DMin · Doctoral

Doctor of Ministry

Advanced study for pastors, with concentrations in Reformed Theological Thought, Nouthetic Counseling, or Apologetics.

Male applicants only

Curriculum Based on the curriculum of The Log College & Seminary.

About the program

The D.Min. program provides pastors with advanced theological study and enables them to further develop their ministry philosophy and ministry skills. The program offers three areas of concentration: Reformed Theological Thought, Nouthetic Counseling, and Apologetics. The program consists of 15 core credit hours, 15 credit hours in the chosen concentration, and a dissertation (6 credit hours) for a total of 36 academic credit hours. The program requires a M.Div. degree and 3 years of subsequent ministry experience for admission.

Admission

Male students with M.Div. and 3 years ministry experience subsequent to conferring of M.Div.

Requirements

15 Core credit hours + 15 Concentration credit hours + 6 hour Dissertation. Choose one concentration (Reformed Theological Thought, Nouthetic Counseling, or Apologetics) consisting of 15 hours of credit.
All written assignments (with the exception of the dissertation) should follow current MLA formatting. Lecture outlines/notes, summaries, chapter summaries, papers, and all other stated assignments must be submitted to your mentor for grading.
All numbered assignments (lecture outlines/notes, summaries, chapter summaries, papers, etc.) must be submitted to your mentor for grading.
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Courses

LCS curriculum: 36 credits · School layer: 27 credits · Total: 63 credits

Added by the school: the original Westminster vision

The school copies the LCS curriculum in full and adds its own courses on the 1647 text of the Westminster Standards, read with the Scottish and continental Reformed tradition. These credits are added to the LCS credits; no LCS course is replaced. A layer course already completed in an earlier program is not repeated: its credits carry forward.

The original Westminster vision

18 credits

The Scottish and continental Reformed tradition

9 credits

More from the school's catalog (optional, not counted in the total)

Optional

These courses add no credits to the program. Take any of them for your own study.

The LCS curriculum, copied in full

Core

15 credits

Dissertation

6 credits

BS890 Doctoral Dissertation 6 credits Self-study

Tracks

Choose one track. Its courses are added to the courses every student of the program takes.

Reformed Theological Thought

Concentration: Reformed Theological Thought

15 credits

With the common courses: 63 credits

Nouthetic Counseling

Concentration: Nouthetic Counseling

15 credits

With the common courses: 63 credits

Apologetics

Concentration: Apologetics

15 credits

With the common courses: 63 credits

At a glance

Credits: 63 (36 LCS + 27 school)
Level: Doctoral · Degree
Pace: Your own pace
Study time: about 3,245 hours
At 10 hours a week: about 7 years
Ready to study: 11 of 11 required courses

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You study in your free time, at your own pace. The estimate follows the credit standard: per credit, 15 hours of lectures, 600 pages of reading at about 20 pages an hour, and about 13 hours of writing, about 58 hours in all. The time in years assumes 10 hours a week, all year.

Church-recognized training, not an accredited degree. It may not transfer to other schools.