The Doctor of Transformational Leadership (DTL) is designed for leaders in organizations that are focused on urban relief, development or advocacy, or cultural influence, from a Christian perspective. These organizations can be non-profit, for-profit or government entities. The DTL degree does not require an MDiv as a pre-requisite but an earned master’s degree from an accredited institution in any field is a requirement.
This degree emerged from two needs faced by BGU students and potential students. First, with the addition of two new BGU business masters’ degrees, BGU has found leaders who would like to continue their studies in business and organizational leadership but they are not in a local church setting, and a DMin is not exactly right for them. Second, many BGU students work in countries where the word “ministry” is either a confusing or a negative political term and the DTL is a degree that serves the needs of leaders in both cross-cultural and diverse organizational and political settings.
(Option 1) City Transformation: Engages leaders in the process of exegeting their cities and mobilizing city leadership to address the core problems and best opportunities in their city, culminating with a city consultation project and doctoral final project focused on a transformation process in their city.
Option 1 Program:
Overture 1 (in various cities around the world)
International Urban Leadership (in various cities around the world)
Project Design Methodology
Specialization Package - Mentored Studies:
MCC 710 - Exegeting Your Community (1st)
MCC 712 - Asset Based Community Development and Appreciative Inquiry (2nd)
MCC 711 - Identifying/Gathering City Leadership Toward Christ-Centered Civic Renewal
Doctoral Final Project: A City-Wide Consultation
(2) Entrepreneurial Organizational Transformation: Focuses leaders in assessing their own organization’s potential contribution to city transformation culminating in a change process project and doctoral final project focused on their organization. Leaders in the following areas receive specialized curriculum:
a. Non-profit/NGO leaders: focuses on the non-profit in any global context.
b. Transformational Business leaders: focuses on the business context.
c. Leadership Foundations: focuses on the Leadership Foundation context.
d. Emerging Urban Leaders: focuses on the student ministry context.
North American Urban Leadership: focuses on North American urban contexts, including non-profit leaders.
Option 2 Program:
Overture 1 (various international settings)
Project Design Methodology
Specialization Package – Mentored Studies:
MCC 710 - Exegeting Your Community (should be taken before MCC 702 and MCC 701)
MCC 701 - Community Development or MCC 712 - Asset Based Community Development and Appreciative Inquiry (take 2nd)
MCC 702 Urban Immersion or MCC 711 - Identifying/Gathering City Leadership Toward Christ-Centered Civic Renewal (take 3rd)
Doctoral Final Project: Major project for your organization
(3) Cultural Transformation: Equips leaders to discern their gifts and calling; intensify their spiritual development; and create opportunities for transformational influence in the cultures where they live and work.
Option 3 Program:
Overture 1 (various international settings)
Personal Assessment
Project Design Methodology
Specialization Package: (12 credits): combination of Mentored Studies, Independent Studies, Electives, Courses and/or Urban Immersions.
Doctoral Final Project: Major project focused on Cultural Transformation
The DTL program concludes with a Final Project, which focuses on the student’s area of concentration and leadership context.
