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 Program begins October 1, 2023
 Application deadline is August 1, 2023
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	| Lexington Theological Seminary’s Doctor of Ministry (D.Min.) program, Building Capacity for Transformational Ministries, a graduate professional degree, is designed to enhance pastors’ capacity to critically interpret and engage contemporary cultures as a means to give fresh expression to the gospel and to transform congregations for effective ministry in the twenty-first century. Designed on a cohort-based model, the degree provides significant learning in an on-going community of peers.
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	| The four learning goals of the D.Min. degree will serve this overall purpose. As a result of his or her studies, a graduate of the LTS D.Min. program will:
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		|  1. Articulate with clarity, knowledge of various methodologies for interpreting contemporary social, cultural, and congregational contexts; |  
		| 2. Implement at least one methodology for interpreting contemporary social, cultural, and congregational contexts; |  
		| 3. Reframe congregational analysis with a sound theological and biblical basis with social, cultural, and congregational contexts; |  
		| 4. Develop skills to empower and build capacity of congregations to fulfill the mission that has been identified by the contemporary social, cultural, and congregational analysis; and |  
		| 5. Demonstrate facility in building congregational capacity. |  | 
				Deadline to apply is August 1, 2023!
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