DMin Course Offerings

Trinity provides significant breadth in the subjects offered in the Doctor of Ministry program in Deerfield, Illinois.

Current Course Schedules

Spring 2008 Course Schedule

Summer 2008 Course Schedule

Course Offerings

Trinity provides significant breadth in the subjects offered in the Doctor of Ministry program. The current course list includes the following:

Note:

• All courses are 3 hours credit, except 9992, which is 0 hours for major project continuation.
• Required core, Research, and Bioethics courses (9550, 9555, 9990, 9350) are offered annually.
• Guided Research and ME/ES cross-listed courses are offered as individually requested.
• Remaining courses are offered on an approximate two-to-three-year rotating basis.
• Students in the general Pastoral Ministries category can select concentration courses from any of PR, LM, or PC.

Preaching (PR)

      MN 9101     PR Guided Research

      MN 9110     Great Preachers and Preaching in History

      MN 9115     Increasing Clarity and Relevance in Preaching

      MN 9120     Fresh Directions in Biblical Preaching

      MN 9125     Preaching Biblical Narratives

      MN 9130     Hermeneutics and Homiletics (xBT)

      MN 9135     Advanced Expository Preaching

      MN 9140     Symposium on Dynamics of Effective Preaching

      MN 9160     Current Studies in Preaching

Leadership & Ministry Management (LM)

      MN 9201     LM Guided Research

      MN 9210     Change and Conflict Management

      MN 9212     The Contagious Congregation

      MN 9214     Equipping and Team-Building

      MN 9216     Advanced Strategic Planning

      MN 9220     Theology of Leadership (xBT)

      MN 9222     Leadership Principles & Ethics

      MN 9224     Leadership for Large Churches

      MN 9226     Leadership as Coaching/Mentoring

      MN 9228     Creativity and Innovation in Ministry Leadership

      MN 9230     Turn-around Churches: Principles and Practices

      MN 9260     Current Studies in Leadership & Ministry Management

      MN 9280     ME Cross-listed course

Pastoral Care (PC)

      MN 9301     PC Guided Research

      MN 9310     Creating Environments for Transformation

      MN 9312     Discipleship in Church and Home

      MN 9314     Theology and Practice in Spiritual Formation

      MN 9316     Teaching for Spiritual Growth

      MN 9318     Theology and Ministry of Prayer (xBT)

      MN 9320     Coping with Stress in Ministry

      MN 9322     Marriage and Family Ministry

      MN 9324     Building a Church through Small Groups

      MN 9340     Current Studies in Pastoral Counseling

      MN 9350     Current Studies in Bio-ethics for the Chaplaincy

      MN 9360     Current Studies in Pastoral Care

      MN 9380     ME Cross-listed course

Missions & Evangelism (ME)

      MN 9401     ME Guided Research

      MN 9410     Multiethnic Ministry

      MN 9412     Planting Churches in America and Overseas

      MN 9414     Worldview and Evangelism

      MN 9416     The Gospel and Roman Catholicism

      MN 9418     Theology and Practice of Evangelism

      MN 9420     Encounter with Eastern Religions

      MN 9422     Encounter with Folk Religions

      MN 9424     Encounter with Islam

      MN 9426     The Church in Cultural Context

      MN 9460     Current Studies in Missions & Evangelism

      MN 9480     ME Cross-listed course

Core Requirements

      MN 9500     New Student online Orientation

      MN 9550     Revitalizing Ministry for the 21st C. Church (PR, LM, PC, PM)

Biblical & Theological Integration (BT)

      MN 9801     BT Guided Research

      MN 9810     Deuteronomy: The Gospel According to Moses

      MN 9812     Themes in the Pentateuch

      MN 9814     Teaching from Joshua

      MN 9816     Teaching from Judges

      MN 9818     Living Psalms: Perspectives, Praise, and Preaching

      MN 9820     Proverbs for the Life of the Believer

      MN 9822     Isaiah: Foundations for Theology and Ministry

      MN 9824     Missions in the Old Testament (xME)

      MN 9830     Making Romans Relevant

      MN 9832     Prison Epistles

      MN 9834     Ministry According to the Pastoral Epistles

      MN 9836     Epistle to the Hebrews

      MN 9838     The Book of Revelation in the Life of the Church

      MN 9840     Missions in the New Testament (xME)

      MN 9844     Models of Divine Providence

      MN 9846     Models of Sanctification in Ministry

      MN 9848     Postmodernism and Implications for Ministry

      MN 9850     Destiny of the Unevangelized (xME)

      MN 9852     The Gospel and Contemporary Cultural Expressions (xME)

      MN 9854     History of Evangelicalism and Fundamentalism

      MN 9856     The Theology and Ministry of Jonathan Edwards

      MN 9858     Revivals and Revivalism

      MN 9860     Current Studies in Bible & Theology

      MN 9880     ME Cross-listed course

Major Project

      MN 9990     Ministry & Missions Research Methods (required for all concentrations)

      MN 9991     Major Project Research (3 hrs repeated, CR/NC)

Updated to 2008-09 Catalog