15 courses with the subject DM, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
DM 901Doctor of Ministry Orientation and Assessment ()3
This course is an introduction and overview of the Doctor of Ministry (DMIN) curriculum, process, goals and project. Critical reflection on contemporary theories or models of leadership and assessment of one's personal leadership approach will assist students in the integration of their present theology and practice of leadership.
DM 903Administration for Transformational Ministry ()3
This course is designed to help students proactively prepare for, adjust to, and embrace change; learning, as leaders and administrators, to use change in order to strengthen the church. It is possible, especially as biblical and spiritually sensitive leaders, to develop proactive and responsive strategic plans that support organizational change and help assure success. This course will also examine the connections and interrelationships involved with transformational leadership, administration, and spirituality within a Pentecostal-missionary context. Wesleyan-Pentecostal leadership development practices will be highlighted as the means of grace in the cultivation of leaders and congregations as witnesses involved in moving from maintenance to missionary outpost strategies.
DM 904Leadership and Peacemaking: Conflict and Reconciliation3
This course is designed to present a Wesleyan-Pentecostal understanding of counseling and care in ministry and community vocational practice within a theology and praxis model that addresses conflict, reconciliation and transformation. Transformative therapy and intervention at relational, systemic and personality levels within an individual, relationships with others, and the church and community will be reviewed. Insights and strategies for dealing with intrapersonal, interpersonal, group conflicts within the family, church and larger society will be proposed. The course will be concerned with the student's development of an adequate and appropriate theology and practice of transformative reconciliation, counsel and care.
DM 906Leading Worship and Discipleship: Forming a People, Communicating
the Word (3 Credit Hours) This course deals with how the ministries of worship and discipleship mutually inform and condition each other in the formation of the worshipers and authentic disciples. Corporate-individual and large group- small group dynamics of a Wesleyan-Pentecostal approach will be explored with a view to developing a local church strategy.
This course builds upon a basic knowledge of Christian theology (historical and doctrinal) and skill in theological reflection. It is intended to help a student gain advanced understanding of Wesleyan-Pentecostal theology in its historical context. It is also intended to help the student develop an advanced level of theological reflection for ministry praxis through engagement with contemporary theological scholarship and socio-cultural dynamics that influence the mission of the Church in diverse social- cultural settings. The insights gained are brought to bear on the student’s context in conversation with the course content.
DM 909Holistic Mission: Evangelism, Justice and Mercy Ministries with Global
Awareness (3 Credit Hours) This course seeks to cultivate a global concern and a sense of urgency for Pentecostal mission and evangelism in the contemporary multicultural 185
This course is designed to orient students concerning group dynamics and process, especially as they pertain to the Doctor of Ministry. Students receive training through research and participation in group process to lead a group of three to five individuals related to their ministry context. The purpose of the group is to reflect with the student concerning his or her Doctor of Ministry courses and program. Particular attention is given in this course concerning the assessment of the student's ministry setting.
This course builds upon a basic knowledge of Scripture and scriptural interpretation/hermeneutical training. It is intended to help a student gain advanced knowledge of Wesleyan-Pentecostal hermeneutics. It is also intended to help a student gain advanced skills for biblical interpretation for ministry praxis through reflection on contemporary biblical scholarship that influences the mission of the Church in diverse social-cultural settings.
This course builds upon a basic understanding of the integration of theological reflection with ministry practice. It is intended to help a student gain advanced understanding of the field of practical theology. It is also intended to help the student cultivate advanced skills for engaging 184
This course focuses on the process of research that will be conducted during the Doctor of Ministry (D.Min) program. Its purpose is to orient the student to library and information services of the Church of God Theological Seminary and proper modes of theological and contextual research. The goal of this course is to facilitate the completion of the requirements of part I of the Doctor of Ministry project, namely, 186
This course focuses on the prospectus and project of the Doctor of Ministry (DMIN) program. Its purpose is to review and approve the student’s DMIN project prospectus and prepare for the execution of the DMIN project in ministry. Modes of theological and contextual research will also be reviewed. The course will also review the integration of research and project execution into the DMIN dissertation.
