BTSR D.Min. Applications Now Being Accepted

Applications to BTSR’s Doctor of Ministry (D.Min.) program are now being accepted. You can use their convenient online application to begin the process (see Apply Now section of the website). You will find a description of the D.Min. program on their website.

Feel free to contact the program Director, Dr. Dan Bagby if you have questions about their D.Min. degree. Director of Admissions, Tiffany Kellogg Pittman can help you with the application steps. Do you need to re-tool for ministry? The BTSR D.Min. may be what you need.

D.Min. Program Goals

A graduate of the Doctor of Ministry program will be able to:

1. Minister with an increased understanding of his or her personal calling and giftedness in ministerial leadership. This will require a demonstration of a level of self-awareness about his or her spiritual growth and personal development.

2. Approach ministry practices with a more accurate understanding of the nature of the congregational context. This will require the student to acquire an explicit theory of the congregation as an authentic and viable expression of Church and clarity about the congregation’s purpose and mission.

3. Understand the function of ministerial leadership related to his or her calling and position in the congregational setting. This will require that the student will assess the effectiveness of his or her practice of leadership as a critical dimension of the practice of ministry.

Program Description

In the D.Min. program you are expected to be engaged in ministry during the program, which requires a minimum of three years to complete. During the first two years, you will devote three-week terms in August and January to required core D.Min. seminars, which meet on campus in Richmond. Fall and Spring terms in the first two years are used for elective work. Additional electives needed to meet the total requirement of six credits in elective/concentration work may be taken in the winter terms of the first and second years, or in the summer of the third year. The third year is devoted to the D.Min. project. In the summer term, you will refine your project plans, with implementation of the project coming in the fall. The written project report is developed during the winter term, and the student submits and defends the project in the spring.

You have the opportunity to vary the program according to individual needs. However, the four core seminars and the project must be taken in the sequence indicated and preferably at the times indicated. No more than two elective credits may be transferred into the twelve credit program. Work must be completed within a maximum of six years. You may petition the D.Min. committee once for an extension; the petition must be in writing and must explain the extraordinary circumstances that necessitate the request.