Family Ministry

2007 Cohort 
2010 Cohort

Mission

Changing the people who change the world, the Doctor of Ministry (DMin) Family Ministry Concentration prepares men and women to fulfill the teaching and discipling mandates of the gospel commission, impacting families for the Kingdom.

The DMin Family Ministry Concentration prepares one for a proactive ministry of preaching, teaching, and working with groups to develop the positive family and relationship skills needed in today's culture. It is designed to sustain pastoral excellence by attending to the (1) pastor's personal life, (2) the pastor's own family, (3) families in the congregation, (4) the congregation as a family, and (5) the congregation as a partner in service to the community.

Competencies

The DMin Family Ministry concentration seeks to create competency in four areas related to the discipline:

  1. Family Life Education: to help participants acquire knowledge of current issues and empirical findings related to the field of family life education.
  2. Spiritual, Theological, and Personal Formation: to reflect theologically on the lived experience of families, to help participants integrate their spiritual and theological perspectives into the practice of ministry. To help participants become aware of their strengths and limitations (background, emotional state) and to realize the impact self-awareness and self-understanding may have on ministry.
  3. Research and Praxis: to help participants learn and acquire basic research skills pertinent to their practice in the field of family life education and family ministry within the context of church and community. Based on the current research develop and deploy a relevant, field-based project intentionally addressing family ministry in the local context.
  4. Professional: to help participants gain knowledge of the professional field including family life education, family ministry constructs, family law and public policy. To help participants acquire ministry skills pertinent to their practice in the field of family life education within the context of ministry.
Learning Modalities

The following five learning modalities will be included in the concentration's pedagogy:

  1. A professional portfolio: including a ministry development plan, journaling, and relevant learning artifacts
  2. Learning groups/mentoring: including collective assignments, consultations, and accountability
  3. Classroom consultation: including didactic and experiential learning, as well as networking, with top educators and experts in the field of family life education
  4. Research: including perusal of the current literature, assigned readings, and developing empirical constructs for family ministry interventions
  5. Praxis: including implementation of family life education interventions in the context of ministry
Coordinator

Dr. Allan Martin serves as coordinator for this concentration. He can be reached at 1-269-471-6375, amartin@andrews.edu.

Cohort participants will take these courses:

2007 Family Ministry Cohort

Course requirements and schedule for the cohort that began in 2007:
(follow the linked course names to obtain the course requirement documents)

Course # Course Name Instructor Intensive Dates Intensive Locations
RLED758 Internal Dynamics of Families (3 cr) Rene Drumm July 15-20, 2007 Andrews University
RLED755 Families in Society (3 cr) Alanzo Smith July 22-27, 2007 Andrews University
GSEM730 Field Research for Ministry (2 cr) Monte Sahlin July 31-Aug 3, 2007 Andrews University
GSEM706 Spiritual & Theological Foundations for Ministry (6 cr) Derek Morris April 20-May 1, 2008 Andrews University
GSEM790 DMin Project Proposal (2 cr) Bill Knott & Kenley Hall May 4-8, 2008 Andrews University
RLED779
Parenting Ed. & Guidance (3 cr) Ron & Karen Flowers July 12-17, 2009 Andrews University
RLED759 Human Sexuality (3 cr) Curtis Fox July 19-24, 2009 Andrews University
GSEM796 DMin Project (2 cr) summer 2009
RLED757
Family Law & Public Policy (3 cr)
Deborah Berecz and/or Rene Drumm July 11-23, 2010 Andrews University
RLED720 Professional Development (1 cr) Staff July 11-23, 2010 Andrews University
GSEM796 DMin Project (4 cr) summer 2010

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2010 Family Ministry Cohort

Course requirements and schedule for the cohort beginning in 2010:
(follow the linked course names to obtain the course requirement documents)

Course # Course Name Instructor Intensive Dates Intensive Locations
RLED755 Families in Society (3 cr) Willie Oliver July 11-23, 2010 Andrews University
RLED758 Internal Dynamics of Families (3 cr) Jeffrey Brown July 11-23, 2010 Andrews University
GSEM790 DMin Project Seminar (2 cr) Bill Knott and/or Kenley Hall July 25-30, 2010 Andrews University
GSEM706 Spiritual & Theological Foundations for Ministry (6 cr) Jon Dybdahl May 2011 Andrews University
GSEM730 Field Research for Ministry (2 cr) Monte Sahlin Feb 15, Mar 1, 15, 29, Apr 12, 26, May 10, 24, 2011 virtual delivery

RLED779

Parenting Education & Guidance (3 cr) Ron & Karen Flowers July 15-27, 2012 Andrews University
RLED759 Human Sexuality (3 cr) Curtis Fox July 15-27, 2012 Andrews University
GSEM796 DMin Project (2 cr) summer 2012
RLED757 Family Law & Public Policy (3 cr) Deborah Berecz and/or Rene Drumm July 2013 Andrews University
RLED720 Professional Development (1 cr) Staff

July 2013

Andrews University
GSEM796 DMin Project (4 cr) summer 2013

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For dates and locations of courses planned for cohorts in other concentrations, see the four-year DMin Program Planner.

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11/12/2009



Profile:
Steve Case

The next cohort for the Youth and Young Adult Ministry concentration will be coordinated by Dr. Steve Case. He is president of InvolveYouth, a parachurch organization that energizes young people for service.

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