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This vital revised and expanded update to How to Thrive in Associate Staff Ministry (Alban, 2000) provides guidance to the growing population of staff members employed by churches. Churches are expanding their staffs, but the turnover rate remains high, often due to stress, isolation, and conflict on the job. Lawson and Boersma address what it takes to thrive personally, professionally, and relationally within associate staff ministry. Based on updated research and interviews with over 600 veteran associate staff members from many different denominations, Lawson and Boersma describe the…mehr

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This vital revised and expanded update to How to Thrive in Associate Staff Ministry (Alban, 2000) provides guidance to the growing population of staff members employed by churches. Churches are expanding their staffs, but the turnover rate remains high, often due to stress, isolation, and conflict on the job. Lawson and Boersma address what it takes to thrive personally, professionally, and relationally within associate staff ministry. Based on updated research and interviews with over 600 veteran associate staff members from many different denominations, Lawson and Boersma describe the priorities, attitudes, and practices that can help associate staff members thrive in their ministry roles. They present, explain, and illustrate a four-part "Model for Thriving in Associate Staff Ministry," a concrete framework that readers can use to help achieve satisfaction and balance in their own lives. In addition to addressing those in associate staff roles, the book also includes chapters to help supervising pastors and church boards support their associate staff members. Each chapter includes questions for personal reflection or discussion with others to help readers engage with the material and determine what steps they might take to improve their own experience in associate staff ministry.
Autorenporträt
Kevin E. Lawson, professor of educational studies at Talbot School of Theology (Biola University), was a cofounder of the Society of Children's Spirituality: Christian Perspectives (now the Children's Spirituality Summit). He served as its chair from 2001 until 2012. Lawson is the editor of Understanding Children's Spirituality (Cascade Books, 2012) and the coeditor, with Adam Harwood, of Infants and Children in the Church (2017). Scottie May, a founding member of the Society of Children's Spirituality: Christian Perspectives (now the Children's Spirituality Summit), is Associate Professor Emerita of Christian Formation & Ministry, Wheaton College. She is co-author of Children Matter (2005) and Listening to Children on the Spiritual Journey, (2010), as well as contributing to edited volumes regarding children's spirituality.