ICAS-Accredited Degree Program
Doctor of Ministry in Biblical Preaching
D.Min. credential
Bring the message of Scripture to life through clear, thoughtful preaching that connects biblical truth with the people listening.
Doctor of Ministry in Biblical Preaching: Your Grant Price
Applications are free. Eligible applicants receive their admission and Grant decision before any one-time program fee is requested.
Published tuition
$24,900.00
$649.00 Registry & Assessment Fee
$149
Doctoral Degree
2026 Life in Christ Grant is active
Ministry Experience, Evaluated Against Academic Standards.
Documented prior learning may be considered when it aligns with program outcomes; every credit decision follows academic review.
Program Overview
About this program
Doctoral study in Biblical Preaching is for experienced preachers who now train others. Preaching is a craft that can be taught and a discipline that has to be sustained for decades. The ICAS-accredited program at Kingdom of Life University covers the theology of proclamation, the route from text to sermon, the demands each genre makes, delivery as a physical act, and the honest evaluation most preachers never get.
Competency-Based Ministry Assessment
Recognition of demonstrated learning in theology and ministry
Experienced ministry practitioners demonstrate competencies developed through years of service, theological study, and continuing learning. The assessment connects that learning with the published outcomes of the Doctor of Ministry in Biblical Preaching through biblical understanding, theological reflection, research, and ministry judgment.
70
Audited questions in this pathway bank
30
Questions drawn for each sitting
60 minutes
Time available for the knowledge component
24 hours
Interval before reassessment
Theological knowledge and degree outcomes
- Published bank title
- Biblical Preaching - Doctoral Competency-Based Ministry Assessment
- Credential
- Doctor of Ministry (D.Min.) in Biblical Preaching
- Question construction
- 14 pathway subject-bank sources contribute 5 questions each, producing the complete 70-question bank.
How completion is reported
- The knowledge component contributes 40% and assessed ministry experience contributes 60% to one weighted result.
- The reported result is no lower than 80%, matching the 80% degree pass mark.
- Reassessment draws a fresh question set and is included in program access, with no additional fee or limit on sittings.
- The integrated assessment covers the published degree plan; separate course assessments, a capstone paper, and a dissertation defense are not required.
Program Objectives
What you will achieve
Integrate advanced theological inquiry and ministry judgment in service to the church and its mission
State a theology of preaching that governs your practice
Move from text to sermon by a method you can repeat and explain
Preach each genre according to the way it communicates
Assess your own preaching accurately and act on the assessment
Learning Outcomes
Skills and competencies you will develop
Synthesize doctoral-level theological evidence, research judgment, and ministry wisdom for faithful leadership
Produce a sermon whose structure follows the text's own argument
Preach the same passage in two forms and account for the difference in effect
Construct illustrations and applications that serve the text rather than replace it
Evaluate a recorded sermon against explicit criteria and revise accordingly
Career Opportunities
Where this degree can take you
Preaching pastor
Homiletics instructor
Itinerant Bible teacher
Church planting leader
Major Subject Areas
The fourteen subjects you study, and the ones the ministry assessment draws on
Foundational and Major-Core Subjects
Four foundations every pathway shares, then four that belong to this field.
Doctoral Seminar: Biblical Interpretation
Exegesis as the preacher does it: enough depth to be honest, inside the time a week actually allows, without the shortcuts becoming habits.
Doctoral Seminar: Old Testament Theology
Preaching the Old Testament — narrative that will not state its point, law addressed to someone else, prophets who are not predicting your decade.
Doctoral Seminar: New Testament Theology
Preaching the New Testament, where the unit is usually an argument and following it is most of the homiletical work.
Doctoral Seminar: Christian Doctrine
The doctrine behind the pulpit: what preaching is claimed to be and do, and what the preacher may legitimately expect of a sermon.
Doctoral Seminar: Theology of Preaching
Why preaching at all: the theological claims made for proclamation, the doctrine of the word, and the expectation a preacher may and may not have of a sermon.
