Doctor of Ministry
Field Mentoring
As you choose a Field Mentor you will want to look for:
- A person with pastoral experience who can relate to the kinds of concerns you face in the ministry.
- A person who is able to reflect on ministry (having the capacity to understand and verbalize the reasons underlying his/her pastoral action.)
- An active listener with whom you can share your ministry and who can serve you as a "coach", asking the kinds of questions that enable you to think through and talk out matters pertaining to your ministry.
If possible, the field mentor should be someone who has some interest in or experience with the particular focus you have chosen for you Project-dissertation.
You will meet with your field mentor at least once per course, soon after attending the course, during the period you are taking intensive seminar classes in your D.Min. program. The meeting should include a discussion of the course you took and how you can apply what you learned to your ministry. The Field Mentor is expected to send a report on each session. This form can be downloaded from the forms sections of our web site. If you will send us the name, address, telephone number, and email address of the person who has agreed to fulfill this role, we will send a letter that expresses our gratitude and explains what we are asking him/her to do.