My Doctoral Thesis on Missional Communities

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This past few years, I have had the joy of participating the Doctor of Educational Ministry program at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.  I participated in a cohort of five executive pastors under the supervision of my friend Dan Dumas, and the product of that time was a thesis entitled “Missional Community as a Model for Integrated Discipleship in an American Context”.

If you read this blog frequently, you’ll recognize much of the material that I’ve written her provided the foundations for the thesis, but I expanded the ideas and provided the academic background that drove much of my thinking and practice.

As you continue to lead and experiment with making disciples, I pray this work would serve you well!  Click below to download it:

Engstrom DEdMin Thesis – Missional Communities


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5 responses to “My Doctoral Thesis on Missional Communities”

  1. Todd, thank you for sharing this gold mine with us! I’m eager to read your thesis. Congratulations on finishing your program! That’s a tremendous accomplishment. I know that’s a difficult road (I’m writing my PhD Dissertation in Historical Theology at TEDS and am finding it an uphill climb).

    1. I hope you enjoy it! Keep plugging away Eric, it’ll be done before you know it.

  2. Reading your thesis now, it’s very encouraging and so helpful. Thank you so much for sharing it with us! I believe the thoughts and ideas God is bringing to me through this (and hopefully to the rest of my staff when I encourage them to read it) will be game changing in our church and our discipleship strategy. Blessings to you, your family, and the Austin Stone!

    1. I’m glad it’s been helpful and encouraging!

  3. Todd, thanks for sharing this! I’m working on my DMin at Rockbridge Seminary, and figuring out how to apply these principles to helping university professors become missional disciple makers. I loved your master class at Verge on Practical Strategies for Missional Communities, and chuckled at your geeking out on dashboards and strategic planning and metrics, etc. You are not alone my friend 🙂

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