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Doctor of Philosophy in Pastoral Ministry
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Dissertation Guidelines:
The candidate's dissertation idea should be submitted in writing as soon as possible. The Biblical Studies student may wish to focus on a book or passage of scripture or theme in scripture. The dissertation should be written in such a way that it would be worthy of public distribution. Every dissertation submitted will be considered and read with the prospects of publication. While no student is required to publish the dissertation it is certainly a worthy way of preserving the student's work and utilizing the book in future ministry.
Email your dissertation idea to schoolassignment@aol.com. Simply tell us your working title for your dissertation and give us some brief sentances as to what you think you want to say about this theme. Upon approval of your theme we will email you with your dissertation theme approval.
Purpose:
To enable the doctoral candidate to do an overall study of research and practice in the realm of Pastoral Ministry. The doctoral candidate will show in the writing dissertation the results of the research and what has been learned during the candidacy program. The average dissertation is between 60 to 120 pages. A bibliography should be a minimum of twenty books that the candidate has referred to in the preparation for writing the dissertation.
Degree Requirements:
The doctoral candidate must have a Bachelor's and Master's degree approved by our seminary before admission into the program is granted. The student must prove that he/she possesses the academic background capable of pursuing the Doctoral degree. After consultation and review the administrative faculty will determine if the candidate qualifies for admission. All course work may be emailed to schoolassignment@aol.com or mailed to the school address at:
Newburgh Theological Seminary
P.O. Box 1238
8922 Ruffian Lane
Newburgh, Indiana 47629
Assignments mailed to the school should always be accompanied with a self addressed stamped envelope so that the work may be returned.
Curriculum:
Six core courses of study related to the doctoral field and one research dissertation paper will complete the requirements for this degree program. These books should be selected from our suggested textbooks. Your books may all be ordered at one time, however, students are encouraged to take one course at a time. Each book constitutes five hours of credit or one course.
The student may select up to three alternate textbooks from any page on this web site.
The six core textbooks may be any of the seven on this page or may include up to three selected from other pages of this web site. Please submit them in any order. Please write ten to twenty pages of summary about the textbook. Tell us in the summary paper what the book is about and what you learned and how you can apply the material to your life and ministry. You may want to write close to one page per chapter as a writing guide. These books do not include the student's list of books that will be used in writing the dissertation project. However, these six books may be used in the Bibliography if they are referenced in writing the dissertation. The Bibliography should be twenty references with appropriate endnotes. Follow Turabian or MLA in dissertation preparation.
Email your dissertation idea to schoolassignment@aol.com. Simply tell us your working title for your dissertation and give us some brief sentances as to what you think you want to say about this theme. Upon approval of your theme we will email you with your dissertation theme approval.
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Each book may be ordered at Amazon. com or your local bookstore.
MEC 570 Church Growth and Development , Dr. Gene Mims
PMIN 810 Ministerial Ethics: Being a Good Minister in a Not-So-Good World by Joe E. Trull and James E. Carter
PMIN 820 Pastoral Ministry according to Paul: A Biblical Vision by James W. Thompson
PMIN 840 Pastoral Theology: Essentials of Ministry by Thomas C. Oden
PMIN 850 Reforming Pastoral Ministry: Challenges for Ministry in Postmodern Times by Erwin W. Lutzer, John H. Armstrong, Mark Coppenger, and Joel R. Beeke
PMIN 860 Christian Counseling That Really Works by Dan Montgomery
PMIN 870 Shepherding God's Flock: A Handbook on Pastoral Ministry, Counseling and Leadership by Jay E. Adams
PMIN 880 Criswells Guidebook For Pastors by W. A. Criswell
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The doctoral program may done at your own pace. However, we do encourage the completion of this program in two years.
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Submit coursework via email or mail. Email is faster.
Use Schoolassignment@aol.com for submission of email coursework. This email address should also be used for submission of Doctor of Ministry projects and Ph.D. Dissertations.
Or, mail assignments to Newburgh Theological Seminary
P.O.Box 1238
7899 Bell Oaks Drive
Newburgh, Indiana 47629
If mailing assignments, include a self-addressed, stamped envelope for the return of coursework and grade.
Also, please include the P.O. Box number 1238 when mailing.
NTS expects a good ten to twenty page summary paper of each textbook for all degree programs. Typed, double-spaced, Font type
should be 10 - 12. Microsoft Word is preferred when emailing an attachment. If Microsoft Word is unavailable, assignments may be copied and pasted into the body of your email. Please review your paper for spelling and grammar errors before submitting.
- Summarize what the book said.
- Tell us what you learned.
- If the text is helpful to you in your life, work and ministry, please tell us about this too.
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Effective September 1, 2009 - Ph.D. students who enroll this date and after may utilize
up to three No Travel Seminars toward the completion of the six courses. This does
not affect those who have enrolled in this program prior to this date who may use more
seminars.
Seminar papers require 4 - 5 pages, font size 10 - 12.
- Summarize what the seminar professor said.
- Tell us what you learned.
- If the seminar is helpful to you in your life, work and ministry, please tell us about this too.
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Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 1238
8922 Ruffian Lane
Newburgh, Indiana 47629
Telephone:
1.812.858.3920
E-mail:
NewburghSeminary@aol.com
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