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			The Phenomenon of Power in the Church: an Investigation and Analysis of the Relational Dynamics Experienced in the Context of the Assertion of Authority
	2006 William Bossert Pastor, Riverview Adventist Church, and Sea of Glass Tongan-American Group, Reno, Nevada			The Process and Adaptation of the Ministries of the Wausau Seventh-day Adventist Church in the Liquid Modernity Matrix to Those Born After 1964
	2007 Paulo Oliveira On mission assignment in Dubai			Developing an Interdisciplinary Analysis and Application of Worldview Concepts for Christian Mission
	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			Developing, Planting and Multiplying an Adventist House Church Using Principles of Missiology in The Florida Conference of Seventh-day Adventists
	2011 James Wibberding Pastor, Silver Lake Seventh-day Adventist Church, Washington State			Lay Pastor Development: A Curriculum to Equip Lay Pastor Candidates to Serve in the Pennsylvania Conference
	2012 Samuel Garbi Pastor, Lancaster SDA Church; Prairie du Chien SDA Church; Richland Center SDA Church, Wisconsin			Safety as a Foundational Prerequisite to Spiritual Growth and Effective Church Life in the Fox Valley Seventh-day Adventist Church of the Fox Valley District in 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			Discipleship Process as a Catalyst for Mission Orientation in the Chestnut Hill Seventh-day Adventist Church
	2015 Stephen Yeagley Assistant Vice President for Student Life/Director of Co-Curricular Education/GSA Sponsor Andrews 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			A Strategic Marketing Plan for Community Ministries at the Toronto West Seventh-day Adventist Church
	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