Meet our Students

Luther Seminary’s doctor of ministry (D.Min.) is structured so that cohorts of 12-15 students go through the program together in order to maximize peer learning. The students are bonded by their desire to revitalize congregations and develop new ones in the challenging contexts of a growing mission field: North America.

Christian Boyd New Creation Presbyterian Church O'Fallon, Ill. "I wish I had this program three or four years before I did," said Christian Boyd, who is currently in his fourth year of the Congregational Mission and Leadership (CML) program. Boyd is responsible for walking congregations through renewal and transformation. With this focus, he finds the program particularly beneficial.  Read more

Peg Harvey-Marose Pastor Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church, Lewiston, Idaho "For me, I had come to a point in my ministry where I was’ sure what to do next," Peg Harvey-Marose said. "I was’ sure that there was any hope. Finding this program and learning from the reading and the conversations with my classmates - I”ve really come to a place of new hope."  Read more

Laurie Skow-Anderson Pastor Trinity Lutheran Church, Pelican Rapids, Minn. When she returned to Luther Seminary to obtain a Doctor of Ministry degree in Congregational Mission and Leadership four years ago, Laurie Skow-Anderson needed new ideas. "What I learned about how to serve a congregation in the '80s was’ working anymore. So I turned to Luther Seminary, where I learned so much before, to discover how to be a pastor in this new generation," she said.  Read more

Cheryl Fleckenstein Senior Pastor Salem Lutheran Church, Hermantown, Minn. "It”s important for the church to be missional because God is missional," said Cheryl Fleckenstein, a third-year student in the Doctor of Ministry program in Congregational Mission and Leadership. "God is concerned about reconciling this broken world back to God and bringing all people into relationship with God," she explained.  Read more

Ron Baerg Administrator Spruce Manor Special Care Home, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan "Luther Seminary links leadership to the tasks of the church: leadership in a missional church and congregational revitalization. I think that every church needs to look at the revitalization process and ask whether it”s a missional church."  Read more