10 Oct The Development of DMin Concentration Standards
The Doctor of Ministry (D.Min) degree is the most popular terminal degree offered under the accreditation umbrella of the Association of Theological Schools (ATS). ...
Feature Article
04 Oct Ministry in Diverse Communities
In several thought-provoking plenary sessions, Dr. Rah emphasized the temptation of a dominant culture to overlook the importance of lament, which is an important expression for minority cultures. ...
04 Oct Persuasive Pastoral Leaders
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in Accreditation, Education, Feature Article, Ministry, Research Design, Vol 7 (2018)
The art of persuasion is a competency rooted in awareness of what counts as knowledge. Although skepticism over the value of theological education and challenges to the authority of pastoral leaders are not new, they are certainly dynamic factors today....
04 Oct The Intersection of Burmese, Korean, and American Cultures
Drawing on the author’s experiences working with DMin students at Central Baptist Theological Seminary, including recent interactions with students from Myanmar, Korea, and the United States, this paper discusses the insights gained. ...
04 Oct Critical Issues in Church Revitalization
George Barna, founder and president of Barna Research Group, has been studying Christian churches in America for thirty years. In 1998, he wrote his twenty-fourth book - The Second Coming of the Church. The result of four years of research, Barna called this book more personal,...
03 Oct Role of Theological Reflection in DMin Projects
This paper proposes a narrative approach to theological reflection that better suits both the nature of the D.Min. degree as a professional degree in the practice of ministry...
05 Sep Narratives of Leadership Anxiety
So begins the portrayal of an anxious young captain, commanding his first ship, coping with the intimidation he feels in relation to his new crew....
13 Jun Faith as Doubting Belief
This paper is a personal reflection revealing the author’s ideas of faith and belief to have previously been inadequate as they have focussed on believing in particular certainties, even when this way of thinking about faith proved self-destructive....
01 May Missional Church and the DMin
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in Accreditation, ATS, Feature Article, Ministry, Theological Reflection, Vol 5 (2013)
It is the thesis of this essay that educating clergy in the absence of focal attention to ecclesiology is insufficient. ...
05 Apr Not Ashamed of the Gospel
This paper argues that conversion is best construed as the willingness of a convert to endure shame for the sake of identifying publicly with Jesus Christ. ...