The Doctor of Ministry (D.Min.) is a 30-credit program. It is the premier professional degree for men and women in full-time ministry seeking advanced training and is designed to equip ministry leaders for competencies at the highest level.

The D Min. at AGTS is made up of a combination of strategic distinctions unmatched by any other:

• Convenient schedule with no need to relocate
• Innovative concentrations for twenty-first-century ministry needs
• An extraordinary journey of personal transformation
• Personalized advising and assistance
• Training in advanced research skills
• Life-giving networks and support systems
• Gateway to extensive sets of resources and world leaders
• Writing Clinics to promote writing toward publication
• Increased ministry opportunities

Concentrations available in:

• Missional Leadership
• (General Leadership Track)
• Military Chaplaincy
• Women in Leadership
• Professional Coaching
• Biblical Preaching
• Leading in Emerging Culture
• (Northwest Branch)
• Pastoral Care and Counseling
• Self-Design Option

The Doctor of Ministry is a professional degree that can expand the participant’s influence in a variety of ministries. Our alumni currently serve in capacities such as:

• Senior and associate pastoral ministries
• Cross-cultural missionary
• Denominational or para-church leadership
• Teaching practical theology at the college or seminary level
• Higher education administration
• Managing military or institutional chaplaincy ministries
• Campus ministry
• Church planting
• Christian counseling
• Compassion ministries