Professional Dissertations DMin
The Doctor of Ministry is a cohort-based professional doctoral degree designed for full-time professionals in the context of their ministry. Concentrations are offered in Chaplaincy, Discipleship and Biblical Spirituality, Evangelism & Church Growth, Family Ministry, Leadership, Millennial Church, Missional Church, Organizational Leadership, Preaching, Urban Ministry, and Youth and Young Adult Ministry. Occasional cohorts may be offered using Spanish or Korean as the language of instruction. Various concentrations may be offered for cohorts in the context of their ministry outside the North American Division.
Professional Dissertations from 2014
Strategies Towards Dignity in the Experience of Poverty Among Two Predominantly African-American Seventh-day Adventist Churches in Birmingham, Alabama, Roy E. Gaiter Sr.
An Adventist Functional Substitute for Initiation Rites of Passage for Kikuyu Boys and Abagusii Girls in Kenya, John Macharia Gichuiri
A Forgiveness and Reconciliation Strategy to Bring Ethnic Harmony in the Nairobi East Seventh-day Adventist Church, Timothy O. Guto
Assessing Biblical Spirituality in the Culture of the Master of Divinity Program: Implications for the Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary, Jon Michael Harris
Equipping Teenagers of the Glendale Spanish Seventh-day Adventist Church to Manage Their Finances Effectively, Jaime A. Heras
Addressing Reasons for Members' Non-Attendance at the Elmhurst Seventh-day Adventist Church, Glenn Paul Hill
A Strategy to Engage Islamic Youth and Young Adults in Grand Cape Mount County, Liberia, Matthew F. Kamara
A Strategy to Increase the Retention of Members in the Nyaguta District, Paul G. Kiage
Developing a Vision Statement for the Luzo Brazilian Seventh-day Adventist Church in New Jersey, Paulo Macena
Del Estacionamiento a la Plataforma: Como Integrar a los Jovenes Adventistas de Hialeah al Culto de Adoracion de la Iglesia, Carlos Allan Machado
A Strategy to Integrate New Members into the Life of the Local Church in Nyamira Conference, Samuel Makori
A Strategy to Increase the Number of Young People in the Jericho District Marrying Members of the Adventist Faith, Alfred G. Marundu
Potomac Conference Adcom Team Transitional Journey from Hierarchical to Servant Leadership, William K. Miller
A Discipleship Program for Developing Community in the Amazing Grace Seventh-day Adventist Church Plant in Johannesburg, Samuel O. Misiani
Mentoring and Discipling the Early Adolescents of the Kitchener-Waterloo Seventh-day Adventist Church, Jiwan S. Moon
A Biblical Strategy to Equip Students to Deal With Spiritual Powers in Nyanchwa Adventist College, Ernest Nyakina Motaroki
Biblical Principles to Guide Adventists on Political Involvement in Zimbabwe, Obert N. Mudzengi
A Strategy to Create a More Meaningful Worship Experience in the Sony Seventh-day Adventist Church in the Ranen Conference, Duncan Odhiambo Mumbo
A Biblical Strategy to Promote Christian Morality Among Youth in the Seventh-day Adventist Church in the Zambia Union Conference, Tommy Susiku Namitondo
A Strategy to Present the Concept of Headship: Healing Families in the North Burundi Mission, Joseph Ndikubwayo
A Lay Member Church Planting Strategy for Unreached Areas in the West Tanzania Field, Jacob Ngussa Bohole
Using a Small Group Approach to Increase Church Growth in the Gikondo Seventh-day Adventist Church, Schadrack Nsengimana
Toward a Biblical Model of Culturally Appropriate Persuasion for the Evangelistic Mission of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Imo State, Nigeria, Aloysius Ntiwunka
A Biblical HIV/AIDS Mitigation Strategy in the Oyugis Central Adventist Church, Kenya, Tom Eli Arunga Ogal
A Strategy of One-On-One Evangelism in the Nyamira Conference, William Ongaga
A Strategy to Share the Gospel with the Hindu Community in the South Kenya Conference, Willys M. Oruta
New Member Retention Strategy for the Makoko Church, Yoseph Nyambega Otieno