Doctoral Seminar: From Text to Sermon
The route from an exegetical outline to a sermon, including the central claim, the hearer's question, and the decisions that cannot be postponed.
Doctoral Seminar: Sermon Structure and Movement
How a sermon moves. Deductive and inductive forms, narrative shape, tension and resolution, and the difference structure makes to what is heard.
Doctoral Seminar: Preaching Across Genres
Preaching narrative, law, poetry, prophecy, epistle, and apocalyptic, with the specific homiletical demands each genre places on the preacher.
Specialization Subjects
Six more that take the field into the places it actually gets used.
Doctoral Seminar: Illustration and Application
Illustration that clarifies rather than decorates, and application that is concrete without being moralistic or manipulative.
Doctoral Seminar: Voice, Delivery, and Presence
The physical act of preaching: breath, pace, eye contact, gesture, manuscript or notes, and the recovery of presence when it goes wrong.
Doctoral Seminar: Preaching in Context
Preaching to this congregation: age, culture, language, suffering, and setting, and the exegesis of a people that runs alongside exegesis of a text.
Doctoral Seminar: Evaluating and Growing as a Preacher
Receiving and using feedback, self-assessment, recording review, and the long habits by which preachers improve rather than plateau.
Doctoral Seminar: Spiritual Formation and Christian Vocation
Staying a reader and a Christian while preaching weekly, and the vocational hazards — staleness, borrowed material, performance — that come with the work.
Doctoral Seminar: Integrative Theology and Ministry
A preaching project: a series designed, preached, evaluated with listener evidence, and written up with the reasoning at each stage.
Admission Requirements
What you need to apply
- Master's degree in theology, ministry, or a relevant field from an accredited or recognized institution
- Official graduate transcripts demonstrating advanced academic preparation
- Research statement identifying a proposed area of theological or ministry inquiry
- Scholarly or ministry-focused writing sample
- Current curriculum vitae documenting relevant research, church, or ministry leadership experience
- Three ministry or academic recommendations and a faculty interview
Degree Completion Requirements
Requirements for the Doctor of Ministry
Graduation Requirements
- Complete at least 60 doctoral semester credits in the approved degree plan
- Pass the Competency-Based Ministry Assessment for the degree
- Satisfy every doctoral-core, research-methods, specialization, elective, and Competency-Based Ministry Assessment requirement group
- Integrate theological knowledge with assessed ministry experience under the published result-weighting policy
- Recognize demonstrated learning against every published degree-plan requirement
Culminating Experience
Demonstrate doctoral-level theological synthesis, research judgment, and ministry leadership through Competency-Based Ministry Assessment, combining theological knowledge with assessed ministry experience.
Credit Distribution
| Requirement Area | Credits | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| Advanced Doctoral Core | 24 | 8 courses. Doctoral theory, disciplinary foundations, and scholarly leadership. |
| Research Design and Methods | 12 | 4 courses. University-wide doctoral preparation in quantitative, qualitative, measurement, and research-ethics competencies. |
| Area of Specialization | 15 | 5 courses. Focused doctoral inquiry supporting the learner's research agenda. |
| Doctoral Elective | 6 | 2 courses. Any doctoral-level major course from any school that is not already part of this degree plan. |
| Competency-Based Ministry Assessment | 3 | 1 course. Integrated doctoral theological knowledge and assessed ministry experience, recognizing demonstrated learning across the published degree plan. |
| Total Degree Credits | 60 | All requirements must be completed within the approved degree plan. |
Program Details
Program Length
Self-Paced
Self-Paced Learning
Total Credits
60 credit hours
Up to 30 Transfer Credits
Published Degree Plan
20 courses
Across 5 required curriculum groups
Format
Flexible Study
Assessment Format
Competency-Based Ministry Assessment
Selected Degree
Doctorate
School
School of Theology and Ministry
Institutional Status
ICAS Accredited
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