Our 34 credit-hour program features online classes and flexible scheduling. The curriculum has been designed in an eight-week online format with the ministry responsibilities of full-time professionals like you in mind.
Students benefit from a collaborative learning environment, individualized application, and learning contracts.
BBS doctoral programs attract students from two dozen countries.
Watch a video on international seminary students here.
Concentrations
You can tailor a degree focus to your particular needs. We offer you five ministry concentrations to choose from:
- Leadership in Pastoral Ministry
- Leadership in Theological Studies
- Leadership in Global Ministry
- Leadership in Counseling and Spiritual Development
- Leadership in Communication
You will also have the opportunity to pursue Independent Study work and a Dissertation Project, each offering unique opportunities to specifically connect your education with your current ministry.
Handbook
The Doctor of Ministry Handbook provides all details of the program.
Download a copy here.
Objectives
Upon successful completion of the program, students will be able to:
- Demonstrate the ability to analyze the desired outcomes and effectiveness of a ministry to meet the biblical needs of believers within the ministry setting and its effectiveness in the cultural setting.
- Exhibit the skills to develop a biblically based ministry philosophy and theology based on sound hermeneutical principles.
- Develop a biblically based strategy that will assist the church to grow and be edified and equipped for the work of the ministry.
- Demonstrate critical thinking skills to recognize and evaluate assumptions, major alternative points of view, and related concepts for the development of a biblical worldview.
- Use information literacy skills to retrieve, evaluate, and synthesize information in the form of conclusions, ideas, and opinions in the development of a learning contract and dissertation project.
Questions?
Contact Paul Golden at 800.451.2287 or BBSadmissions@bbc.edu.
