The Doctor of Ministry Program offers training in ministry beyond the initial experiences of pastoral commitment. It intends renewal for the minister and the congregation as well as those with four units of CPE working in professional settings other than the congregation. As an academic and practical program, the ETS D.Min. program has been developed to emphasize ministers’ specific needs. Interpreting the meanings of theological symbols in the lived experience of ministry brings the whole context of faith to bear on immediate existential challenges of ministry. Worship, prayer, and meditation are explored as basic ways of understanding and living ministry.

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The Professional Education and Leadership Concentrate within the D.Min. focuses on students with four units of CPE.  It is intended for those who are Certified ACPE Educators, those in the Certification Process and those in Professional Spiritual Care.

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The program of study is developed within the experience of a colleague group. Intensive experiential colleague groups provide the setting in which students and faculty will learn, teach, and pray together. The theory and praxis of ministry grow together through personal vulnerability and mutual support and confrontation, thus modeling faithful and effective ministerial leadership.

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The ETS Doctor of Ministry program is a three-year process of personal and professional growth. The Professional Education and Leadership concentrate for those with four units of CPE is designed as a two-year program. The program involves two “Emergent Weeks” of study per year, one of which occurs in August and one in January. Each week includes worship, a theme course, core courses, and group interaction.

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