Columbia International University

DMIN - General Studies

Description

The Doctor of Ministy (D.Min.) degree is designed for persons holding the Master of Divinity (M.Div.) degree, or its equivalent, who have had significant ministry experience. It will help you build on your previous studies and ministry experiences to develop your knowledge, theoretical clarity, and competence in the profession and practice of ministry. The program offers concentrations in Leadership, Member Care, Military Chaplaincy, Missions, and Preaching.

When you have completed the requirements of the D.Min. program, you will

• Use ministry skills at an advanced level of professional competency and will exhibit the personal qualities normally considered essential to this level of ability.
• Demonstrate increased sensitivity in interpersonal relationships and development of the skills needed to enhance these relationships.
• Think, plan, and act creatively in transcending traditional approaches to ministry by the use of innovative concepts and methods.
• Demonstrate a steadily maturing relationship with God in an understanding of the concept of servanthood, especially as related to servant leadership.
  

Resident Faculty

Mike Barnett (Ph.D., Southwestern Seminary) Dr. Barnett teaches courses on church planting movements, leadership and teams, creative access (business and missions), and the history of global Christianity.He and his wife, Cindy, enjoy spending time with seminary and university students. They are act... more

Don Hamilton (D.Min., Bethel Theological Seminary) Dr. Don Hamilton specializes in preaching and has taught preaching, church polity, doctrine of the church, and worship. He is also the Doctor of Ministry Program Director for the seminary. His first book, Homiletical Handbook, was published in 1992 by Bro... more

Rick Higgins (D.Min., Columbia Biblical Seminary) Rick Higgins is the associate dean for ministry skills development and field education at Columbia Biblical Seminary & School of Missions. Before assuming that position in 1996, he served Columbia International University as dean of married students f... more

Rhonda Pruitt (Ph.D., Bethany Theological Seminary) Dr. Rhonda Pruitt brings a cross-cultural psychology flavor to the counseling program at Columbia International University. She has served as a missionary for 20 years in Asia and Europe. Out of her experience flows a passion for missions and the care of ... more