The Impact of Politics on Churches in the Rift Valley, Lucas Otwera
Health and Social Ministries: A Holistic Approach to Ministering in Contemporary Society, Ezekiel Adeyemi Oyinloye
Christian Faith Development for Students on Non-Adventist College and University Campuses, Ronald R. Pickell
Empowering Volunteers For Community-Focused Ministry For Families Of Inmates: Selected Churches Of The Potomac Conference, Jorge A. Ramirez
Equipping Church Members for Contextualized Discipleship in Osaka-Central Seventh-day Adventist Church, West Conference, Japan, Jong Hyun Ryu
Estrategias de Retencion de Miembros para la Iglesia Central Hispana Adventista del Septimo Dia de Chicago, Ernesto R. Sanchez
A Strategy to Increase Membership Among the Xhosa-speaking people in Zimbabwe, Ndlovu Sikhumbuzo
Cultural Intelligence: a Model to Empower the West Houston Seventh-day Adventist Church for Multicultural Ministry, Ashwin James Somasundram
The Impact of the Coaching Relationship on Pastoral Leaders in the Rocky Mountain Conference, Barry L. Taylor
Promoting Cross-cultural Engagement Among the Pastors in the Greater New York Conference, Oriel Thomas
Whole Patient Care: Awareness And Attitude Of Babcock University Teaching Hospital Health Caregivers, Aja T. Victoria
Discipleship Process as a Catalyst for Mission Orientation in Chestnut Hill Seventh-day Adventist Church, Tara J. VinCross
Applying the Biblical Practice of Meditation Among Adventist Frontier Mission Employees, Conrad Vine
Faith Development Within the Campus-Based Youth Ministry Model of the English Oaks Adventist Church, Scott R. Ward
Professional Dissertations from 2013
Programa de Rescate de Miembrosque Han Desertadode la Iglesia Adventista Central De Cali, Colombia, Juan Caicedo Solis
Applying Biblical Principles of Discipleship and United Team Work in the Owen Sound Seventh-day Adventist Church, Peter Caran
Toward Enhanced Military Chaplaincy Education at Andrews University Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary, Michael A. Chester
Impact of Storytelling to Effect Life Change at Raleigh Seventh-day Adventist Church, Robert Louis Cundiff
Implementation of a Conference-Wide Church Planting Strategy Within the Texas Conference, Tom L. Evans
Trinitarian Leadership as a Seventh-day Adventist Perspective on Empowering Leadership in Local Churches in Western Ontario, Alex Golovenko
Development of a Program for the Empowerment of Black Single Mother Families in the Church Congregation, Richardson Honore
A Model for Multicultural Worship Developed at the Fallbrook Seventh-day Adventist Church, Gerald Hansel Jones
Coping Strategies For Members Of The Zion Seventh-Day Adventist Church Who Experienced Multiple Losses And Complex Grief After A Major Crisis, Jean-Renaud Joseph
A Comparison of Certain Doctrinal Views of Martin Luther and Seventh-day Adventists in the Context of Present-day Dialogue, Kenneth L. Knosp
Evaluating and Enhancing the Personal Prayer Life of the Members of the Standifer Gap Seventh-day Adventist Church, Robert D. Mix
Retaining Young Adults Through a Wholistic Formational Discipleship Program at the Immanuel Temple Seventh-day Adventist Church, John S. Nixon II
Un Programa para Incrementar la Participacion de Lideres en la Testificacion entre los Hispanos de la Upper Columbia Conference, Walter Hernan Pintos Schmidt
A Youth Leadership Development Program for Small Group Leaders at the Westchester Seventh-day Adventist Church in Miami, Florida, Denis Leroy Sand
Youth Evangelism, "Link2Llife," A Strategy To Reach Postmodern Youth In Germany And Switzerland, Stephan Sigg
Developing A Strategy For Mobilizing Ministry On Behalf Of The Community Of Lilongwe, Malawi, Gladson Thumbalamoto
A Pilot Project To Increase Member Participation And Revitalization Of The Coffeyville And Independence, Kansas, Seventh-Day Adventist Churches In The Central States Conference, Andre M. Trofort Jr.
