Christian Ministry
The Doctor of Ministry and the Doctor of Educational Ministry in Christian Ministry is specifically designed to provide students with an opportunity to custom tailor a doctoral education towards sharpening specific ministry skills in key areas.
With a concentration in Christian Ministry, pastors and ministry leaders are given the opportunity to hone various skills as a practitioner. Students have the ability to choose from a wide array of courses for the purpose of crafting a degree that works best for their ministry context.
This program of study is offered as a 32 Hour D.Min. degree.
Course curriculum includes:
- Project Methodology (1 hour)
- Intro to Doctoral Research & Writing (1 hour)
- Four Foundational Seminars (16 hours)
- Contextualized Writing Seminars (8 hours)
- Ministry Research Project or Thesis (6 hours)
This program of study is also offered as a 46 Hour D.Ed.Min. degree.
Course curriculum includes:
- Project Methodology (1 hour)
- Intro to Doctoral Research & Writing (1 hour)
- Four Foundational Seminars (16 hours)
- Two Educational Seminars (12 hours)
- Applied Empirical Research
- Foundations of Teaching
- Contextualized Writing Seminars (8 hours)
- Ministry Research Project or Thesis (8 hours)
Students will choose four seminars from the following areas:
- Applied Theology
- Christian Apologetics
- Biblical Counseling
- Biblical Spirituality
- Black Church Leadership
- Christian Worship
- Church Revitalization
- Discipleship and Christian Education
- Family Ministry
- Global Missions
- Leadership
- Urban Ministry
*No more than two seminars from one concentration may be selected.
*The Christian Ministry concentration may be completed online by taking online seminars from the Applied Theology, Global Missions, and Biblical Counseling concentrations.
Special permission required for courses in:
*Students must also have proper prerequisites in order to take courses in these concentrations.
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