NTS Doctor of Ministry program goes global

Thursday, June 28, 2012

Kansas City, Missouri

In response to invitations by regional directors and regional education coordinators in Africa, Mesoamerica, and South America, Nazarene Theological Seminary entered into formal agreements to offer the Doctor of Ministry degree in these three regions of the Church of the Nazarene. Though the program will be contextualized for the world areas in which it will be taught, the curriculum will still be focused on Wesleyan pastoral theology and ministry leadership.

Latin America

Eight students from the Mesoamerica Region and seven students from the South America Region were already accepted into the Latin American DMin program. Among this cohort of 15 students are pastors, district superintendents, evangelists, theological administrators, educators, and missionaries. The program will include four residential seminars; two of the seminars will take place at Seminario Nazareno de las Americas in San Jose, Costa Rica, and two at Seminario Teológico Nazareno Sudamericano in Quito, Ecuador. The first course will take place in September and will be co-taught by Roger Hahn, NTS dean of the faculty and professor of New Testament, and Jorge Julca, regional education coordinator for South America. 

Africa

Under the direction of Regional Education Coordinator for Africa Mark Louw, up to 16 students will be recruited from across the continent of Africa. This cohort’s program will also include four residential seminars, two at Africa Nazarene University in Ongata Rongai, Kenya, and two at Nazarene Theological College in Muldersdrift, South Africa. Pending the completion of the admissions process for the first cohort of students, the first residential DMin seminar is projected to be taught at ANU in spring 2013.

Six students from three different countries graduated from the Kansas City NTS Doctor of Ministry Program on May 13, 2012. Their pastoral research projects — on Wesley Class Meetings, Self-Differentiated Pastoral Leadership, Cell Church Planting, Response to HIV/AIDS, Missional Momentum in a Local Church, and Incorporating Spirituality into Mental Health Case Management — contribute directly to the work of the Church of the Nazarene in Bulgaria, Thailand, and the U.S. The NTS DMin degree program, with its focus on Wesleyan Pastoral Theology and Ministry Leadership, seeks to strengthen the work of the church through educating ministers at the highest level of professional training.

In addition to the Latin American and African students that will start the program over the course of the next year, there are currently 24 students working toward completion of the DMin degree at NTS.  

To learn more about Nazarene Theological Seminary, its Doctor of Ministry degree, and four graduate theological degree programs, visit www.nts.edu or contact the Office of the Registrar and Admissions at 800-831-3011, ext. 5442 or at enroll@nts.edu.
--Nazarene Theological Seminary

 

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