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 2009
A Lay Mobilization Program for the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Zimbabwe, Cuthbert Machamire
Spiritual Coaching: Helping People Develop and Implement Their Own Growth Strategies, Jenny E. McBride
An Evaluation of the Implementation of Natural Church Development Within Seventh-day Adventist Churches in the United States and the Resulting Church Growth, Rodney Jon Mills
A Discipleship Model "Go and Make Disciples" for the Hispanic Hoover Seventh-day Adventist Church in Alabama, Ezequiel Osorio
Church Planting To Reach Postmodern Generations: Launching a New Church in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Jeffrey T. Potts
Evaluating the Effectiveness of Summer Day Camp in the Local Church as an Opportunity To Encourage Youth in Their Spiritual Growth, Church Identity, and Service, Michael J. Stevenson
Bringing Home Our Adventist Prodigals: A Strategic Plan To Reclaim Youth in the Trans-European Division, Paul David Tompkins
Recruiting and Equipping Postmodern Immigrant Youth Preachers in Emmaus, Christian Fellowship, and Community Tabernacle Seventh-day Adventist Churches, Anthony L. Usher
A Description and Analysis of the Implementation of a Strategic Leadership Team in the Oerlikon SDA Church, Paul N.T. Wright
Professional Dissertations from 2008
Equipping Lay People With The Spiritual Gift For Preaching In The Collegedale Community Seventh-Day Adventist Church To Preach, Jerry Douglas Arnold
A Model for Small Group Ministry in the North Zambia Field of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, Wellington Supuni Chapi
Holistic Approach to Preaching: A Training Program for Lay Speakers of Manhattan Seventh-day Adventist Church, Victor V. Dyman
Desarrollo, Implementación Y Evaluación De Un Seminario De Encuentro Matrimonial Para La Solución De Conflictos, Edison B. Gonzalez
An Adventist Missiological Response to Traditional Beliefs in Kenya, Festus Felix Gumbo
Development, Evaluation, and Implementation of an Interfaith Pastors' Peer Coaching Group in the Gentry, Arkansas Area, Raymond C. House
The Transitional Process: From Traditional Church to a Cell-Based Church, William E. Hughes
Implementing A Spiritual Formation Program In The North Miami Seventh-day Adventist Church, Grigore Leordean
A Non-Pastor Dependent Model For Churches In The Greater New York Conference, Richard A. Marker
Proyecto Para la Construccion de un Templo Para la Iglesia Adventista Central Hispana de Kansas City en Missouri, Manuel Moral
A Theosomatic Treatment Program for Healing the Wounds of Trauma in Rwanda, Aimable K. Niyobuhungiro
A Friendship Evangelism Seminar for the Bladensburg Seventh-day Adventist Church, Marcellus Tyrone Robinson
Estudio Descriptivo Y Retrospectivo De La Depresión En Una Muestra De Esposas De Pastores Hispanos, Roberto Juan Rothermel
A Strategy To Strengthen The Role And Function Of The District Pastor For Effective Leadership And Guidance Of Local Churches In Ghana, Paul Adu Sampah
Reaching the Indian communities in Zambia: A Biblical Model of Evangelism, John Shumba
Los Medios de Comunicación Masiva en la Evangelización Adventista en Texas, Daniel Sosa
The Impact of Short-Term Missions on the Participants of the Berkshire Mission Group, Garold Ray Wagner
Development of a Premarital Counseling Seminar for Pastors and Church Workers in the Euro-Asia Division, Elena Zhigankova
Professional Dissertations from 2007
Desarrollo de un Seminario de Comunicación Matrimonial para la Iglesia de Paterson Eastside de la Asociación de New Jersey, Jorge Isaac Aguero
Strengthening Young Adult Chinese Adventists in Malaysia in Christian Living, Yat Yau Ang
Principios y Estrategias Para el Crecimiento de la Iglesia Adventista del Séptimo Día Hispana de Baltimore, Maryland, Ronald Lizeth Costa Estades
Secularism in the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Korea: A Program of Church Revival and Community Involvement, Kyu-young John Jeong
