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Doctor of Ministry DMin degree church change

Why Get a DMin?

Posted on November 12, 2019January 4, 2022 by ptsblog

Many pastors sense that the church they were trained to serve and the church they encounter each day are two different universes. Things change. Change is part of life. Yet change in the church over the last two decades has been phenomenal. Even disorienting. Some of us adapt to change easily. For others, it’s really…

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