What would you like your ministry to look like in five years, ten years from now? Allow me to get more personal: who and where do you want to be by then? After fifteen years of collegiate ministry experience and thirteen years teaching at Golden Gate Seminary, my passion remains ministry among the emerging generations. As Director of the Doctor of Ministry program at Golden Gate, I have worked with leading scholars and practitioners to develop a Doctor of Ministry in Collegiate and Emerging Generations Ministry for persons like yourself.

Built around the integration of person, theology, theories and practice, this D.Min. will launch in July, 2009. That sounds like a long way off, but application for this Track will begin soon. The cohort will be limited to fifteen persons who will become a true learning community. Candidates will engage in co-learning while helping one another become more informed, intentional, and integrated in life and ministry. Pre-seminar reading for the first seminar will begin in the Spring of 2009.

Core Seminars will include: Ministry and Leadership, Spiritual Formation, and the Ministry of Personal Relationships. Specialist Seminars will include Strategic Planning and Emerging Trends in Collegiate Ministry. Program seminars will include Orientation, Research Tools and Methods, and the Project Development Workshop. Seminars will be taught by faculty and leading collegiate practitioners who will join together to help you integrate theory and practice in your ministry.

The basic prerequisite for a D.Min. is an MDIV with a 3.0 GPA. For those with other Master’s degrees, some leveling work may be required; up to ten units can be taken concurrently. If your GPA was lower than a 3.0, a Miller Analogies Test is required as a secondary measurement of your capabilities for completing the program. Provisional approval may also be considered.

A hallmark of Golden Gate’s D.Min. is the Ministry Coaching Process, in which candidates engage in field-based learning with the help of a field mentor. Using an extended 360 degree feedback loop, collegiate ministers learn new ways of reflecting personally and theologically on how they are perceived by others and how they how they work best while finding new ways to make significant forward progress in their ministry.

Many collegiate ministers have a deep desire to make a significant contribution, not only in their own ministry among students, but also beyond their setting to the larger Kingdom. The Ministry Project is where candidates plan, guide, evaluate, and report on a significant ministry event in which person, theology, theories and skills are integrated. What contribution will you make? We will help you achieve your professional and personal goals while contributing to ministry excellence on a larger scale.

To learn more, you may contact Golden Gate’s D.Min. office at (888) 442-8703. You may also call me directly at (415) 380-1627 (office), or (415) 299-2892.

Blessings,

Bob Royall