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The Doctor of Ministry (DMIN) program at Wesley Seminary allows you to build the program that best fits your area of interest and ministry context. The program is designed to allow you to earn a doctorate while continuing your current ministry.
The program is built to provide a balance of biblical studies, church history, theology, the development of the spiritual life, and ministry practice.
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PRAX-700: Practices of Personal Leadership (3 Credits)
This seminar is a doctoral-level exploration of personal leadership practices. By engaging various biblical texts, philosophical works, contemporary leadership voices, and conducting case studies, students will explore and apply a range of leadership practices and learn to solve problems across diverse contexts.
PRAX-720: Practical Theology of Community-Forming (3 Credits)
This seminar is a doctoral-level exploration of the formation of communities from the perspective of practical theology. Students will examine and deploy concepts related to ecclesiology. Students will engage various biblical, theological, historical, and contemporary voices for the sake of a deeper understanding.
PRAX-740: Creativity, Imagination, and Story (3 Credits)
In this doctoral-level seminar, students will develop the skills necessary to increase their capacity for creativity, imagination, and story-telling for the sake of Christian ministry. Students will explore how narrative, imagery, and creative collaboration can be deployed to transform persons and cultures.
The first phase of the DMIN ends when the student’s course work is completed and they defend their Project Proposal. When the proposal is approved the student enters the project phase, where the student and his/her Project Advisor implement the study, gather results and draw conclusions. This second part, where they finish writing a Project, could take as little as a year, although the student customarily has four years in which to finish it.
RSCH-800: Ministry Project 1 (1 Credit)
This course launches the Project phase of the Doctor of Ministry degree at the beginning of the fourth year. Although work on the Project is done one-on-one with the Project Advisor, this course provides a space for fourth year DMin students to share concerns and questions, as well as to motivate each other forward in the Project. By the end of this time, the ideal student will have his or her Project Proposal approved and will have implemented the specific research involved in the Project.
RSCH-801: Ministry Project 2 (1 Credit)
This course continues the Project phase of the Doctor of Ministry degree in the second half of the fourth year. Although work on the Project is done one-on-one with the Project Advisor, this course provides a space for fourth year DMin students to share concerns and questions, as well as to motivate each other forward toward completion of the Project. During this time, the ideal student would finish analyzing research data and complete a first draft of the Project.
RSCH-802: Ministry Project Continuation (1 Credit if needed)
This course provides a space for students in a fifth, sixth, or seventh year to continue progress toward the completion of a Project. Although work on the Project is done one-on-one with the Project Advisor, this course provides a space for DMin students to share concerns and questions, as well as to motivate each other forward toward completion of the Project.
*All course descriptions and location are subject to change.
Aaron Gross
"Wesley Seminary's Doctoral Program was a life-changing experience! It has opened doors for ministry that would never have happened any other way. Thank you, Wesley, for preparing me to raise up another generation of Ministry Leaders!"
Mark Brown
"Wesley Seminary has been both educational and instrumental in accelerating my growth in transformational pastoral leadership and multi-cultural ministry both locally and internationally. As a result, our church is now ministering to the local urban community that has more than 90 different languages spoken."
Heather Simon
"This program expanded my view of the traditional church, what inclusivity really means and where God wants me in ministry today. I now serve as one of the first two state female chaplains in army national guard history."
*This total assumes a student completes the project in one year. Each subsequent semester includes a $1000 continuation fee, a one-credit-hour charge of $700, and $100 in educational resource and technical fees. Books are purchased separately by the student and are not included in the tuition and fees. Tuition and fees subject to change. Tuition and fees for prerequisites and required elective courses are in addition to the charges shown on the program cost sheet. Learn more about Scholarship Opportunities here.
Financial aid is available in the form of loans, scholarships, veterans benefits, and employer reimbursement.
Click on each section to expand the different requirements for this program. If you have any questions about the admissions process, feel free to contact one of our admissions representatives at 1-877-673-0009. An admissions representative can also arrange a phone call for you with one of our doctoral faculty members or a current student to further discuss the program.
The next available start for the Doctor of Ministry (DMIN) at Indiana Wesleyan University is listed below. If you don’t see a start that fits your schedule, connect with our enrollment team to discuss other options.
August 4, 2023
The Doctorate of Ministry is accredited by the Association of Theological Schools and the Higher Learning Commission.
