Doctor of Metaphysical Divinity: Chaplaincy and Institutional Ministry

Study format, tuition and admissions

Online, self-paced religious study. The current curriculum lists 10 courses and 30 credit hours. Completion depends on meeting the program's academic requirements; no fixed completion time is promised.

Current tuition is $119 per month. Total tuition depends on the number of billed months, not a fixed program total.

New students need program-specific application approval before their first tuition payment. Applicants above Associate level must complete prior-credential review.

Credential recognition

These are church-issued religious credentials, not regionally accredited academic degrees or state licensure. Acceptance by employers and other institutions is not guaranteed. Spiritual care study does not qualify graduates to provide regulated clinical services.

Program courses

• DD-CIM-701 — Institutional Sacred Ministry at Doctoral Level

  Doctoral-level institutional ministry theory. Ministry within complex institutions, sacred care in total institutions.

• DD-CIM-702 — Institutional Change and Sacred Advocacy

  Transforming institutions from the inside. Sacred advocacy in bureaucratic systems, institutional change theory.

• DD-CIM-703 — Doctoral Research in Institutional Sacred Ministry

  Research design for institutional ministry. Case study, organizational research, action research in sacred institutions.

• DD-CIM-704 — Ethics of Power in Institutional Sacred Ministry

  Power ethics in institutions. Chaplain as power broker, navigating organizational politics with sacred integrity.

• DD-CIM-705 — Training Institutional Ministry Leaders

  Educating institutional sacred ministers. Doctoral educator formation, mentoring institutional chaplains.

• DD-CIM-706 — Dissertation Seminar I — Institutional Ministry

  First dissertation seminar. Proposal development, literature review, methodology.

• DD-CIM-707 — Dissertation Seminar II — Institutional Ministry

  Second dissertation seminar. Data collection, analysis, chapter writing.

• DD-CIM-708 — Dissertation Seminar III — Institutional Ministry

  Third dissertation seminar. Final writing, revision, defense preparation.

• DD-CIM-709 — Institutional Ministry Legacy and Publishing

  Building a doctoral institutional ministry legacy. Publishing, advocacy, contributing to the field.

• DD-CIM-710 — Doctor of Divinity Capstone — Institutional Ministry

  Doctoral capstone. Dissertation defense or major institutional ministry research.