Doctor of Ministry in Transformational Leadership

Overview

Leadership matters. The development of effective transformational leaders is vital as organizations seek to navigate the complex and changing realities in our world today. To partner with church leaders facing this challenge, Bethel Seminary is offering a unique and fully online cohort in its Doctor of Ministry program. The Doctor of Ministry in Transformational Leadership focuses on developing reflective leaders grounded in the theory and practice of transformational leadership.

This Doctor of Ministry Program is targeted toward those actively engaged in the practice of leadership in diverse ministry settings including church, parachurch, nonprofit, and cross-cultural settings. Engaging learners who desire to advance their understanding of effective transformational leadership in our changing world, the program will challenge learners to explore contemporary leadership theory in light of biblical foundations. Further, as they develop their skills as doctoral researchers, students will be challenged to develop innovative and research-based solutions to the leadership demands of today and tomorrow.

The courses in this Doctor of Ministry cohort will utilize interactive coursework conducted through Bethel’s online distributed learning system, doctoral-level reading and project implementation, and regular interaction with faculty mentors, student peer mentors, and on-site evaluators. We hope you will join us in this innovative, fully online, cohort-based learning experience.

Degree Requirements

Doctor of Ministry: Transformational Leadership Fully Online Cohort Program

Course List
Code	Title	Credits
Core Requirements
GS 001	Graduate Research Seminar	0
GS 801 & GS 801P	Integral Research & Writing and Integral Research & Writing: Project	6
GS 901 & GS 902	Thesis Proposal Foundations and Thesis Proposal Workshop	6
Cohort Courses ^{See footnote: "Cohort Notes" for more details}
ML 826DE & ML 826P	The Transformed and Transforming Leader and The Transformed and Transforming Leader: Project	6
ML 827DE & ML 827P	Transformational Ministry Leadership Theory and Practice and Transformational Ministry Leadership Theory and Practice: Project	6
ML 923DE & ML 923P	Leading Transforming Organizations and Leading Transforming Organizations: Project	6
ML 924DE & ML 924P	Teams, Groups, and the Transforming Leader and Teams, Groups, and the Transforming Leader: Project	6
ML 925DE & ML 925P	Case Studies in Transformational Leadership and Case Studies in Transformational Leadership: Project	6
Thesis Project Courses & Requirements ^{See footnote: "Thesis Notes" for more details}
GS 991	Thesis Project A	3
GS 992	Thesis Project B	3
GS 993	Thesis Project C	3
Mid Career Assessments
TL 005	Doctor of Ministry Assessments ¹	0
Total Credits ¹		48-51

48 semester credits are required for graduation in the DMIN program for students who have less than 9 doctoral credits transferred into the doctoral program. 51 credits are required for those transferring 9 or more credits into the doctoral program. The student is responsible to meet all graduation deadlines and requirements.

General Notes

If a student fails to complete a project course in a succeeding term of the Content/Intensive course, they will follow the same process as a directed study, subject to fees.
Students must attend the intensive portion of an intensive course to receive a passing grade.

Cohort Notes

Students who transfer less than 9 doctoral credits into the program can waive one 3-credit project course for any cohort courses, reducing the total credits needed for the program from 51 to 48. Students transferring 9 or more credits into the D.Min. Program are not eligible for a course project waiver. Students may not waive ML 810P, GS 801P, GS 901, or GS 902.

Thesis Notes

The student must meet all of the thesis deadline submissions and requirements, as listed in the current version of the student manual (section 6).
Students who want to work on their thesis longer than 3 terms, can remain in extension status for up to a total of 6 years in the program.
All M.Div. Equivalency courses (if required at admission) must be complete by the student’s oral defense the year of intended graduation. All official transcripts must be sent to the D.Min. office.
Students will be responsible to register for Thesis Project courses once they complete Thesis Proposal Workshop. They will also be required to register for thesis extension status each term between the time of completion of the three required Thesis Project courses (GS991/2/3 for 9 credits) and their actual thesis completion and graduation.

Seminary

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