Preaching and Leading
Join like-minded ministry leaders (church pastors, campus ministers, denominational leaders, chaplains, mission agency trailblazers, educators, etc.) in a commitment to meet the challenges of this present age. Some of these leaders will become your lifelong friends and ministry partners.
Your cohort will tackle current challenges such as:
- The intersection between spiritual formation, leadership, and the dynamic witness of preaching
- Contextually relevant ways to communicate with people inside and outside the faith community
- Biblically-informed principles that shape leadership skills of vision, mobilization, and organizational development
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 Degree Plan
Sample Cohort Syllabi
| DM910 | Core Course | Habits that Sustain Ministry | 4 credit hours |
| DM911 | Core Course | Discovering God’s Missional Heart | 4 credit hours |
| DM(PLE)915 | Seminar I | The Pastor Formed through Preaching | 4 credit hours |
| DM(PLE)916A | Seminar II | Communicating to and for the Church | 2 credit hours |
| DM(PLE)916B | Seminar II | Communicating to and for the Church | 2 credit hours |
| DM(PLE)917 | Seminar III | Community Shaping Leadership | 4 credit hours |
| DM(PLE)918A | Seminar IV | Leading Change | 2 credit hours |
| DM(PLE)918B | Seminar IV | Leading Change | 2 credit hours |
Lead Professors/Guest Speakers
Rev. Dr. Jessica LaGrone, (D.Min.) is the Dean of Chapel at Asbury Theological Seminary. She is an acclaimed teacher, preacher, and author who enjoys mentoring and multiplying as the pastor to a vibrant seminary community. She is an elder in the Global Methodist Church and a member of the denomination’s Transitional Leadership Council. She is the author of several books including Out of Chaos and The Miracles of Jesus.
Dr. Thomas Tumblin served seventeen years in parish ministry before joining the Asbury Theological Seminary faculty in 1999. He has pastored churches as small as 30 and as large as 3000 in attendance. Tom embodies a love for Christ’s Church and a calling to equip leaders for stewarding continuous change.