Journal of Christian Ministry

02 Mar 2025: Reimagining DMin Programs: A Different Approach to Program Innovation

Posted at 12:16h in ATS, Current Issue, Feature Article, Innovation, Leadership, Teaching, Vol 14 (2025)

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Rob Westervelt, PhD, Vice President for Strategy and Innovation: As a strategist and innovator in higher education, my career has been shaped by the same forces of disruption and transformation that Doctor of Ministry (DMin) programs are now facing....

07 Mar 2022: Attending to Racial Diversity Within ATS: Historical Perspectives, Present Initiatives, and Future Programming

Posted at 16:31h in Accreditation, ATS, Culture, Current Issue, Feature Article, Vol 11 (2022)

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Much progress yet much to do....

06 Mar 2022: Developing Theological Education That Engages People of Color: A Panel Discussion

Posted at 16:30h in Current Issue, Education, Feature Article, Vol 11 (2022)

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Ministry leaders and educators weigh in....

26 Mar 2021: The Decline of Seminaries: What’s happening in the larger context surrounding DMin programs

Posted at 20:48h in Culture, Current Issue, Education, Feature Article, Theological Reflection, Vol 10 (2021)

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We must find ways to let Jesus out of academic prison....

02 Apr 2020: Together in Prayer: Group Spiritual Direction

Posted at 21:24h in Feature Article, Spirituality, Vol 9 (2020)

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Our constituency expressed increasing hunger for spiritual nourishment...

12 Apr 2019: Character Development: Core Training in a Diverse Community

Posted at 20:43h in Feature Article, Vol 8 (2019)

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DMIN programs are unique in their intended balance between head, hands, and heart – intellectual growth, skill enhancement, and character development. Maintaining this balance is challenging. ...

28 Mar 2019: Latino-ization of the Church in the United States

Posted at 02:13h in Church, Culture, Current Issue, Feature Article, Theological Reflection, Uncategorized, Vol 8 (2019)

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The Pew Research Center summarized its findings about Latinos and the transformation of American religion saying that "understanding religious faith among Latinos is essential to understanding the future of this population as well as the evolving nature of religion in the United States."...

27 Mar 2019: With DMin Students, the Future is Now

Posted at 20:01h in Current Issue, Feature Article, Leadership, Research Design, Spirituality, Vol 8 (2019)

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A naked man wandered into a worship service. One of our students, the church’s associate pastor, had to diagnose and respond to this awkward situation....

27 Mar 2019: The Spies in Numbers 13 as a Research Process

Posted at 16:37h in Current Issue, Feature Article, Research Design, Theological Reflection, Vol 8 (2019)

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Social science research can be said to involve spiritual discernment and the performance of the prophetic gift. However, is there a biblical basis for research since faith in God supersedes human wisdom?...

26 Mar 2019: Staying Fresh in Ministry: Reflections on Hupomoné

Posted at 19:50h in Current Issue, Feature Article, Leadership, Spirituality, Vol 8 (2019)

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Pastoral burnout, blowup, and dropout is an alarming issue in contemporary ministry. The longitudinal study that the researcher is reporting on has covered twenty years of a journey exploring the dynamics of this issue....

Feature Article

02 Mar 2025: Reimagining DMin Programs: A Different Approach to Program Innovation

07 Mar 2022: Attending to Racial Diversity Within ATS: Historical Perspectives, Present Initiatives, and Future Programming

06 Mar 2022: Developing Theological Education That Engages People of Color: A Panel Discussion

26 Mar 2021: The Decline of Seminaries: What’s happening in the larger context surrounding DMin programs

02 Apr 2020: Together in Prayer: Group Spiritual Direction

12 Apr 2019: Character Development: Core Training in a Diverse Community

28 Mar 2019: Latino-ization of the Church in the United States

27 Mar 2019: With DMin Students, the Future is Now

27 Mar 2019: The Spies in Numbers 13 as a Research Process

26 Mar 2019: Staying Fresh in Ministry: Reflections on Hupomoné

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