Overview
The Doctor of Ministry (DMin) in Leadership with a Concentration in Women and Ministry focuses on solid biblical, theological, and historical foundations for women and leadership. Men and women will be equipped to support the spiritual, mental, physical, and emotional health of female participants, volunteers and leaders in the church. This includes refinement of hermeneutical skills, theological enrichment, and historical awareness. Students will interact with different models of leadership while becoming aware of vocational issues unique to women.
The completion of a portfolio will allow students to create and define a personal model of leadership while undertaking a field ministry research project that looks at an aspect of women and leadership in their context. Students will be introduced to and interact with women who have current and relevant leadership experience as they reflect upon how to lead well within their own contexts.
The admissions committee is looking for students with a Master of Divinity (MDiv) or equivalent degree who have at least three years of Christian ministry experience post-graduation. View Admissions Requirements →
Next Track Begins:
May 2027
Application Deadlines
December 15, 2026 (International Students)
December 15, 2026 (Canadian & US Students Without an MDiv)
January 15, 2027 (Canadian & US Students With an MDiv)
Residency Dates
June 7-18, 2027
January 4-7, 2028
Program Format
The Women and Leadership concentration in the Doctor of Ministry Leadership Track is a cohort model, with some sequenced courses. Students will complete 12 courses within 3 years, with distance learning and residency phases each year.
- The distance learning phase includes reading, writing, research, reflection, application, and collaboration primarily supported by teachers, personal growth coaches, and research portfolio advisors.
- The residency phase – two weeks in June and one week in January – includes worship and prayer, lectures, plenary discussions, group activities, small group meetings, and individual work.
Post-DMin Certificate
The Post-DMin Certificate is designed for people who already have a DMin but want to take additional courses as continued education. Students will complete 3 courses† within 3 years.
Course titles, descriptions and sequence may be modified when warranted after due process by the DMin Program Committee and Academic Planning Committee.
Courses
- Year A: Foundations
- DMML 0901 Formation of the Leader §
- DMWL0901 Women Participating in God’s Story (Women and Leadership Concentration Course 1) §†
- DMML 0941 Exegeting Your Ministry Context (Portfolio Project 1) ¥
- DMML 0904 Leadership and Systems Theory ¥
- Year B: Development
- DMML 0907 Leadership Development §
- DMWL0902 Women Shaped by the Ministry of Christ (Women and Leadership Concentration Course 2) §†
- DMML 0942 Philosophy of Christian Leadership (Portfolio Project 2) ¥
- DMML 0952 Integration Proposal ¥
- Year C: Consolidation
- DMML 0943 Ministry-Based Field Research (Portfolio Project 3) §
- DMWL 0903 Women as Full Participants in the Transforming Work of the Spirit (Women and Leadership Concentration Course 3) §†
- DMML 0905 Intercultural Leadership Competency ¥
- DMML 0953 Integration Portfolio ¥
§ includes 1 week of summer residency
¥ hybrid course includes ½ week winter residency
† Courses included in the Post-DMin Certificate
Marilyn Draper
Concentration Coordinator
mdraper@tyndale.ca | 416.226.6620 ext. 2185
Rev. Dr. Marilyn Draper is Associate Professor of Practical Theology. As a church planter and an ordained minister, Dr. Draper combines years of frontline ministry experience with theological expertise. She earned a PhD in Christian Theology from McMaster Divinity College. Her dissertation, entitled “Lived Doxology: A Spiritual Theology for the Church in Mission,” is an interdisciplinary examination of theological and spiritual foundations required for contemporary Christian leaders to live missionally in our current global context.
Sarah Han
Dr. Sarah Han is Assistant Professor of Pastoral Ministry and brings practical ministry experience as an ordained minister and theological expertise as an academic. Dr. Han considers herself to be "third culture" Canadian-Korean-Chinese and her formative theology was shaped on the mission field abroad. She has provided leadership in the Canadian immigrant church context for over a decade and has diverse experience in the Canadian public and private sectors. Dr. Han's vocational commitment and theological passion are to critically observe and reflect on how ecclesiology shapes and informs missiology and her research focuses on an intercultural, intergenerational, missional ecclesiology for Canada.