joys of being a ministry staff member and experienced many misconceptions of the role. In The Ministry Staff Member, he draws on his vast experience to correct false notions and provide a clear, accurate understanding. This comprehensive and practical handbook provides staff members---paid and volunteer, church and parachurch---with invaluable tools for success and helps those around them to better understand and appreciate the importance of what they do. Dozens of sidebar articles and suggested resource lists provide a useful toolbox you'll want to turn to again and again.Editorial ReviewsAbout the AuthorDr. Douglas Fragerstrom has been the Sr. Vice President of Converge Worldwide since 2010. Doug has served in full-time ministry positions since 1973 as a youth pastor, minister of music, single adult pastor, pastor of adult ministries and executive pastor. 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My credentials were not really recognized and it did not even seem to matter that I was ordained. I was a ministry staff member, not the senior or lead minister. Throughout the years, members of the congregations where I served as a ministry staff member would ask questions such as, 'When are you going to become a real pastor?' or, 'When are you going to get your own church?' or, 'How long will you be with us?' After a while, I learned that most people, including many ministry staff members themselves, have differing views of what it means to be a ministry staff member. For some, it is a 'steppingstone' to a senior leadership role. For others, it's a resident internship to discover if this is what they really want to do for the next thirty-plus years. Very few understand that a person in ministry could be called by God to just that place and would be content to serve as an associate for their entire ministry life. Given such unfocused definitions, it's no wonder that people often have a weak perception of the ministry staff member. The Ministry Staff Member is designed and developed to paint a clear picture of the role and responsibilities of volunteers and paid staff members in every area of Christian ministry. It was written to encourage a church congregation or parachurch ministry to appreciate and honor all those who serve; to inspire renewed confidence in ministry staff members serving Jesus Christ and the family of faith with the gifts and competencies that God has given; and, most of all, to foster unity among those who work alongside one another in the body. When I think of 'staff members' in the Old Testament, I think of men and women such as Joshua, Caleb, Ruth, Esther, and Elisha. I think of their courage, of their impact on thousands in their day and the millions who have followed their example. I am reminded how God uniquely used them unlike any other in their time. When I read the New Testament, I think first of Jesus and his twelve 'ministry staff members.' Then my mind goes to Paul, Barnabas, John Mark, Lydia, Martha, Silas, and Timothy. I begin to imagine how they struggled, shared, sacrificed, and served. And the more I think of them, the more the twenty-plus 'one another' exhortations of the New Testament come alive as characteristics that must have surely marked the spirit of their lives. The role of a ministry staff member cannot be communicated without considering the underlying character qualities of submission and humility. The greatest model is Jesus Christ. He was submissive to the Father, giving up the splendor of his heavenly throne and glorious 'rights' as he served among us (Philippians 2:6 -- 7). He is our example, our model to imitate, the One every ministry staff member can follow. It all comes down to obedience to what God has asked us to do. For some it is to serve as a volunteer. For some it is to serve as a senior or lead minister. For some of us, our act of obedience is service as a ministry staff member. And that is God's idea. As I wrote this book, I was constantly aware of my thirty-one years of service as a ministry staff member. I wore many hats and had many titles related to youth ministry, music, adult ministries, single adult ministry, and administration. Through every topic in this handbook I saw my own failures and weaknesses. I was reminded how at times I failed people and did not always honor God. Yet I found moments in my memories to thank God for wonderful coaches, mentors, and people he brought into my life and ministry. I would not delete one year of my experience as a ministry staff member. What Will You Discover in The Ministry Staff Member ? Inside The Ministry Staff Member are anecdotes, dialogue, and action points from seasoned ministry staff members' experiences. The ideas are practical and useful because they have already been tested and tried. They do more than make sense. They work. And applied carefully and prayerfully, they can work for you too. The short stories you read in each chapter are real. Of course, the names, places, roles, and situations have all been changed. Yet each character comes from real-life ministry experience. No matter where you are in ministry, you will likely find some of the narratives to be rather familiar. The Scripture passages referenced or quoted in each chapter are God's truth and principles for effective ministry and leadership. Read each text carefully, either as you go along or later. Read the context. Discover the greater narrative. And find the joy of God working in the lives of ordinary men and women. The sidebars are simple, quick reference tools to grab out of the ministry toolbox at any time. Each one features well thought-out principles that can provide the kind of support and advice that may trigger the right response for your ministry goals and objectives. Use them. Share them with others. Teach them to your colleagues and ministry staff members. This book applies to every staff person engaged in ministry. That includes: * Youth pastors and children's ministry leaders * Youth campus leaders, including Young Life and Campus Life directors * Collegiate ministry directors, including InterVarsity, Campus Crusade for Christ, and Navigator staff * Single adult ministry and senior adult leaders * Christian education directors and adult ministry leaders * Women's and men's ministry staff leaders * Associate pastors, teaching pastors, mission pastors, and visitation pastors * Music directors, worship leaders, choral and orchestral directors * Business managers, facility managers, technicians, and information system managers * Executive pastors, lead pastors, chefs, custodians * The countless volunteers who work diligently and faithfully. . . * . . . and of course, your title and role that is not listed above Chapters 31 -- 35 are written specifically to the senior pastor, senior leader, lead pastor, executive director, and the governing board members. 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Do you ever look at how the Christian faith is being lived out in the new millennium and wonder if we're not doing what we're supposed to be doing? That we still haven't quite 'gotten it'? That we've missed the point regarding many important issues? It's understandable if we've relied on what we've been told to believe or what's widely accepted by the Christian community. But if we truly turned a constructive, critical eye toward our beliefs and vigorously questioned them and their origins, where would we find ourselves? Best-selling authors Brian McLaren and Tony Campolo invite you to do just that. Join them on an adventure---one that's about uncovering and naming faulty conclusions, suppositions, and assumptions about the Christian faith. 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Join them on an adventure-one that’s about uncovering and naming faulty conclusions, suppositions, and assumptions about the Christian faith. In Adventures in Missing the Point, the authors take turns addressing how we’ve missed the point on crucial topics such as: Salvation, The Bible, Being Postmodern, Worship, Homosexuality, Truth, and many more --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.About the AuthorBrian D. McLaren (MA, University of Maryland) is founding pastor of Cedar Ridge Community Church, an innovative, nondenominational church in the Baltimore-Washington region. 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Through the twelve sessions, you'll help your students face some of the tougher issues of life, like: * The relationship between sin and suffering * How to be a friend to those who are suffering (and how not to be!) * Why don't the wicked suffer? * How to survive suffering (and let God be God) In the tradition of the best selling Creative Bible Lessons series, CBL in Job presents each session in sections to help you move your students through a sequence of engagement, reflection, learning, and application. Including preparation for leaders, materials lists, discussion starters, scripture lessons, and activities to help personalize the learning, you'll find that any youth worker can use this book to effectively guide students toward the important lessons from Job.Editorial ReviewsAbout the AuthorDoug Ranck is a twenty-seven-year veteran of youth ministry, and is the youth pastor at the Free Methodist Church in Santa Barbara, CA. 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And I'm thrilled that through his Experiential Youth Ministry Handbook many will benefit from his practical wisdom and insight that's touched the hearts of kids and adults through the years in very significant, meaningful ways. You will be pleased with this book's easy-to-use format and these creative, hands-on activities.\" --Stan White, executive director, Alpine Camp and Conference Center, Blue Jay, California\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'Youth ministry must be about 'learning the sticks'---shaping a life forever. In John Losey's book you'll find well-articulated theory, practical activities, and understanding that will improve your role in 'life shaping.' 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