Doctor of Ministry in New Missional Movements

“Our current times, as well as the foreseeable horizon of the Church and kingdom ministry, demands that we contextually engage the training of leadership in a different way.”

Rowland Smith, DMiss, National Director Forge America

Forge America and Denver Seminary are partnering to bring about a practical conversation and co-learning experience to equip kingdom leaders for their calling into this cultural reality.

Lead the Church of the Future

The methodologies of church and ministry are quickly shifting, requiring a new set of skills and thinking for pastors and faith leaders. In the New Missional Movements track, students will engage new paradigms of missional thought, ecclesiology, dispersed micro-church networks, business as mission, and missional postures in various ministry contexts. They will also learn the needed skills to engage a future culture with the gospel, as well as disciple others to participate in God’s mission within their context.

Get Started

The New Missional Movements track will launch in the Winter 2024 semester, which begins November 4. The application deadline is September 15. Please contact the Doctor of Ministry staff for questions or help with your application.

Program Features

• A cohort model; proceed through the program with your peers.
• Minimal residency requirement: students come to Denver for intensives in January and July.
• The doctoral thesis is integrated throughout the coursework.

The Doctor of Ministry Program

The DMin program at Denver Seminary gives participants the opportunity to become reflective, cutting-edge ministry practitioners who network with, and learn from, other like-minded professionals and to study with some of the finest ministry leaders in the country.  

Program courses:

• Mentored Formation
• Foundational Seminar
• Biblical and Theological Reflection on the Practice of Ministry
• Relational and Vocational Foundations of Ministry
• Biblical Theology of Missio Dei
• Missional Paradigms and Practice
• Ecclesial Practice and Missional Architecture
• Missional Discipleship
• Obstacles and Opportunities in Ministry: Research Possibilites
• Guided Research
• Thesis Completion

Why study at Denver Seminary

Our students are invited into high quality, rigorous education that challenges them academically and critically. We aren’t going to tell you what to think—we are going to help you learn how to think.

Our community is represented by over 50 denominations and is uniquely known for demonstrating steadfast dedication to the unchanging foundations of biblical faith, our commitment to charitable orthodoxy, and the deep relationships formed among faculty and students. Our beliefs are lived tangibly through the pursuit of faith-filled scholarship, missional commitments, and the work of our 6,000 alumni who serve across the globe, engaging the needs of the world and sharing the life-changing power of the gospel every day.

“The truth is that the Church has found itself somewhat unprepared (yet again!) even though we are called to an unrelenting and scrupulous watchfulness, to the discernments of spirits, and to an understanding of the signs of the times…We need to be a people willing to learn by unlearning, by having our minds and hearts blown regularly through ongoing experiences of conversion and metanois.”

Alan Hirsch , Founder, 5Q Collective | Coach & Consultant

Ready to start an application to Denver Seminary? Great! Our application portal will walk you through the application and all the steps that go with it. If you’re ready to go, you can start or continue an application. Otherwise, we’ve got more information regarding what you’ll need to provide for your application and what our admissions requirements are below. Please reach out to our Admissions Team if you have any questions along the way.