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Award for Excellence in Doctor of Ministry Research

Toward the end of the academic year, a committee of Seminary faculty selects one outstanding Doctor of Ministry project that demonstrates excellence in research, execution and results. The award, which was initiated in 2005, recognizes accomplishment with a certificate as well as a monetary token. (The award program was temporarily suspended in 2018 and 2019.)

Recipients of the award and the titles of their projects (linked to full-text where available) are...

2005
Steven Walikonis
Associate Pastor, College Place Village Church
College Place, Washington

   

2006
William Bossert
Pastor, Riverview Adventist Church, and Sea of Glass Tongan-American Group, Reno, Nevada
   

2007
Paulo Oliveira
On mission assignment in Dubai
   

2008
Robert Quillin
Retired pastor in Michigan Conference
   

Developing Jewish Awareness Seminars: A Model Implemented in Adventist Churches in Michigan

2009
Rodney Mills
Pastor, Scenic Hills Seventh-day Adventist Church, San Antonio, Texas
   

An Evaluation of the Implementation of Natural Church Development Within SDA Churches in the United States

2010
Milton Adams
Director, Simple Church Network, a house church network sponsored by the North American Division
   

2011
James Wibberding
Pastor, Silver Lake Seventh-day Adventist Church, Washington State
   

2012
Samuel Garbi
Pastor, Lancaster SDA Church; Prairie du Chien SDA Church; Richland Center SDA Church, Wisconsin
   

2013
Kamil Cak
Director of Patient Relations at Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters, and Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, Virginia
   

Using Spiritual Practices to Reduce Moral Distress Among Nationwide Children's Hospital's NICU Nurses

2014
Tara Vincross
Senior Pastor, Azure Hills Seventh-day Adventist Church
Grand Terrace, California
   

2015
Stephen Yeagley
Assistant Vice President for Student Life/Director of Co-Curricular Education/GSA Sponsor
大象传媒 University
   

Teaching Media Literacy as a Pastoral Skill for Seventh-day Adventist Seminary Students

2016
Allan Chichester
Senior Pastor, Toronto Central Seventh-day Adventist Church
Ontario, Canada

   

2017
Osvaldo de Lima Ferreira
Pastor, Santa Genebra district of the Central São Paolo Conference
São Paulo, Brazil

    Development of a Program to Increase Pastoral Motivation and Engagement Levels in Mission in the East São Paulo Conference, Brazil