{"product_id":"the-ministry-staff-member-a-contemporary-practical-handbook-to-equip-encourage-and-empower-9780310263128","title":"The Ministry Staff Member: A Contemporary, Practical Handbook to Equip, Encourage, and Empower","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"When are you going to become a real pastor?\" \"When are you going to get your own church?\" \"How long will you be here?\" 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFagerstrom, Douglas L.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Dr. 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. Churches he has served in: Dalton Baptist Church, Mich. (1972-1975 and 1986-1990), Mission Hills Baptist Church, Colo. (1975-1979), Wooddale Church, Minn. (1979-1986) and Calvary Church, Grand Rapids, Mich. (1990-2003). Doug also served as President of Grand Rapids Theological Seminary from 2003-2009.","brand":"Zondervan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50319123153170,"sku":"9780310263128","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_2ea2df47-9770-4e44-b376-a94ecc90c64d.jpg?v=1727564653","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-ministry-staff-member-a-contemporary-practical-handbook-to-equip-encourage-and-empower-9780310263128","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}