The Doctor of Ministry (D.Min.) at Revolution Bible College and Seminary isn’t about adding letters to your name.
It’s about sharpening the blade.
It’s about going back into the fire, so you can emerge forged.
It’s for leaders who are still hungry. Still listening. Still becoming.
This isn’t a resting place.
It’s a launching ground.
Doctor of Ministry (D.Min.)
Total Credit Hours: 36
Program Duration: 3 years (flexible pacing available)
Delivery Mode: Hybrid | Online Core + Field-Based Application | In-Person Intensives Optional
Prerequisite: Master’s degree in theology or ministry (M.Div., M.A., or Th.M.)
Program Overview
The Doctor of Ministry is the highest professional degree for those actively engaged in ministry—and not ready to coast. It’s designed to deepen your theology, sharpen your practical leadership, and unleash creative, Spirit-filled solutions for the real world.
You’ll research what actually matters in your context.
You’ll design and test real solutions in your ministry field.
You’ll walk with a cohort of firebrands and reformers.
You’ll wrestle with God in the silence—and emerge with a word for this generation.
This isn’t theory.
It’s transformation.
Curriculum Breakdown
1. Core Theological Reflection (9 Credit Hours)
- The Leader as Theologian: Leading from the Deep Well – 3 credits
- Kingdom Imagination: Theology in Context – 3 credits
- Advanced Hermeneutics & Preaching in a Post-Christian World – 3 credits
2. Spiritual and Personal Formation (6 Credit Hours)
- Rhythms of Renewal: Preventing Burnout in Long-Term Ministry – 3 credits
- The Inner Life of a Leader: Ego, Identity, and the Cross – 3 credits
3. Missional Praxis & Innovation (9 Credit Hours)
- Missional Leadership in a Fragmented World – 3 credits
- Community Formation & Discipleship Systems – 3 credits
- Ministry Innovation Lab: Experimenting with New Models – 3 credits
4. Doctoral Research & Project (12 Credit Hours)
- D.Min. Research Methods & Proposal Design – 3 credits
- Field Research + Ministry Implementation – 3 credits
- Final Project Writing & Oral Defense – 6 credits
Project Options May Include:
- Designing a church plant model for post-Christian cities
- Creating a trauma-informed discipleship framework
- Building a nonprofit ministry structure for marginalized populations
- Developing a preaching curriculum for the deconstructed generation
- Launching a digital ministry platform with measurable spiritual impact
Program Outcomes
Graduates of the D.Min. will:
- Integrate deep theology with real-world innovation
- Lead sustainable, Spirit-anchored ministries in complex contexts
- Multiply disciples, leaders, and movements—not just services
- Craft solutions to real ministry problems with academic rigor and prophetic edge
- Become mentors, models, and movement leaders for the next generation
This program is for those who have been in the trenches…
who have seen too much to play games…
and still believe God is not done.
You’re not burned out.
You’re just being re-forged.