Whole-person Care Ministry: a Study of Discordant Attitudes at Loma Linda University Medical Center, Kenneth Lance Tyler
Modelo de Evangelismo Continuo para a Igreja de New Bedford, Massachusetts, Paulo Gerhardt Vieira
Professional Dissertations from 2012
Building Authentic Biblical Community at the Pine Forge Seventh-day Adventist Church, Gary I. Banks
A Principle-Based Model of Discipleship to Shape the Church as an Organic Community of Believers, Joel C. Barrios
Priesthood of All Believers: a Catalyst for Change in the Ephraim Seventh-day Adventist Church, Reginald R. Barthelemy
Developing and Refining a Leadership Training for Pastors of Multi-Staff Churches in the Georgia-Cumberland Conference, Virgil Alan Covel
Promoting Spiritual Growth Among Camp Counselors Through Camping Ministries, Edmund E. Heinrich
Developing a Discipleship Ministry for Seventh-day Adventist Churches in the West Central Korean Conference, Jae Sun Kim
A University Course's Influence on Students' Perpectives Regarding Sabbathkeeping as Spiritual Discipline, Ifeoma I. Kwesi
A Marriage Program to Strengthen and Support Marriage Relationships at the Multicultural Community of the Milton Keynes Seventh-day Adventist Church, Augustus Cafuema Lawrence
Programa de Adiestramiento Laico para las Iglesias Hispanas Adventistas de la Association del sur de California, Alfredo Lee
Implementation of a Guest Retention Process in the Louisville First Seventh-day Adventist Church for Maximal Evangelism Effectiveness, Timothy E. Madding
A Discipling Strategy for Multi-Church Districts in Zambia, Vanny Munambeza Munyumbwe
Developing and Implementing a Domestic Violence Intervention Strategy in the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Port Harcourt, Nigeria, Evans Nwachukwu Nwaomah
Desarrollo de un Seminario de Educacion Familiar Como Estrategia Evangelistica para la Iglesia Adventista Hispana Lima Drive en Lexington, Kentucky, Samuel Peguero Colon
Avaliacao da Revista do Anciao com o Fim de Melhorar sua Eficacia na Preparacao De Anciaos para O Ministerio, Paulo Roberto Pinheiro
A Mentoring Model for Pastors Entering the Ministry in the Indiana Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, Steven Nowald Poenitz
Cross-Cultural Servant-Leadership for the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Papua New Guinea, Loren Kekes Poli
Practical Application of Seventh-day Adventist Doctrine Through Narrative Preaching at Parkview Adventist Academy, Stephen Reasor
A Christian Servant Leadership Model and Training for the Adventist Church in France, Olivier Rigaud
Optimizing a Full-time Music Ministry Team for a Church Planting Project in the Northern Asia-pacific Division, Dong Hee Shin
An Equipping Strategy for Numeric Growth at the Denver Korean Seventh-day Adventist Church, Young Uoo Suh
A Theological Foundation for the Use of Artistic Mediums and Technology in Preaching and Evangelism, Jessica-Robyn Sarah Trevithick
Developing a Discipleship Strategy for the Dunamis Seventh-day Adventist Church in Brooklyn, New York, Donnieval Walker
A Collaborative Sermon Preparation Team at the Seventh-day Adventist Community Church of Vancouver, WA, Roger Walter
Professional Dissertations from 2011
A Biblical Model Testing Visions And Dreams In Christian Ministry In The Bahamas, Wilfred T. Adderley Sr.