Meet Some D.Min. Students in Biblical Preaching
Want to know what it's like to be a student in the Doctor of
Ministry in Biblical Preaching Program? The best way--besides
enrolling!--is to hear from actual students about their experiences
so far. Here, some of the students in the first cohort describe what
drew them to the program, the cohort experience, and what they hope
to accomplish.
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James Brown
Groups Pastor Crossroads Community Church, Cottage Grove, Minn. As a non-Lutheran, Brown has been pleased to see how open his classmates and professors have been to teaching him the nuances of the Lutheran Church. "They were more than willing to bring me up to speed—and even excited that someone had questions about why they did what they did," he said.
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Dixie Anders
Pastor Light Memorial Presbyterian Church, Sidney, Neb.
"My personal goal is to be the best preacher I can," said Anders, who completed her first D.Min. class on campus in June 2008.
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Bill Smith
Pastor Lily of the Valley A.M.E. Church, Apple Valley, Minn. "My best gift is in telling the biblical story and in motivating people through preaching," said Bill Smith, a first-year student in the Doctor of Ministry program in Biblical Preaching, who received his Master of Divinity degree from Luther. "So when I saw they had a biblical preaching doctorate I thought this would be my chance to see what that path was like," he said.
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