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Oklahoma Regional Group

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Drew's Oklahoma Doctor of Ministry Regional Concentration

New Group forming now in Oklahoma for Fall 2010

The group will focus on a biblically-based and theologically-informed approach to ministry and congregational development with integrity. This Doctor of Ministry concentration is carefully designed to assist pastors in assessing their context of ministry and employing Christian futuring for growth and development in their settings. Students will engage in a new narrative approach to research in ministry, gain skills in using a systems approach to leadership, and enjoy new insights for conducting ministry in the 21 st century. Three core courses focus on:

  • Developing a theological and systems approach to ministry and congregational development
  • Analyzing your community and congregation to prepare for congregational growth using Christian futuring
  • Creating a “model” or “notion of church” to effectively minister to the emerging church context

First Year Core Courses

  • Ministerial Leadership and Congregational Dynamics

    Explores the challenge to leadership by unhealthy triangles found in pastoral relationships and congregational conflicts. In two three-day retreat sessions, students are exposed to Bowen Family Systems Theory as interpreted by Edwin Friedman and others. The course is taught by a qualified family therapy practitioner and/or pastoral psychotherapist. Students reflect on their personal dynamics of pastoral leadership through recollections from their “family of origin emotional process” and ways of relating in their current families and congregations. Case studies, brought to class by students, are discussed and interpreted. Instructor: Dr. William Presnell (Fall 2007)

  • Christian Futuring

    Provides a theological basis for pointing churches toward the future and provides an alternative model to church planning as strategic planning. Explores common stumbling blocks ministers and churches face as they move into the future. Provides an optimistic, postmodern “birthing” theology that requires church transformation rather than mere stylistic tinkering, and a practical “operator’s” manual to the future. Instructor: Dr. Robert J. Duncan, Jr. (JanTerm 2008)

  • The Next Church : Ministry in the New World

    A theological and sociological exploration of new models for ministry in the contemporary context. Students will explore how one meets the challenge of envisioning ministry in a contemporary mix of modern and postmodern cultures without succumbing to co-optation by those cultures. Includes an advance at a selected “new paradigm” teaching church with national profile that provides on site learning in postmodern ecclesiology. Instructor: Dr. Carl Savage (Spring 2008)

Courses are structured in various formats, including:

  • 1-week intensives (JanTerm and SummerTerm)
  • Two 3-day intensives (Fall and Spring Terms)
  • Three-week residential SummerTerm (3rd week of June – 1st week of July)
  • Two Years of Project/Thesis work

Dates And Times

Fall 2007Two 3-day sessions at Bacone College , Muskogee, OK
 Session 1 Mon. Oct. 8 – Wed. Oct. 10

Session 2 Mon. Nov. 12 – Wed. Nov. 14
  
JanTerm 2008One Week Intensive: Jan. 14-18, 2008 at Bacone College
  
Spring 2008Two 3-day sessions at Bacone College
 Session 1 Mon. Feb. 25 – Wed. Feb. 27
 Session 2 Mon. April 14 – Wed. April 16
  
Summer Term 20083-week intensive: June 16 – July 4, 2008 at Drew University

 1-week intensive at Ocean Grove, NJ: July 6-11, 2008

General Requirements:

The DMIN degree at Drew is open to ministerial leaders who have

  • M.Div. from an ATS accredited institution (equivalent graduate theological education will be considered)
  • At least three years full-time ministerial experience after one's first theological degree
  • Recognized ministry assignment at time of admission
  • Strong record of effective leadership in the practice of ministry
  • Evidence of academic ability (a 3.2 GPA)
  • Capacity for critical theological reflection and writing
  • TOEFL scores of 570 (computer-based 230) must be submitted by those for whom English is not their first language

Degree Completion

Successful candidates will have completed 30 credit hours including:

  • 3 core courses, 2 electives, and Methods for Ministry
  • Design, implementation, evaluation and description of professional project
  • Approval and defense of doctoral thesis based on project

Tuition and other costs

  • Currently $400 per credit hour or approx $1,200/course
  • Estimated cost for text books and tools: $750
  • Intensive and Summer dormitory-style housing at reasonable rate
  • Travel and meals

To Apply

Contact:

Dr. Kevin Miller, Director of Theological Admissions
973/408-3111 theoadm@drew.edu
or visit www.drew.edu/theo/admissions

Application Deadline: July 1, 2010
Apply online at http://www.drew.edu/theo/forms/degree

For additional program information:

Dr. Carl Savage, Director of the Doctor of Ministry Program
(973) 408-3630 csavage@drew.edu website: http://www.drew.edu/dmin