The Timetable of DMin units (PDF)
DMin Annotated Reading List Information - advice to help DMin candidate applicants write an annotated reading list.

The course is a professional, advanced degree for men and women who are graduates holding the ACT’s BTh, BMin, or the MDiv as their primary degree in theology, and who are already engaged in Christian ministry,

The course is designed to advance the scholarly enhancement of ministerial practice by means of learning, reflection, and research integrated with the student’s experience in his or her ministry context,

The goals of the course are to (i) facilitate a professional, advanced understanding of the nature and purposes of Christian ministry at the highest level, (ii) enhance competencies in the analysis of ministerial and professional skills and to integrate these dimensions into a theologically reflective practice, (iii) foster new knowledge about the practice of ministry, and (iv) encourage continued growth in spiritual maturity. Programs may be designed to advance the general practice of ministry in its many forms or to advance expertise in a specialised area of ministerial practice (e.g., cross-cultural ministry, church planting, pastoral care, preaching, missions),

Candidates must fulfil the following requirements for entry:
(i) Normally completion of five years of full-time Christian ministry after the completion of the candidate’s initial theological degree.
(ii) Normally, the equivalent of four years of integrated full-time degree level studies in theology completed with a GPA of at least 2.0. The College’s BMin (with a GPA of at least 2.0) together with the Graduate Diploma in Ministry is regarded as satisfying this stipulation.
(iii) Other modes of satisfying the entrance requirements (in addition to [i] above) would be:
- MDiv (GPA of at least 2.8, with D grade in the project completed in the Department of Ministry and Practice);
- BMin (GPA less than 2.0) with a completed MA(Min).
- Discrete DMin units units could not be taken as part of any four-year integrated program;
- MA(Min) units taken to satisfy entrance requirements would not count towards the DMin.
(iv) A CV indicating areas of professional Christian ministry expertise and initiative, as well as any publications (refereed, peer review, solicited).
(v) Two letters of reference in support of the candidate’s suitability for the program.
(vi) Some facility with a biblical language, the minimum requirements being the equivalent of the completion of the language demands of the BMin., is required (i.e., at least 4 cps).
(vii) The DMin Committee will consider Recognised Prior Learning (RPL) applications for admission to the course or applications for transfer of credit from DMin candidates in accord with the principles outlined in “Credit Transfer Principles” and “Guidelines on Recognition of Prior Learning” produced by the Australian Vice-Chancellors’ Committee (Canberra, December 1993), and booklet “What is Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL)?” published by DEETYA.
Read more: Postgraduate Handbook Doctor of Ministry (PDF)

Institutions approved to prepare candidates for the DMin:

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