DMin Application Procedures

Complete our online application, or email our admissions office at  to request a printable, PDF version of the application. Applications are good for up to one year after submission.

Submit official academic transcripts from ALL colleges, theological colleges, or seminaries from which you have received credit hours. 

Please ask the Registrar of your previous school to send transcripts to Saint Paul via Parchment or to our mailing address:

Saint Paul School of Theology
Attn: Admissions
13720 Roe Ave., Building C
Leawood, KS  66224

For the Doctor of Ministry, a Master of Divinity degree (or Bachelor of Divinity (BD) equivalent professional ministry degree)  from a regionally & ATS accredited seminary and a minimum grade point average of 3.0 or higher (on a 4.0 scale) are required.

For the Doctor of Ministry, four (4) letters of recommendation are required.

Recommendation forms are included in the Saint Paul online application. Please fill them out when you apply online, or email our admissions office at  to request a printable, PDF version of the recommendation forms. Recommendations from family members are not acceptable.

You must submit a personal statement of approximately two to four typed pages, double-spaced. Your essay should demonstrate that your writing skills are appropriate for graduate work. For more information, see the Admissions form.

• Doctor of Ministry applicants: Applicants should briefly narrate their background, positions in ministry, continuing education experiences, and future plans for ministry with the latter comprising no more than one page of the total four double-spaced typed pages. The applicant should state his or her purpose in pursuing the DMin degree and how the degree at Saint Paul will enhance his or her own ministry. The applicant should refer to the experiences and theological resources that inform his or her interests.

Applicants must submit a theological writing sample of at least 10 pages, double-spaced. If the submission is more than 10 pages, please indicate which 10 pages you wish the Committee to read.

Two options for the theological writing sample:

1. Applicants analyze a poignant ministerial situation from an explicitly defined theological perspective.  Use carefully selected biblical, historical, and theological sources to inform your thinking.  Make sure theological issues implicit in the situation are addressed and that constructive suggestions for ministry are offered.  This reflection should be related substantively to the applicant's primary interests in the DMin degree.  OR...
   
   
2. Applicants submit a previously written work (e.g., an academic paper or a theological substantive sermon).  If the paper or sermon exceeds the page limit, indicate the four pages that you wish the committee to read.

A completed background check disclosure and authorization form is required.*

*Background checks will be conducted by a third party provider, Castlebranch.com, for all admitted students as a condition of enrollment. The cost of the background check is the responsibility of the applicant and paid directly to Castlebranch.com.

A non-refundable application fee will be due when your seminary application is submitted.

Doctor of Ministry Applications: $60.00