DMin Course Offerings
Trinity provides significant breadth in the subjects offered in the Doctor of Ministry program in Deerfield, Illinois.
Current Course Schedules
Course Offerings
Trinity provides significant breadth in the subjects offered in the Doctor of Ministry program. The current course list includes the following:
Note:
- All courses are 3 hours credit, except 9992, which is 0 hours for major project continuation.
- Required core, Research, and Bioethics courses (9550, 9555, 9990, 9350) are offered annually.
- Guided Research and ME/ES cross-listed courses are offered as individually requested.
- Remaining courses are offered on an approximate two-to-three-year rotating basis.
- Students in the general Pastoral Ministries category can select concentration courses from any of PR, LM, or PC.
Preaching (PR)
MN 9101 PR Guided Research
MN 9110 Great Preachers and Preaching in History
MN 9115 Increasing Clarity and Relevance in Preaching
MN 9120 Fresh Directions in Biblical Preaching
MN 9125 Preaching Biblical Narratives
MN 9130 Hermeneutics and Homiletics (xBT)
MN 9135 Advanced Expository Preaching
MN 9140 Symposium on Dynamics of Effective Preaching
MN 9160 Current Studies in Preaching
Leadership & Ministry Management (LM)
MN 9201 LM Guided Research
MN 9210 Change and Conflict Management
MN 9212 The Contagious Congregation
MN 9214 Equipping and Team-Building
MN 9216 Advanced Strategic Planning
MN 9220 Theology of Leadership (xBT)
MN 9222 Leadership Principles & Ethics
MN 9224 Leadership for Large Churches
MN 9226 Leadership as Coaching/Mentoring
MN 9228 Creativity and Innovation in Ministry Leadership
MN 9230 Turn-around Churches: Principles and Practices
MN 9260 Current Studies in Leadership & Ministry Management
MN 9280 ME Cross-listed course
MN 9285 ES Cross-listed course
Pastoral Care (PC)
MN 9301 PC Guided Research
MN 9310 Creating Environments for Transformation
MN 9312 Discipleship in Church and Home
MN 9314 Theology and Practice in Spiritual Formation
MN 9316 Teaching for Spiritual Growth
MN 9318 Theology and Ministry of Prayer (xBT)
MN 9320 Coping with Stress in Ministry
MN 9322 Marriage and Family Ministry
MN 9324 Building a Church through Small Groups
MN 9340 Current Studies in Pastoral Counseling
MN 9350 Current Studies in Bio-ethics for the Chaplaincy
MN 9360 Current Studies in Pastoral Care
MN 9380 ME Cross-listed course
MN 9385 ES Cross-listed course
Missions & Evangelism (ME)
MN 9401 ME Guided Research
MN 9410 Multiethnic Ministry
MN 9412 Planting Churches in America and Overseas
MN 9414 Worldview and Evangelism
MN 9416 The Gospel and Roman Catholicism
MN 9418 Theology and Practice of Evangelism
MN 9420 Encounter with Eastern Religions
MN 9422 Encounter with Folk Religions
MN 9424 Encounter with Islam
MN 9426 The Church in Cultural Context
MN 9460 Current Studies in Missions & Evangelism
MN 9480 ME Cross-listed course
MN 9485 ES Cross-listed course
Core Requirements
MN 9500 New Student online Orientation
MN 9550 Revitalizing Ministry for the 21st C. Church (PR, LM, PC, PM)
MN 9555 Prolegomena for 21st C. Missions & Evangelism (ME)
Biblical & Theological Integration (BT)
MN 9801 BT Guided Research
MN 9810 Deuteronomy: The Gospel According to Moses
MN 9812 Themes in the Pentateuch
MN 9814 Teaching from Joshua
MN 9816 Teaching from Judges
MN 9818 Living Psalms: Perspectives, Praise, and Preaching
MN 9820 Proverbs for the Life of the Believer
MN 9822 Isaiah: Foundations for Theology and Ministry
MN 9824 Missions in the Old Testament (xME)
MN 9830 Making Romans Relevant
MN 9832 Prison Epistles
MN 9834 Ministry According to the Pastoral Epistles
MN 9836 Epistle to the Hebrews
MN 9838 The Book of Revelation in the Life of the Church
MN 9840 Missions in the New Testament (xME)
MN 9844 Models of Divine Providence
MN 9846 Models of Sanctification in Ministry
MN 9848 Postmodernism and Implications for Ministry
MN 9850 Destiny of the Unevangelized (xME)
MN 9852 The Gospel and Contemporary Cultural Expressions (xME)
MN 9854 History of Evangelicalism and Fundamentalism
MN 9856 The Theology and Ministry of Jonathan Edwards
MN 9858 Revivals and Revivalism
MN 9860 Current Studies in Bible & Theology
MN 9880 ME Cross-listed course
MN 9885 ES Cross-listed course
Major Project
MN 9990 Ministry & Missions Research Methods (required for all concentrations)
MN 9991 Major Project Research (3 hrs repeated, CR/NC)
MN 9992 Major Project Extension (repeatable, NC)