The Doctor of Ministry (D.Min.) program is designed to further equip individuals beyond the Master’s level who desire to increase their experience in areas of ministry through community and practical application based on an understanding of the true spiritual heritage of the Organic-Open Church in the New Testament. This program provides more advanced training for those who desire to grow in a deeper relationship with the Lord and what it means to be His disciple and an integral part of the Body of Christ. The Doctor of Ministry is open to all those who desire serve the Body of Christ in various capacities as well as vocations. This program provides advanced, in-depth training of applied ministry such as leadership and teaching and is ideal for those with apostolic, prophetic, pastoral, teaching and evangelistic gifts as well other ministry gifts that support the equipping of the saints in the Body of Christ.                       

BHIS 7650: Old Testament History  4 Credits

This course is an examination of the historical books of the Old Testament -- Joshua, Judges, Samuel and Kings -- including a brief look at the Pentateuch. Doctoral students will gain valuable insight into how to study and learn from these books of the Old Testament based on their cultural and historical contexts.          

BHIS 7750: New Testament History  4 Credits

This course is a survey of the intertestamental period, the life of Christ, and the formation of the Early Church with special attention to the Roman, Greek, and Jewish contexts of the New Testament period as portrayed in the Gospels and Acts.                                                                                               

DMIN 7600: The Organic-Open Church: A Return to New Testament Foundations  4 Credits

The purpose of this course is to expose the doctoral student to God’s true design for the Body of Christ as laid out in the New Testament. An investigation of ‘modern’ church and leadership practices will be examined and the student will gain a deep understanding of the Church as a living organism not an institutional organization.

DMIN 7725: The Economy of the Kingdom: Fulfilling Your Financial Destiny  4 Credits

This course gives the doctoral student Scriptural support for the belief that God delights in the prosperity of His people. The primary objective of this course is that true prosperity is meant to extend the kingdom by giving to those in need and fulfilling the call that God has placed in the heart of the believer.                       

DMIN 7800: The Work of the Prophetic Ministry  4 Credits

This course teaches the nature and purpose of prophetic revelation and its proper function in the Body of Christ. The doctoral student will be inspired and challenged to operate in the prophetic gifts. Subjects in this course include the power and perils of the prophetic, being a prophetic people, the song of the Lord, seven expressions of the prophetic spirit, and others.                                                           

COUN 8050: Counseled by God: From the Father’s Heart  4 Credits

This course examines God’s Spirit as the “Wonderful Counselor”.  Doctoral students will experience how God speaks to the heart and counsels us about the basic emotional pressures of life while releasing His grace within our hearts to understanding what it means to be “free indeed.”                                               

COUN 8150: Healing from the Spirit: Prayers that Heal the Heart  4 Credits

This course teaches the Scriptural basis for the breaking of bondages within the heart caused by spiritual forces. The course includes breaking generational sins and curses; severing ungodly soul ties; removing negative mindsets and inner vows; healing traumatic memories; and casting out demonic influences that have connected themselves to the inner wounds of the heart and soul resulting in a solid healing process where God grants illumined insights from His Word.                                               

DMIN 8450: The Call of the Church in Culture and Society  4 Credits

This course teaches the doctoral student to see the purpose of the Body of Christ as a living organism of social and cultural transformation based on God’s original design. Students will learn that believers are called to live out the centrality of their faith in every aspect of the human experience resulting in the abundant life.                                               

DMIN 8375: God’s Idea of Business: Ministry in the Marketplace  4 Credits

This dynamic course will introduce and expose the doctoral student to the study of Christian ministry as a calling and a life of service in the marketplace. The Holy Spirit has a definite place in the world of business and this course will expose the myths associated with the definition of “full-time Christian service.”                                     

MLDS 7850: Gifted to Succeed: God’s Design of Leadership  4 Credits

This course is about unleashed Biblical leadership.  Since Biblical leadership is determined by our ability to reflect the character and nature of the God we serve, we are compelled to have as clear a picture as possible of our God.  When we look beneath the placid surface of common systematic theology, we find a God who is far more volatile, far more compassionate, far more mysterious and for more dangerous than the God who is defined by carefully crafted discussions of divine attributes.  This course will confront the doctoral student with these realities.                                              

MLDS 8250: Leadership and the Practice of Spiritual Gifts  4 Credits

This course is designed to acquaint doctoral students with the Biblical theme of the gifts of grace for the purpose of understanding, recognizing and implementing those gifts within the Body of Christ.                                                            

PHIL 8575: Major Worldviews in Culture and Society  4 Credits

The purpose of this course is to confront the doctoral student with the study of major worldviews in culture and society where the student will identify essential issues and examine significant challenges to the Christian faith through Spirit-anointed revelation.                       

DMIN 8600: Doctoral Research Methods  4 Credits

The purpose of this course is to provide the doctoral student with an opportunity to examine the fundamentals of research and writing from a practical and professional perspective, as a foundational step in preparation for completing the doctoral writing project/dissertation.                                                           

DMIN 8900: Doctoral Project  8 Credits

This is the final writing project for the doctoral student.  While similar in many ways to a dissertation, it is fundamentally different in that it is designed to be an “applied ministry/theology” position paper written from a praxis (practical) position.  Students are prepared for this course by taking the Research Methods course.