# Ministry

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- Book: [Ministry](https://www.bookquiver.com/al-jourgensen/ministry) ([Ministry.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/al-jourgensen/ministry.md))
- Authors: [Al Jourgensen](https://www.bookquiver.com/al-jourgensen)
- Publisher: Da Capo Press
- ISBN: 978-03-0682-463-0
- Published: 2015-09-08
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

Ministry: The Lost Gospels is both ugly and captivating, revealing a character who has lived a hard life his way, without compromise. Jourgensen, one of the most innovative and prolific artists ever to pick up a guitar, mandolin, harmonica, or banjo, wanted to be a musician, yet became a rock star. And fame and fortune almost killed him. An IV drug abuser from the age of fifteen, Jourgensen delved deeper into heroin, cocaine, methadone, and alcohol for twenty-two years before cleaning up, straightening out, and finding new reasons to live. Filled with humour, heart, decadence, and tragedy, Ministry depicts the epic life of a renegade iconoclast.