Rev. Dr. Jorge Acevedo
Co-Mentor
Spiritual Leadership for Church Renewal
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Learn from experienced religious leaders in United’s mentor-based Doctor of Ministry program. Your mentor will lead your focus group through an area of ministry relevant to the church today. You will receive feedback, academic guidance and support in your ministry from your mentor and peers during your time in the DMin program.
Search the list of mentors and groups below to find a group that supports your area of study and ministry goals.
Focus Group offerings are subject to change. Please contact the Doctor of Ministry office at any time to request assistance to identify an appropriate group for your specific area of interest.
OUR MENTORS
Rev. Dr. Danielle Brown
Co-Mentor
Engaging and Growing Congregations Through Creative Pastoral Preaching and Leadership Models
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Dr. K. Edwin Bryant
Mentor
CultureShifters™: Marketplace Ministry for Christian Leaders
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Bishop Dexter Cannon
Mentor
Innovative Leadership: Building Leaders and Congregations for Effective Change
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Bishop Young Jin Cho
Co-Mentor
Bishop Cho Scholars: Cross-Cultural Ministry & Spiritual Leadership
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Rev. Dr. Leroy Cothran
Mentor
Gardner C. Taylor Scholars: Prophetic Leadership – Social Justice and Political Action
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Bishop Dwayne Debnam
Co-Mentor
Debnam, Solomon, Weah Scholars: Building Church & Community Wholeness by Reimagining Ministry for the Post Pandemic Era
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Dr. Jacques Denkins
Co-Mentor
Building Bridges Out of Crises Moments for the Church and Community
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Rev. Dr. Aaron Dobynes
Co-Mentor
Preaching, Protest and Politics: Speaking Truth to Power
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Rev. Dr. Sammie Dow
Co-Mentor
Pastoral Leadership and Church Renewal in an Evolving Society
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Rev. Dr. Ian Dunn
Co-Mentor
Randy Clark Scholars: Presenting the Gospel as Jesus Intended-In Love, Authority and Signs & Wonders
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Rev. Dr. D. Anthony Everett
Mentor
Prophetic Activism – From the Cross to the Community
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Rev. Dr. Lee Edward Fields, Jr.
Mentor
Preaching and Leadership Development for the 21st Century
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Rev. Dr. Micah Gaines
Co-Mentor
Pastoral Leadership and Church Renewal in an Evolving Society
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Dr. Charles E. Goodman, Jr.
Co-Mentor
Engaging and Growing Congregations Through Creative Pastoral Preaching and Leadership Models
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Dr. James Henry Harris
Co-Mentor
Getting in Front of the Text: Creating a New World Through Black Preaching
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Bishop Donald Hilliard
Co-Mentor
Builders and Bridgers: Transformational Approaches to Pastoral Leadership, Prophetic Preaching, and Spiritual Formation
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Rev. Dr. Derrick Hughes
Co-Mentor
The Efficacy of Historic African American Preaching from Emancipation to Present
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Dr. Sheila L. Johnson
Mentor
A Generational Approach for Today’s Urban Ministry in the Next Normal
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Dr. Jamison Hunter
Co-Mentor
Preaching & Leadership to Small and Mid-Size Congregations
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Rev. Dr. Leslie Tomlinson
Co-Mentor
Living the Historic Faith: Christian Wisdom for Today’s Church Focus Group
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Dr. Justus Hunter
Co-Mentor
Living the Historic Faith: Christian Wisdom for Today’s Church
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Dr. SueLee Jin
Mentor
Trailblazers: Renewing Church and Society through Unity Prayer Models
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Dr. Christopher M. Jones
Co-Mentor
Builders and Bridgers: Transformational Approaches to Pastoral Leadership, Prophetic Preaching, and Spiritual Formation
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Rev. Dr. Sue Nilson Kibbey
Co-Mentor
Open the Floodgates: Mobilize a Spiritual Movement
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Rev. Dr. Sungho Lee
Co-Mentor
Bishop Cho Scholars: Cross-Cultural Ministry & Spiritual Leadership
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Rev. Dr. Justin R. Lester
Co-Mentor
Emerging Technology, Sustainability, and Transformative Leadership
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Bishop Emeritus Michael Lowry
Co-Mentor
Living the Historic Faith: Christian Wisdom for Today’s Church
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Bishop Sir Walter Lee Mack, Jr.
Mentor
Effective Leadership for Creative Ministry in the Post-Modern Church
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Rev. Dr. Charlotte McSwine
Co-Mentor
Getting in Front of the Text: Creating a New World Through Black Preaching
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Rev. Dr. Eliseo A. Mejia
Mentor
Third Culture Church Planting: Third Culture Spirit-Empowered Leadership for the 21st Century
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Rev. Dr. Herbert Miller
MENTOR
The Church in the Heart of the Community, the Community in the Heart of the Church: Developing Inclusive Symbiotic Relationships Between Church and Community
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Rev. Dr. David M. Nelson
Co-Mentor
Sadler Fellows: Embracing the Shift: 21st Century Leadership Development for Innovation and Transformation
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Rev. Dr. George L. Parks, Jr.
Co-Mentor
Preaching and Leadership to Small and Mid-Size Congregations
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Rev. Dr. Phillip Pointer
Co-Mentor
Engaging and Growing Congregations Through Creative Pastoral Preaching and Leadership Models
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Rev. Dr. J. Elvin Sadler
CO-MENTOR
Sadler Fellows: Embracing the Shift: 21st Century Leadership Development for Innovation and Transformation
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REV. DR. CARL SOLOMON
Co-Mentor
Debnam, Solomon, Weah Scholars: Building Church & Community Wholeness by Reimagining Ministry for the Post Pandemic Era
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Rev. Dr. Charlie Stallworth
Co-Mentor
Preaching, Protest and Politics: Speaking Truth to Power
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Dr. Kevin Sykes
Co-Mentor
Building Bridges Out of Crises Moments for the Church and Community
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Bishop Lisa Weah
Co-Mentor
Debnam, Solomon, Weah Scholars: Building Church & Community Wholeness by Reimagining Ministry for the Post Pandemic Era
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Rev. Dr. Ralph West
Co-Mentor
The Efficacy of Historic African American Preaching from Emancipation to Present
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Rev. Dr. James H. Wilkes, Jr.
Co-Mentor
Emerging Technology, Sustainability, and Transformative Leadership
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Rev. Dr. Terri K. Williams
Co-Mentor
Enacting Martin Luther King Jr.’s Beloved Community
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