ACU Doctor of Ministry

Our Story

ACU’s Graduate School of Theology is a close-knit community of learners and disciples who dedicate their lives to servant-scholarship as the hands and feet of Christ in the church and the world.

Our Doctor of Ministry (D.Min.) is an advanced professional degree designed to enhance your practice as a ministerial leader. We offer tools to sharpen your leadership skills, refine your theological reflection, and nurture the deep spiritual formation necessary to sustain a God-shaped ministry in diverse cultural contexts.

Our program is flexible, with residency periods occurring just twice a year. This allows you to travel for only brief periods each year while still remaining rooted in your home and ministry context. The majority of our classes take place in Abilene or Dallas; and through a unique partnership with Stirling Theological College and University of Divinity, we are expanding our offerings to offer classes in Melbourne, Australia (learn more).

Combining academic rigor with praxis, the D.Min. serves scholar-practitioners in a wide array of leadership roles such as congregational ministry, missions, church planting, chaplaincy, and non-profit organizations.