Doctor of Ministry Studies
Ministry Studies is a field which has taken significant strides in theological education since the beginning of the 1980s. The Ministry Studies program explicitly engages the insights of the social sciences and the resources of the Scriptures and the Christian tradition. In doing so, it recognises the contexts of the communities involved in Christian ministry, and the distinct place of ordained and other authorised ministers.
The MCD University of Divinity Doctor of Ministry Studies is a higher degree by research which enables qualified candidates to explore some aspect of professional ministry in depth, involving peer group and personal learning strategies. The primary focus of the degree is on the context and experience of ministry, and provides significant opportunity for a candidate to develop a research project at doctoral level, typically involving theological, personal and sociological analysis of church and ministry in a particular setting. The degree, the first doctorate in Ministry Studies to be offered in Australasia, came into existence by resolution of the Institution in May 1995. The first Doctor of Ministry Studies degrees were awarded at the MCD Conferral in April 2002, with a steady stream of graduates since.
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