A Curriculum To Prepare Pastors for Tribal Ministry in India, Calvin N. Joshua
Developing Jewish Awareness Seminars: A Model Implemented in Adventist Churches in Michigan, Robert Clyde Quillin
Equipping And Mobilizing The Laity In The New York Luso-Brazilian Seventh-Day Adventist Church, Gerson P. Santos
"Our Families for God": a Family Worship Seminar for the Hamilton Mountain Seventh-day Adventist Church, Wesley Rocha Torres
Professional Dissertations from 2006
A Strategy for Strengthening Romanian Seventh-day Adventist Families Dealing with Couple Separation due to Economic Reasons, Mihail Baciu
Developing a Curriculum To Train the Lay Leaders in Ghana, Isaac Bimpeh Boateng
Developing an Interdisciplinary Analysis and Application of Worldview Concepts for Christian Mission, Paulo Candido De Oliveira
A Preaching Program To Instill Social Consciousness in African-American Churches in Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas, Willie Edward Hucks II
A Biblically Based Strategy for Disciple-Making in the Seventh-day Adventist Churches of Malawi, Wenson Lyson Masoka
A Koinonia Model For Building Better Marriage Relationships, Hee Man Park
A Strategy To Reach Animistic People in Madagascar, Jacques Ratsimbason
La Perfilación Como Método Para Identificar Las Necesidades De Los Inmigrantes, Ruben Ramos Rivera
Ellen White's Counsel To Leaders: Identification And Synthesis Of Principles, Experiential Application, And Comparison With Current Leadership Literature, Cynthia Ann Tutsch
Professional Dissertations from 2005
A Contextual Analysis Of The Seventh-day Adventist Church In Norway, With Suggestions For Renewal And Growth, Kjell Aune
Planting Adventist Communities of Faith Among Muslims in Unentered Areas of the Balkans, Milan Bajic
Restoring Fallen Pastors: a Study on Restoring and Reinstating Clergy Who Have Been Involved in Sexual Misconduct, David Lawrence Bissell
Ministry to the Black Middle Class: Strategies for Churches in Transition, Dedrick L. Blue
The Process and Adaptation of the Ministries of the Wausau Seventh-day Adventist Church in the Postmodern Matrix to Those Born After 1964, William Shelby Bossert
Building a Place of Worship: The Journey of the Downsview Seventh-day Adventist Church in Toronto, Kenneth Roy Campbell
Desarrollo De Una Escuela De Discipulado En La Iglesia Del Séptimo Día De Chino, California, Misael de la Cruz
Developing a Deeper Understanding of God: a Strategy for Revitalizing the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Croatia, Miroslav Didara
A Discipleship Model for Evangelism in Northeast Brazil, Emilio Abdala Dutra
Development of an Evangelism Model for the Silver Springs Shores Seventh-day Adventist Church, Creaton Leopold Francis
A Strategy for Revitalization and Growth of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Iceland, John Eric Gudmundsson
A Strategy for the Motivation of the Uninvolved Church Member: A Pilot Project in the Gloucester Seventh-day Adventist Church, Michael G. Hamilton
A Pilot Grief Ministry Program To Equip Grief Ministry Facilitators in the Local Adventist Churches, Joyce Marie Hatchett
The Development and Implementation of Intensive Training for Planting and/or Transitioning to Cell Church Models Within the Seventh-day Adventist Church, Donald C. James
A Survey And Analysis Of Marital And Religious Perspectives Among First-Generation Chinese Seventh-Day Adventists In North America, John Kam-Hong Lee
Training Members In The Greenwich Seventh-day Adventist Church Towards A More Effective Sharing Of The Gospel, Terry Messenger
Equipping The Seventh-Day Adventist Pastors In Zimbabwe For Grief Ministry: A Culturally Sensitive Approach, Simbarashe Nyasha Musvosvi
La Depresión En El Ministro Adventista Del Séptimo Día, De Las Uniones Interoceánica Y Sur De México: Una Aproximación De Sus Causas, Incidencia Y Posibles Soluciones, David Manuel Pacheco Cocom
A Model For Reaching African American Males In Southeast Atlanta With Seventh-day Adventism, Ralph P. Peay
