Preaching and Leading Bilingual

En esta cohorte, tendrá la oportunidad de profundizar su formación bíblica, destrezas para la predicación y liderazgo en contextos Latinos 

The Doctor of Ministry team in partnership with the Asbury Latino Center will host a cohort of bilingual students providing renowned faculty and an environment conducive to achieving the established goals of the DMin program. You will interact with your faculty, guest lecturers and Asbury Seminary team who have significant life and ministry experience serving in bilingual and Spanish-speaking communities. So come join like-minded ministry leaders in a commitment to meet the challenges of this present age. Some of these leaders will become your lifelong friends and ministry partners.

For Latino/a communities, such as congregations and ministry organizations, their leaders need growing expertise in the practices that shape communities to be vibrant in Christian witness, community engagement, and discipleship in diverse contexts. This cohort invites career ministry leaders to deepen three primary skill sets: spiritual formation, biblical preaching and missional leadership. In this conversation, participants will focus on deepening their spirituality and of those they serve, expanding their capacity as preachers, and sharpening their organizational intelligence to better mobilize their communities toward witness and service within and beyond the walls of the church or institutions.

Your cohort will tackle current challenges such as:

• Cultivating habits for enduring leadership and faith formation in a world which celebrates a frenetic pace in life and ministry
• Raising up faithful disciples and disciple makers in Latino context
• Leading during times of community distress and increasing resistance to authentic Christianity
• Developing effective preaching and communication in the age of social media and persistent competing voices

As you complete your degree, you will:

• Enter in a space that invites reflection and conversation
• Engage in robust academics, research, and writing
• Experience meaningful, vibrant, spiritually formed relationships
• Explore relevant and adaptive ministry perspectives and practices
• Enhance local/global ministry capacities

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Preaching and Leading Cohort – Bilingual Degree Plan

Sample Cohort Syllabi

Lead Professors/Guest Speakers

Dr. Wilmer Estrada Carrasquillo, a native Puerto Rican, comes to the Asbury Seminary community after leading the Center for Latino Studies (CLS) and holding the Assistant Professor of Practical Theology post at Pentecostal Theological Seminary (PTS) from 2018 to 2023. He has written two books and published journal articles, encyclopedia entries, and book chapters on Pentecostal spirituality, mission and evangelism, the intersection between faith and culture, Latina theology, and the relationship between Pentecostalism and the Wesleyan movement.

Danny Román-Gloró is an Affiliate Professor of Preaching at Asbury Theological Seminary. He has 32 years of preaching and leadership experience, having served Spanish and English-speaking churches in Miami, Chicago, and Boston. He holds a Ph.D. in Communication from Regent University and a D.Min. in Preaching from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary.

Dr. Steve Gober earned his Master of Divinity and Doctor of Ministry degrees at Asbury Theological Seminary. Steve has served in various roles at Asbury Seminary since May 2010. Prior to joining the Seminary team, Steve and his wife Karoline ministered for 17 years as missionaries with the Evangelical Methodist Church of Costa Rica. Steve worked primarily with the Evangelical Methodist Seminary as a professor, an administrator, and, during the last eight years of his tenure, as President of the Seminary.

Dr. Rachel Coleman, Affiliate Professor of Biblical Studies for Asbury Theological Seminary, has more than 30 years of experience in Latin America, first as a residential missionary (Ecuador), now as the regional theological education consultant for One Mission Society. She serves on the editorial board of Firebrand Magazine and on the board of directors of Red Nueva Vida. Rachel lives in Lima, OH, with her husband Randy.

Dr. Emilio Alvarez serves as Associate Provost of Lifelong Learning at Asbury Theological Seminary. Bishop Alvarez holds a Bachelors in Christian Education, a Master of Arts in Religious Education from New York Theological Seminary, and a Ph.D. in Religious Education from Fordham University in the Bronx, New York.