Doctor of Ministry
• Faculty-Mentor led. Each cohort is led by a Talbot or Biola faculty member who is recognized as an expert in his or her field of ministry and who wants to share his or her life and insights. They walk with the cohort through every residency and guide the students’ thesis projects. Learning occurs within the context of relationship.
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Faculty
• Practitioner sensitive. Assignments are integrated into the students’ life and ministry. There is no academic busywork.
J. Kent Edwards, DMin
Director
Moreland, Wilkins
Distinguished Professors
• Spiritual Formation orientated. The faculty-mentors, with the assistance of Talbot’s Institute for Spiritual Formation, help students in the areas of spiritual growth and soul care. We help students develop the mind and spiritual character necessary for effective ministry.
Anthony, DeWeese, Edwards, R. Johnson, McIntosh
Professors
Mission
Learning Outcomes
The Doctor of Ministry degree is the highest professional degree for pastoral and ministry leaders. Talbot’s Doctor of Ministry program is designed to help ministry practitioners make their maximum impact in ministry. Our goal is to help leaders develop the skills necessary to accomplish God’s unique agenda for their lives and ministry. The Doctor of Ministry program is designed to equip leaders of various Christian ministries for a high level of excellence in the practice of ministry. We offer an expanding number of specialty tracks that utilize a cohort-based faculty-mentor led model of education. Students meet for intensive two- week residencies every year for three years, and complete major projects between residencies. A thesis-project is required at the end of the program and must be completed within six calendar years of the first residency. Talbot’s program is designed for people currently engaged in fulltime ministries. It builds upon the Master of Divinity degree program by adding the equivalent of one additional year of coursework (over a three-year period) and requiring the completion of a thesis-project (during a second three- year period). International students may be subject to alternate timelines because of United States government regulations.
All of Talbot’s Doctor of Ministry specialty tracks will:
• Encourage the theological reflective practice of ministry
• Advance the understanding and practice of ministry
• Enhance competency in pastoral analysis
• Develop ministry skills
• Increase knowledge about the practice of ministry
• Foster growth in spiritual maturity
DMin Program Timeline
Year One Residency • Course Preparation
(complete reading and assignments prior to residency)
• Two-Week Residency Coursework Personal Learning Covenant Spiritual Formation Retreat
• Post Residency Project
The distinctives of Talbot’s Doctor of Ministry program are as follows:
Year Two Residency • Course Preparation
• Specialty focused. In order to help students maximize their particular ministries, Talbot offers a growing number of specialty tracks. This is not a generic “one size fits all” program. • Cohort based . Students participate in an academic pilgrimage with 13-24 classmates who share their particular ministry passion. People come from a variety of geographic and ministry backgrounds to laugh, cry and study together. The friendships last a lifetime.
(complete reading and assignments prior to residency)
• Two-Week Residency Coursework
Qualifying Oral Exam (Admission to Candidacy Status)
• Post Residency Project
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