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Doctor of Ministry

Admissions Requirements                    Admissions Procedures                      Application Materials      Tuition Costs for the Garrett-Evangelical DMin Program

The Doctor of Ministry is an advanced degree inviting pastors to become highly skilled practitioners in specific practices of ministry. It does this by:

  • Immersing the pastors in intensive coursework focused on specific practices of ministry.
  • Offering strong peer-learning and networking by allowing pastors to move through their coursework together in cohorts.
  • While maintaining cohorts, allowing sufficient flexibility in the coursework schedule for pastors to take courses outside of the regular DMin offerings, including taking PhD courses offered at Garrett-Evangelical.
  • Providing clear linkages between the material covered in the courses and the actual practice of ministry in the pastor's local ministry site.

One aspect that sets the Garrett-Evangelical DMin apart from other programs is the strong emphasis on integrating the student's work in the classroom with the student's actual engagement in ministry. The program offers concrete connections between these two through:

  • Establishing a team of people from the pastor's ministry site who will help encourage and advise the pastor throughout the coursework phase.
  • A candidacy process for the pastor in which seminary faculty are in conversation with the members of the pastor's team.
  • A final project in which the pastor works alongside of the student's ministry setting team to enhance the practice of ministry at the ministry setting.

In this way, Garrett-Evangelical conceives of the DMin as a gift to the church as much as it is a means of causing pastors to excel in their practice of ministry. Both the pastor and the ministry setting come out improved and strengthened from the pastor's participation in the degree.

The Garrett-Evangelical Doctor of Ministry program offers four tracks of study, each specializing in a specific set of ministry practices. For information in each, including sample schedules for completion, see below:

1. Congregational Leadership (Currently taking applications to start in Fall 2012.)

2. African-American Congregational Leadership (Currently taking applications to start in Fall 2012.)

3. Spiritual Direction (Currently taking applications to start in January 2013.)

4. Mission in the Contemporary United States (Currently taking applications to start in January 2012.)

In addition to these four tracks, the Garrett-Evangelical DMin program also is a portal to the ACTS DMin program in preaching.

Tuition Costs for the Garrett-Evangelical DMin Program  are now available for the 2010-2011 school year.

For questions or further information about any aspect of the Garrett-Evangelical DMin program, please contact the Director of the Doctor of Ministry Program, Dr. Mark Teasdale.

 

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