Transcript HOLY SPIRIT - Erskine College

Introduction to the
Doctor of
Ministry Degree
DMIN Degree Program: Purpose
• As part of its overall mission to educate persons
for service in the Christian Church, Erskine
Seminary offers the Doctor of Ministry (D.Min.)
degree. The purpose of the D.Min. degree is for
qualified persons to increase their effectiveness
as servant-leaders in the ministry of the Church,
to the glory of God. The D.Min. degree focuses
upon professional leadership in the Church and
is intended for persons preparing for advanced
pastoral leadership in local congregations or
specialized ministries within the Church.
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DMIN Degree Program: Goals
• Graduates will:
1. Engage in contemporary theological
discussion and show its relevance to the
practice of pastoral ministry. (Knowing)
2. Explore the contexts which affect Christian
ministry today, notably the issues of
culture, congregational and community
demographics, ethical issues, and major
events of the day. (Knowing)
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DMIN Degree Program: Goals
• Graduates will:
4. Demonstrate competence in the
various functions of ministry, such as
preaching the Gospel, leading
worship, teaching, pastoral care and
counseling, evangelizing, discipling,
and carrying out the mission of the
Church. (Being/Doing)
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DMIN Degree Program: Goals
• Graduates will:
5. Identify, design, prepare, conduct,
and evaluate a ministry project/
concept dissertation that integrates
Biblical and theological norms,
ministerial functions, and contextual
dimensions of ministry.
(Knowing/Doing)
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DMIN: Professional Degree
• In contrast to a professional or terminal
degree such as the Ph.D., the D.Min. is a
practical degree that builds upon the basic
foundation of at least three years of postM.Div. degree experience and that is
intended as a means of increasing one’s
effectiveness in ministry. An M.Div. degree
or its equivalent from an accredited
seminary or graduate school is a
prerequisite for admission.
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DMIN: Curriculum
• The D.Min. curriculum seeks to
develop further the leadership
competencies required for Christian
ministry in contemporary society. A
three-dimensional perspective guides
the overall design of the program.
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DMIN: Curriculum
• The norms dimension (DN
courses) addresses the Biblical
and theological foundations of
gospel, Church, and ministry.
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NORMS
• What does the Bible teach/require?
• The Church?
– Creeds
– Confessions
– Tradition
• The Endorsing Agent?
• The Army?
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THREE DIMENSIONS
NORMS
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DMIN: Curriculum
• The functions dimension (DF
courses) emphasizes the
professional skills used in the
practice of ministry, such as
preaching, pastoral care, teaching,
administration, etc.
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FUNCTIONS
What is my role as minister/chaplain?
What ministerial function would be
helpful in this place and at this time?
How is God at work already?
How do I relate
to the contexts
and the norms?
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THREE PERSPECTIVES
NORMS
FUNCTIONS
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DMIN: Curriculum
• The contexts dimension (DC courses)
encompasses the environment and
realities of the modern world in which
ministry must take place. The program
seeks to integrate the dimensions of
norms, functions, and contexts into a
working whole for each minister.
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CONTEXTS
What is the ministry need for the target
audience?
How do they relate to the
larger contexts of chapel,
installation, division, corps?
Demographics? Generations? Gender?
Ethnicity? Religious Preferences?
What goals do I have for
them as congregation and
for myself as chaplain?
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THREE PERSPECTIVES
NORMS
CONTEXTS
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DMIN: Curriculum
• All D.Min. courses embody these three
dimensions in varying combinations.
Your own work setting serves as a
primary learning resource for the
Erskine program. Much of the course
work involves in-service projects of
direct benefit to your ministry.
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THREE PERSPECTIVES
NORMS
Ministry
CONTEXTS
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DMIN: Curriculum
• Regular classroom time provides
occasions for disciplined study, critical
reflection, and evaluation concerning
ministry issues.
• The program emphasizes learning
from group interaction among peers,
thus promoting openness, caring, and
cross-fertilization of ideas.
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DMIN: Curriculum
• Required Courses
– DR901 Theological Foundations for Ministry
– DR902 The Practice of Ministry
• Electives
– DN983 The Problem of Pain
– DN975 The Legacy of Dietrich Bonhoeffer
– DF989 Writing the Prospectus
– CPE Transfer Credit
• Project/Concept and Dissertation
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Prospectus, Project, Dissertation
• This component is the apex of the
program, consolidating the results of
the D.Min. course work. For the
prospectus/project/dissertation, you
will identify a particular activity or
project to be conducted with people in
your own ministry setting.
• See DMin Manual, 4ff for definitions
– DMin Manual link
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Prospectus, Project, Dissertation
• Project examples include: celebrating
a special occasion together, starting a
major chapel program, handling a
pastoral conflict or need, leading a
chapel to a fresh vision of mission or
ministry, guiding a social action
venture, or exploring some interesting
avenue of life together.
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Prospectus, Project, Dissertation
• Whenever your work involves working
with people, you must secure the
approval of Erskine’s Institutional
Review Board (IRB) or your MEDCEN’s
IRB approval for your project.
• The IRB is a committee established to
review and approve any and all
research involving human subjects.
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Prospectus, Project, Dissertation
• The primary purpose of the IRB is to
protect the rights and welfare of
human participants in research,
primarily through preventing difficulties
and reconciling errors or breaches of
trust. The IRB is empowered to review
and approve all research within the
institution for ethical standards,
scholarship, and appropriateness.
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Prospectus, Project, Dissertation
• The chair of the IRB is Dr. Robert J.F.
Elsner, Ph.D., Professor of
Psychology
• Contact by email at
[email protected]
• Or by phone at 864-379-6570.
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Prospectus, Project, Dissertation
• You may elect to do a dissertation that
is more concept-based rather than
project-based. The essential requirements for the prospectus are the same,
as is the approval process. If you
choose this option, you may explore
some theological, historical, or ministry
issue in detail rather than conducting
an actual ministry project.
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Prospectus, Project, Dissertation
• An essential component of the
concept-based dissertation is a clear
demonstration of the relevance of the
issue studied for the practice of
ministry in the church. The conceptbased dissertation is discussed in the
DMin Manual.
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Prospectus, Project, Dissertation
• You should begin the prospectus/
project/dissertation process early in
the program. For example, in the
Practice of Ministry course, you learn
to identify an appropriate ministry
project and can begin to develop a
prospectus that encompasses this
project or sets forth a concept to be
explored.
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PROSPECTUS . . . & DISSERTATION
FUTURE TENSE
PROSPECTUS SECTION
• Introduction, 5-8
PAST TENSE
DISSERTATION CHAPTER
• Introduction, 10-15
– What is Ministry Need
– Discussion of Contexts
– Brief Project Description
• Literature Review, 10-15
• Biblical-Theological
Foundations, 10-15
• The Project Explained, 8-10
• Projected Timeline, 3
– Goals for Congregation
– Goals for Minister
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– What is Ministry Need
– Discussion of Contexts
– Brief Project Description
• Literature Review, 25-30
• Biblical-Theological
Foundations, 25-35
• The Project Explained, 25
• Evaluation & Conclusion,
8-15
Total: 100-120
• Appendices
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Introduction to the
Doctor of
Ministry Degree
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