Transformational Preaching
Transforming Leaders, Transforming Ministries, Transforming Lives
Wesley Seminary offers a unique and innovative Doctor of Ministry (DMIN) with a concentration in transformational preaching. The program is designed to allow working ministers to earn a doctorate in leadership while maintaining their pastoral positions. The program is predominately completed online. Content courses are 12 weeks long with 11 of those weeks completed online and one-week completed in person. Research courses are 8 weeks long and are completed totally online.
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 phase, where the student finishes their Project, could take as little as a year, although the student customarily has four years in which to finish.
Here are some of the highlights of the DMIN in Transformational Preaching. Students will:
- travel to various locations in England, including London and Oxford, to explore how the history of preaching informs contemporary practice.
- learn from world class homileticians, preachers, and bible scholars.
- spend time at a monastery practicing disciplines that enhance spiritual formation.
- preach multiple times and receive constructive feedback from their professor and classmates.
- journey through the program with a cohort of peers and form meaningful relationships.
- develop a research project that serves to strengthen preaching in the Church today.
Testimonials
Rev. Mark O. Wilson, Assistant Professor of Discipleship, Multiplication & Renewal Southern Wesleyan University

Rev. Aaron Gross , Lead Pastor - Logansport Church

Rev. Jeff Bouma, Lead Pastor - Voyage Community Church

Rev. Tamar Eisenmann, Founder - Pray2Revive

Rev. Whit R. Martin, Associate Pastor - Smyrna First United Methodist Church

The Doctorate of Ministry is accredited by the Association of Theological Schools and the Higher Learning Commission.