Professional Doctoral

The DMin and DEdMin are professional degrees designed to produce excellence in the practice of ministry. Seminars are application-oriented and offered in block formats that allow students to remain in their ministry settings.

Doctor of Ministry
36 hours

  • Workshops: 6 hours
  • Seminars: 18 hours
  • Project in Ministry: 6 hours
  • Proficiency Seminars*: 6 hours
*For applicants without an MDiv Degree; specific seminar options are determined by ProDoc Administrators.
NOTE: Proficiency Seminars must be successfully completed by the Mid-Career Assessment Workshop. 
Students with an MDiv from an ATS accredited institution may be granted advanced standing and have the two proficiency seminars waived (6 hours).

Doctor of Educational Ministry
36 hours

  • Workshops: 6 hours
  • Educational Ministry Seminars: 15 hours
  • Elective Seminars: 9 hours 
  • Project in Ministry: 6 hours

Post-Doctoral Certificate
11 hours

  • Workshops: 2 hours
  • Seminars: 9 hours

Professional Doctoral Specializations

  • Apologetics
  • Church Health
  • Church Revitalization
  • Discipleship and Spiritual Formation
  • Educational Ministry Leadership
  • Evangelistic Church Growth
  • Executive Administration
  • Expository Preaching
  • Intercultural Studies
  • Ministry to Women
  • Next Generation Ministries
  • Pastoral Counseling
  • Pastoral Ministry
  • Strategic Leadership
  • Worship Leadership
  • Customized
  • Generalist
  • Korean Ministry

A Word from our Dean

NOBTS has one of the largest DMin programs with a wide variety of specializations. This seminary pioneered the DEdMin degree and is one of only five such programs in the United States. A Korean DMin Program has recently been added to our North Georgia Hub in Atlanta. You will not find a better place to prepare you for the next stage in your professional development.
Dr. Reggie R. Ogea

Dr. Jake Roudkovski

Associate Dean of the Professional Doctoral Programs