Presenting The Gospel Message In Thailand, Khamsay Phetchareun
Leadership Development In Albania: Equipping Young Pastors For Apostolic Leadership, Leigh Rice
Manos a la Obra: Un Seminario para Fomentar el Trabajo en Equipo en la Iglesia Adventista Maranatha de Grand Rapids, Michigan, Basado en el Modelo de Liderazgo de Nehemías, Antonio M. Rosario
Revitalizing Youth Ministry: A Spiritual Strategy To Minister Effectively To The Millennial Generation, Gustavo Squarzon
The Development and Implementation of a Pilot Training Course in Pastoral Diagnosis for Six Pastors in the Lake Region Conference, Richard D.B. Sylvester
Increasing Pastoral Job Satisfaction and Efficiency in the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Hungary, Andras Szilvasi
A Strategy for Developing Holistic Churches in London: A Case Study of North Wembley Seventh-day Adventist Community Church, Steve A. Thomas
Professional Dissertations from 2004
Promoting Financial and Spiritual Growth in the Seventh-day Adventist Churches in the South Ghana Conference Through Stewardship Workshops, Alfred K. Adonu
Diseño De Una Estrategia Para El Evangelismo En Delmas, Puerto Princípe, Haití, Robert Jean-Marie Charles
Toward a Paradigm of Servant Leadership for Seventh-day Adventist Ministers in Korea, Youngsoo Chung
The Role of the Holy Spirit in Enabling Believers for Ministry: an Adventist Perspective, Marcos De Benedicto
Programa de Crescimento da Igreja Para o Território da União Sul-Brasileira, Jose Santos Filho
The Development and Implementation of a Grief Support Program at Florida Hospital, Michael R. Lombardo
Preventive Steps for Pastoral Sexual Misconduct: A Seminar for Brazilian Pastors in the North American Division, Samuel Ramos
The Creation and Implementation of A Spiritual Mentoring Program for Deployed Sailors and Marines on Board the USS Oak Hill, Santiago Rodriguez
The Phenomenon of Power in the Church: an Investigation and Analysis of the Relational Dynamics Experienced in the Context of the Assertion of Authority, Steven R. Walikonis
Professional Dissertations from 2003
A Program for Congregation-Based Short-Term International Evangelistic Campaigns, Lary E. Brown
A Twenty-First-Century Approach to Empowering the Youth of the Brooklyn Temple Seventh-day Adventist Church, Newton Upanton Cleghorne
Un Seminario Sobre Mayordomía para la Unión Mexicana del Norte de los Adventistas del Séptimo Día, Jorge Rodolfo Dzul
A Church Growth Study and Strategy for the Botswana Seventh-day Adventist Church, Kenaope Kenaope
Towards a Theology of Worship: an Application at the Oakwood College Seventh-day Adventist Church, John S. Nixon
The Role of the Pastor in Equipping the Laity for Ministry in the West Jamaica Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, Eldon Gosnel Walker
Professional Dissertations from 2002
Strategies for Evangelizing the Upper-Class People in Ghana, Ampofo Benjamin Akyiano
El Ungimiento de los Enfermos, Juan Jose Andrade Gonzalez
Concepto Rebautismal del Adventismo en Venezuela, Edgar La Rosa Brito
The Rwandan Ethnic Crisis of the 1990s: An Historical Analysis of the Causes and a Strategy for Forgiveness and Reconciliation From a Seventh-day Adventist Perspective, Hesron R. Byilingiro
An Integration of Quality Assurance and Existing Worship Components: A Model to Improve Worship in the Small Seventh-day Adventist Church, Nelson Fernando de Oliveira
Un Programa De Instrucción y Capacitación Para Misioneros Voluntarios de la Unión Mexicana del Norte, Jose M. Espinosa
Un Programa de Retención de Miembros en la Iglesia Adventista de Pueblo Nuevo, Solistahuacán, Chiapas, Moises Espinoza
A Historically and Culturally Contextualized Proposal for Health Evangelism in Latvia, Anna Galeniece
La Iglesia Adventista Frente a la Disidencia en Colombia, Jose Evelio Garcia
Estrategia de Iglecrecimiento Para la Unión Interoceánica de México, Cesar Gomez Jimenez
Un Estudio Sobre la Vida Espiritual de los Jóvenes Adventistas en Tabasco, México, Ervin A. Gonzalez Esteban