{"id":3262,"date":"2025-06-20T21:01:03","date_gmt":"2025-06-21T05:01:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dev.olivetuniversity.edu\/zinzendorf\/?p=3262"},"modified":"2025-06-21T14:56:27","modified_gmt":"2025-06-21T22:56:27","slug":"doctor-of-ministry-candidates-reflect-on-a-prayer-and-scholarship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.staging.olivetuniversity.edu\/zinzendorf\/doctor-of-ministry-candidates-reflect-on-a-prayer-and-scholarship\/","title":{"rendered":"Doctor of Ministry Candidates Reflect on a Journey of Prayer and Scholarship"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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The Zinzendorf School of Doctoral Studies successfully concluded a week-long series of oral defense sessions for the Doctor of Ministry (DMin) Program, marking the culmination of the 2024\u201325 academic year.<\/div>\n
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10 DMin candidates from diverse ministry backgrounds took part in the defenses. Each session, lasting approximately 90 minutes, included a candidate presentation followed by a Q&A and evaluation conducted by the doctoral committee.<\/div>\n
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Representing diverse concentrations such as Education, Mission, Business, Youth Ministries, and Design, the candidates addressed timely and innovative topics related to Christian faith and ministry. Several focused on developing new strategies for evangelism and mission to advance the fulfillment of the Great Commission.<\/div>\n
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DMin candidate Alma Osorio-Ford presented effective communication strategies for the evangelizing Generation Z, drawing on her extensive experience in campus ministry. Dr. Tom Cowley, Director of the DMin Program, commended the students for the exceptional quality of their work.<\/div>\n
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Reflecting on her journey, DMin candidate Olivia Lin \u2014 whose research focuses on Business as Mission \u2014 expressed deep gratitude: \u201cAs I looked back, my heart was filled with thanksgiving. Though I had many weaknesses, God\u2019s grace sustained me. Prayer was the central theme throughout\u2014from the decision to begin the program to the writing of my final paper.\u201d<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Doctor of Ministry Candidates Reflect on a Journey of Prayer and Scholarship June 20, 2025 The Zinzendorf School of Doctoral Studies successfully concluded a week-long series of oral defense sessions for the Doctor of Ministry (DMin) Program, marking the culmination of the 2024\u201325 academic year. 10 DMin candidates from diverse ministry backgrounds took part in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3263,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"elementor_header_footer","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.staging.olivetuniversity.edu\/zinzendorf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3262"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.staging.olivetuniversity.edu\/zinzendorf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.staging.olivetuniversity.edu\/zinzendorf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.staging.olivetuniversity.edu\/zinzendorf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.staging.olivetuniversity.edu\/zinzendorf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3262"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.staging.olivetuniversity.edu\/zinzendorf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3262\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3269,"href":"https:\/\/www.staging.olivetuniversity.edu\/zinzendorf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3262\/revisions\/3269"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.staging.olivetuniversity.edu\/zinzendorf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3263"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.staging.olivetuniversity.edu\/zinzendorf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.staging.olivetuniversity.edu\/zinzendorf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.staging.olivetuniversity.edu\/zinzendorf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}