RATIONALE

The Doctor of Missiology degree program is an advance professional degree in preparation for leadership roles in cross-cultural ministries.  It is designed to educate leaders for specialized expertise in missiology and cognate disciplines for research and teaching.  The program normally requires the equivalent of three to four years of full-time study inclusive of the dissertation or a project thesis.

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS

Applicants must have earned a B.A. degree or its equivalent in scope and the M.Div. degree or its equivalent in scope and content, or a master’s degree in an appropriate theological or missiological discipline.  They must have maintained a minimal grade average of 3.0 (or B) on a scale of 4.0 in their master’s course of studies.  The applicants must have engaged in vocational Christian service for at least two years (other than seminary Field Education), and this vocational service should be in a cross-cultural ministry context.  Applicants must have passed the doctoral entrance examination in theology.

DEGREE REQUIREMENTS

The Doctor of Missiology course includes the following basic requirements:

The Doctor of Missiology seminars will be approved based on their appropriateness for the study of ministry across socio-cultural boundaries; their relationship to the social science disciplines of anthropology, cross-cultural studies, and contextual studies; and with respect to the study of culture, history, and the study of world religions.

PROFESSIONAL PROJECT OR
RESEARCH DISSERTATION

The research may be either a professional project or a research dissertation provided the subject matter focuses on a cross-cultural theme.  (See the D.Min. and Th.D. requirements; dissertation shall be no less than 125 pages.)

SUPERVISED MINISTRY OR
TEACHING REQUIREMENTS

Please refer to the Doctor of Ministry Supervised Ministry requirements or the Doctor of Theology Supervised Teaching requirements.

DEFENSE

After completing the required course work, the student will prepare and defend a prospectus which describes the proposed research topic.  This prospectus will be at least 20 pages in length (excluding bibliography).  The student, accompanied by his/her supervisor, will defend the prospectus before the faculty.  In the event that the supervisor may not be present, the student has the option to request a circulated prospectus defense.  In this case, the Associate Dean will request the faculty members to evaluate the prospectus privately.  If there are problems, the Associate Dean will meet the faculty and supervisor to determine a course of action.  Upon approval of the prospectus by the faculty, Associate Dean, and the Dean, the student may proceed with research and writing for the project thesis or the dissertation.