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Doctor of Ministry with Emphasis in Mission Studies

PURPOSE

The Doctor of Ministry is designed to provide qualified students the opportunity to achieve a high level of excellence in the practice of ministry.

OBJECTIVES

Upon completing this emphasis, students will be able to:

• Formulate a comprehensive and critical theory of intercultural ministries.
• Demonstrate their ability to serve as missionary, an international missions leadership administrator, or director of a mission agency of a church.
• Create proper mission strategies for their own mission settings.

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS

• Application form for admission
• $100.00 non-refundable application fee
• A brief autobiographical statement
• Official transcript appropriate for the program
• D.Min. in Pastoral Theology and Preaching with Multimedia
• the M.Div. degree or its equivalent degree
• 3 years of substantial post-master's degree ministry experience
• D.Min. in Christian Counseling, Christian Education and Mission Studies
• the master's degree
• a 2.75 out of 4.0 GPA
• Application essay
• Recommendation from a church pastor of former teacher
• Two recent photographs (for student ID)

GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS

• The doctoral program is designed to be completed within four academic years. A maximum of seven years may be granted upon appeal to the Academic Dean.
• The student must successfully complete a prescribed course of study with a minimum of 3.00 (B) grade point average on a 4.00 scale.
• The awarding of a "C" in a doctoral course constitutes a failure (unsuccessful completion of the course).
• The student must successfully complete a dissertation and pass the oral defense.
• D.Min. students in Christian Counseling, Christian Education, and Mission Studies must take 15 additional credit hours in Biblical Studies if they have not completed their bachelor or master level program in the biblical area. Exceptions to this policy can be made by the Academic Dean under academic consideration.
• D.Min. students in Christian Counseling, Christian Education, and Mission Studies must take three more master level courses related to their concentration if their master’s degree is not related to their concentration.
• Prior to graduation students must meet all financial obligations to the institution. All candidates for graduation are expected to demonstrate sound scholarship, consistent Christian conduct and attitude, and reasonable suitability for effective Christian ministries. In addition, the appropriate faculty should fully recommend the candidate for graduation.
• All candidates for graduation must complete a non-credit course, Introduction to Christianity. It will be waived for the students who have taken any biblical courses.

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