Denver Seminary

83 Doctoral Degree Program DOCTOR OF MINISTRY DEGREE (DMIN) A number of significant issues face Christian leaders today, including the challenges of a rapidly changing culture and managing highly complex religious organizations, and guiding the spiritual formation of individuals and communities. The Doctor of Ministry program at Denver Seminary is designed to encourage, equip, and mentor pastors and other Christian leaders in their ministries. Our practical, innovative program gives participants the opportunity to become reflective ministry practitioners who network with, and learn from, other like-minded professionals and to study with some of the finest ministry leaders in the country. Students can select from tracks on leadership, pastoral skills, or spiritual formation. DMin seminars are conducted in January and July each year. Extensive reading and special assignments both precede and follow these one-week sessions. Seminars include faculty instruction, peer-group interaction, self- analysis, theological reflection, independent research, and practical projects. Participants normally take 3-4 seminars each year (one or two in January and two in July) and spend a year to a year and a half on the final thesis. A minimum of three years and a maximum of six years are expected for completion of the degree. Program Description The Doctor of Ministry degree program equips ministry leaders to discern and address the most significant obstacles and opportunities in their particular setting. Students build on their current theological foundation, improve their relational intelligence, and refine their practices and postures in faithful and effective ways. Students also define the cultural, relational, and spiritual realities influencing their ministry contexts and then, by means of a doctoral research project, identify ways to deepen their ministry knowledge or improve their ministry effectiveness. Program Goals 1. Graduates will be able to express an advanced biblical and theological understanding of the nature and purpose of their ministry. 2. Graduates will be able to develop a contextually appropriate and strategically discerning approach to their ministry. 3. Graduates will be able to identify, by means of a doctoral research project, either a specific obstacle and find the requisite solutions to that situation or a unique opportunity that will be leveraged to help promote God's redemptive mission. Curriculum Course # Sem. Hrs. Biblical & Theological Reflection on the Practice of Ministry FC 1101 3 Relational & Vocational Foundations FC 1102 3 Obstacles & Opportunities in Ministry: Research Possibilities FC 1103 3 Thesis DT 1101 4 Thesis Completion DT 1104 3 Track courses 12 Open electives 6 Total hours for degree: 34

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