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Well, my first calendar year of this doctoral program is complete. Each semester was a little different but strategic in preparing us for the next semester. I knew so much about Hong Kong (theoretically) before visiting, and as I write this blog, I feel like I have already visited London. Everyone is qualified to be in the program because of our previous graduate degree or degrees. However, we quickly learned that the more we learn, the more we realize that we do not know.<\/p>\n
There are a few things that have changed since enrolling in this doctoral program:<\/p>\n I have used the BRAVE approach to highlight how George Fox has helped me lead differently.<\/p>\n The George Fox Melting Pot<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Well, my first calendar year of this doctoral program is complete. Each semester was a little different but strategic in preparing us for the next semester. I knew so much about Hong Kong (theoretically) before visiting, and as I write this blog, I feel like I have already visited London. Everyone is qualified to be […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":69,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13507","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13507","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/69"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13507"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13507\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13507"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13507"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13507"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"IMG_8724\"](\"http:\/\/dminlgp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/IMG_8724-300x200.jpg\")
This is a ministry degree, but it is not a church degree program. This doctoral program embraces global leadership with ministry context in ![\"2015-10-02](\"http:\/\/dminlgp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/2015-10-02-02.40.15-Copy.jpg\")
<\/a>every facet in that my mentor lives in London, and my advisor lives in Australia, while the program directors live in Oregan. Most blended programs (online and face-to-face) limit their writings to discussion boards, but George Fox used a combination of blogs to help us create an online social community without the academic jargon. Writing blogs gave us an opportunity to develop our confidence as leaders, while exposing us to a world of public critique and preparedness to defend our writing.<\/p>\n\n
<\/a>Throughout the different facets of this program, I have noticed the subtle personal transformation from an inattentive leader to a more intentional and culturally aware\u2026developing leader. I made a decision to take each <\/a>instruction from the leaders of this program so I can make an immediate impact in any academic, professional and cultural setting. When I started this program, I served on the music of my church. Now, I serve on the church planting team as the music ministry developer and church leadership. Also, I have been tasked with the responsibility to be the liaison between my senior pastor and the network churches. Hence, I am using my George Fox skills to connect with all the churches in our county by engaging diverse denominations and cultures.<\/p>\n\n
America has a diverse population that started with waves of immigrants. When we consider the DMin program at George Fox, people are welcomed from different countries, race, and religions with a desire to develop their cultural awareness and leadership. With such diversity, Jase said his intent was to challenge our thinking as doctoral students. Each reading prepares us for each international advance (theoretically). The readings are supported by asynchronous discussions that help with our engagement with the books. As we begin our research projects, we can find relevance based on the books we read and the quality discussions. I had not changed much in my research topic from when I initially started this class.
\n<\/a>It is very easy to see this program as an iceberg and only observing the tip (application, tuition, and the program overview). However, you would miss the chunk of ice below the surface (values, cohort, tradition, experiences, and behaviors). While each student enters the program from diverse backgrounds with different goals, we assimilate into one cohesive group; a cohort, a family, LGP6. This cohesive is not automatic; we continue to create our community gradually through the advance, weekly chats, emails, blogs and sometimes text. One of the uniqueness is that although we have diverse denominations (tribe), George Fox somehow managed to create a program without the denominational biases. We are not stripped of our identity, but we are challenged to become intentional in how we engage culture. We are now doing things the George Fox way through \u201cPersonal Leadership Development\u201d with an \u201cExpanded Perspective\u201d while creating an \u201cInnovative Ministry\u201d through the many experiences.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"