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{{Infobox person
|name=Michael Dale "Mike" Herbster<br>
(Independent Baptist clergyman in Ringgold, Louisiana)
|birth_place=Independence, [[Missouri]]
|birth_date=March 24, 1974
|spouse=Amy Herbster (married 1996)<br>
Children:
Micah and Malachi<br>
Michala and McKenna
|party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]<ref name=mylife/>
}}
'''Michael Dale Herbster''', known as '''Mike Herbster'' (born March 24, 1974),<ref name=mylife>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/mark-herbster/mark_herbster|title=Michael Herbster|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=March 30, 2018}}</ref> is an [[Independent Baptist]] [[clergy]]man who has been since 2008 the director of Southland Christian Ministries located north of Ringgold in Bienville Parish in north [[Louisiana]].
Reared in Independence, near [[Kansas City]], [[Missouri]], Herbster holds a degree in [[music]] and a [[Master of Arts]] in pastoral studies. Since 1992, he has spent every summer in camp ministry. He formerly traveled in full-time evangelism with his twin brother, Mark D. Herbster. He came to Southland in 2003 to lead music and work in administration. Five years later, he was named the camp director.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://media.worthbc.org/index.php/sermons-by-preachers/speaker/55-mike-herbster|title=Sermons by Preachers: Mike Herbster|publisher=Worth Baptist Church|location=[[Fort Worth]], [[Texas]]|accessdate=March 30, 2018}}</ref> Founded in the 1940s, Southland was known until 1992 as Miracle Camp.
Mark Herbster holds a [[Bachelor of Arts]] in Bible from the [[fundamentalist]] Bob Jones University in Greenville, [[South Carolina]]. In the summer of 2018, he will become dean of Maranatha Baptist Seminary and its school of Bible and church ministries. The institution is located in Watertown in southeastern [[Wisconsin]]. He is a candidate for the Doctor of Ministry degree from Central Baptist Theological Seminary in Shawnee, [[Kansas]]. Mark Herbster is the father of four daughters.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mbu.edu/mark-herbster-joins-mbu-summer-2018/|title=Marantha Announces New Team Member: Mark Herbster|publisher=Marantha Baptist University|location=Watertown, [[Wisconsin]]|date=April 28, 2017|author=Emyly Yelland|accessdate=March 30, 2018}}</ref>
A third Herbster brother, Matthew Dean "Matt" Herbster (born August 3, 1972),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/matthew-herbster/e367710102810|title=Matthew Herbster|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=March 30, 2018}}</ref>is the father of five children and resides in Brevard, [[North Carolina]]. He is the widower of Julie Ann Herbster (1973-2013), who died of a ten-month battle with [[colon cancer]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hosting-9505.tributes.com/obituary/show/Julie-Ann-Herbster-95489624|title=Julie Herbster obituary|publisher=Hosting-9505.tributes.com|date=March 27, 2013|accessdate=March 30, 2018}}</ref> In 2014, Matthew Herbster married his second wife, Tiffany. Since 1997, he has served on the staff of The WILDS Christian Camp and Conference Center in Brevard. He was elevated to director not long after the passing of Julie in 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wilds.org/staff/fulltime/
|title=Matt Herbster|publisher=Wilds.org|accessdate=March 30, 2018}}</ref>
The Herbster brothers are sons of Carl Dean Herbster (born September 13, 1950), the former senior pastor of the Tri-City Baptist Church in Blue Springs, Missouri, and his wife, Diane Herbster.<ref name=majesty>{{cite web|url=https://www.majestymusic.com/resting-2-cd-set.html|title=Resting (The Herbster Family)|publisher=Majesticmusic.com|accessdate=March 30, 2018}}</ref>
Mike and Mark Herbster both have wives named Amy. Mike Herbster's wife also grew up in Kansas City and holds a degree in music education. The couple married in 1996 and has two sons, Micah and Malachi, and two daughters, Michala, and McKenna.
Mike and Mark Herbster and their wives have recorded quartets, male/female duets, and male duets. Many selections are fully orchestrated and includes many songs from their evangelistic meetings nationwide.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://herbsterevangelism.org/products-page/|title=Bookstore: Herbster Evangelism|publisher=Herbsterevangelism.org|accessdate=March 30, 2018}}</ref> Mike, Mark, and Matthew Herbster have produced a 2-CD set, ''Resting: A Memorial'', as a memorial to Julie Herbster. The first disc includes songs that encouraged her and her family during her illness. The second disc offers Julie giving her testimony of [[God]]'s grace and her funeral oration.<ref name=majesty/>
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