Doctor of Metaphysical Divinity: Spiritual Formation and Direction

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-SFD-701 — Doctoral Seminar in Spiritual Formation Theory

  Doctoral spiritual formation theory. Original contribution, advanced formation theology, doctoral formation scholarship.

• DD-SFD-702 — Training Spiritual Directors at Doctoral Level

  Educating and supervising spiritual directors. Director formation programs, supervision of supervisors, training standards.

• DD-SFD-703 — Research in Spiritual Formation and Direction

  Doctoral research on formation. Qualitative methods, phenomenological design, contributing to formation scholarship.

• DD-SFD-704 — Contemplative Formation Programs — Design and Leadership

  Leading contemplative formation programs. Retreat center leadership, contemplative community design, formation program oversight.

• DD-SFD-705 — Spiritual Formation and Social Justice

  Contemplative activism at doctoral level. How deep formation enables prophetic action, mystical activism scholarship.

• DD-SFD-706 — Dissertation Seminar I — Spiritual Formation

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

• DD-SFD-707 — Dissertation Seminar II — Spiritual Formation

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

• DD-SFD-708 — Dissertation Seminar III — Spiritual Formation

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

• DD-SFD-709 — Spiritual Formation Legacy and Publishing

  Doctoral formation legacy. Publishing, mentoring, contributing to spiritual formation scholarship and standards.

• DD-SFD-710 — Doctor of Divinity Capstone — Spiritual Formation

  Doctoral capstone. Dissertation defense or major spiritual formation research contribution.