The Evangel Dean Basic Training Resource Handbook

Table of Contents

Welcome Letter . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 The Vision and Objectives of the Evangel Dean Training. . . . 11 Foundational Church Planting Convictions . . . . . . . 13

Seminars Seminar 1: The Evangel Church Plant School and TUMI’s Vision . . 17 Seminar 2: Evangel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Seminar 3: Evangel Emphasizes Team . . . . . . . . . 29 Seminar 4: Hosting Your Own Evangel School of Urban Church Planting: The Process from A to Z . . . . . . 53 Seminar 5: Evangel’s Prepare, Launch, Assemble, Nurture, and Transition Phases. . . . . . . . 59 Seminar 6: Assessment and Church Planters For/From the Urban Poor . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Seminar 7: The Coaches and the Church Plant Team at Evangel . . 75 Seminar 8: How to Jump Start a Dead Spiritual Battery: Rediscovering Our Calls as the Stewards of God . . . . . . 83 Seminar 9: Publicizing and Funding Your Evangel School . . . 91 Seminar 10: Evangel Support and Resources . . . . . . . 93 Assignments and Dean Exercises Assignment 1: Read and Respond: Readings on the Poor . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 Assignment 2: Read and Respond: Sacred Roots: A Primer on Retrieving the Great Tradition . . . 98