Steve Prost: A Military Chaplain Undertakes a PhD at TEDS
Jan 31, 2025
30 hours
On Campus
Immigrant churches in North America and around the world are an integral part of the global faith community with their own unique challenges, including intergenerational and intercultural issues. If these challenges are not dealt with in a deliberate and creative way, the potential of these churches may be hampered, wasting valuable kingdom resources that may be used for the sake of the gospel.
The Doctor of Ministry (DMin) program at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School (TEDS) now offers the Thriving Immigrant Churches Track in partnership with the Hiebert Center/TICI (Thriving Immigrant Congregations Initiative) for immigrant church pastors and leaders in North America to engage with their unique challenges and opportunities. This track offers these leaders a focused learning track that is theologically sound, contextually relevant, and missional in nature.
“That’s why I’m excited and very thankful to be part of the TICT DMin program at Trinity with a specific track focusing to serve the immigrant church today and for the future. I’m excited this track addresses the challenges that our immigrant churches face—but not just addressing the challenge, it offers real-life practical ministry solutions. Really for two primary goals, I would say: to strengthen the first and second generation relationships among the two and also to empower the immigrant church to be more missional beyond our ethnic boundaries in our communities and neighborhoods.”
Get the theological training you need to become well-equipped for your calling. Study the Scripture, theology, worldview and culture, and ministry practices. The curriculum culminates in a capstone seminar that addresses relevant topics in theology and ministry.
Missional Leadership in Today’s Church | 3hrs. |
Research Methods | 3hrs. |
Major Project Research | 6hrs. |
Thriving Immigrant Churches Workshop | 3hrs. |
Challenges and Opportunities Facing the Immigrant Church | 3hrs. |
Developing a Healthy Congregational Culture | 3hrs. |
Shaping an Immigrant Congregation to be Healthy & Missional | 3hrs. |
Total | 24hrs. |
Hear a word from Rev. Peter Kim, Lead Pastor at Queens Presbyterian English Ministry in New York, on the importance of reaching out to the second-generation of immigrant families.
Hear the transformative journey of Pastor Sunday, a missionary from Nigeria, whose arrival in Chicago 28 years ago sparked a vibrant ministry catering to African immigrants.
In addition to the requirements for general admission, you’ll need the following:
Combining unrivaled academic rigor with a wholehearted commitment to gospel fidelity and an abundance of flexible options, TEDS offers a theological education that equips you to serve Christ with wisdom and grace, in truth and love.
TEDS is committed to offering an affordable and accessible world-class seminary education which is why we offer scholarships, grants, rebates, and other aid options to help pay for the cost of schooling.
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Tuition | $650/credit hour | $ |
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“The Doctor of Ministry Program is firmly grounded on sound theology, integrating with social sciences to address today’s complex ministry challenges for pastors, missionaries, or other para-church professionals. Leaders and practitioners from all walks of ministry contexts will have opportunities to learn from the TEDS faculty and fellow co-workers in the gospel throughout the program journey and become expert practitioners upon finishing the program for the glory of God.”
Dr. Kim’s areas of study include theology, linguistics, and education. He previously served with Wycliffe Bible Translators for 20 years, where he equipped local church leaders and empowered other missionaries. During his time at Wycliffe, the Bible books Jonah and Ruth were published in a minority language he worked with.
Director of the Doctor of Ministry Program, Associate Professor of Pastoral Theology
Combining unrivaled academic rigor with a wholehearted commitment to gospel fidelity and an abundance of flexible options, TEDS offers a theological education that equips you to serve Christ with wisdom and grace, in truth and love.
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