Doctor of Ministry

The program is designed for Graduates to increase their ministerial competencies to a truly professional level, to become experts in all skills and competencies related to Christian ministry: critical reflection, interpersonal skills, capacity for theological interpretation, and special skills for service in particular contexts.

By the end of the DMin program at UUC, YOU will

Demonstrate fluency in critical thinking, as observed by independent thinking and the ability to be flexible with diverse populations.

Apply the biblical guiding principles that form the values and outcomes of any ministry. Diagnose the needs of a community and implement a biblically-based response to meet those needs.

Integrate research, verbal and written communication, and leadership skills to provide a solution to a pressing missional opportunity.

YOU will be fully equipped for vocations of ministry and for scholarship among leaders from around the world.

YOU will become an educational and theological resource for your local community, your nation, and the world!

The University subscribes to and promotes the philosophy of integrated learning. Integrated learning is a move away from memorization and recitation of isolated facts to a more active engagement of concepts and connections between ideas, self, and society.

Learning in an integrated course is not an end in itself, but is ultimately a vehicle for knowledge essential for personal and social transformation. It promotes the formation of character and values, meaning and purpose – aligned with biblical values and God’s revealed truth.

Integrated learning involves the development of the whole person. It fosters not only academic and professional development but also physical, social, emotional, moral, cultural, and religious/spiritual growth. It seeks to develop men and women who will pursue meaningful work, make important contributions to their workplaces and communities, and ultimately, glorify God and fulfill the Great Commission.