The Evangel Dean Basic Training Resource Handbook

6 • T ABLE OF C ONTENTS

Assignment 3: Read and Respond: Get Your Pretense On! . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 Assignment 4: Watch and Respond: The Centrality of the Church . . . . . . . . . . 100 Assignment 5: Read and Respond: What Is a Church? . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 Dean Exercise 1: How Will Evangel Help New Church Plants Embrace the Church and the World? . . . . 102 Dean Exercise 2: Seeing the Big Picture: Establishing Context . 104 Dean Exercise 3: Seeing the Big Picture: Establishing Values and Vision of Your Evangel School . . . 105 Dean Exercise 4: Evaluating Team Effectiveness . . . . . 108 Dean Exercise 5: Using Wisdom in Ministry: The PWR Process . 111 Dean Exercise 6: How Will Evangel Recruit and Assess Church Planters For and From the Poor? . . . . . . . 112 Dean Exercise 7: How Will We Coach At and After Evangel? . 113 Dean Exercise 8: Why Is It Both Prudent and Necessary to Develop a Team Charter? . . . . . . 115 Dean Exercise 9: Study of Charters. . . . . . . . . 116 Evangel School Training Deans’ Certification Form . . . . 117 Dean Exercise 10: How Will Deans Fund and Publicize Their Evangel School of Urban Church Planting? . . . . . 119 Appendix The Nicene Creed with Biblical Support . . . . . . . 123 World Impact Affirmation of Faith . . . . . . . . 125 Let God Arise! Prayer Concert . . . . . . . . . . 127 Our Distinctive: Advancing the Kingdom among the Urban Poor . 128 Overview of TUMI’s Resources From and For the Urban Poor . 136 The History of The Urban Ministry Institute . . . . . . 143 Overview of The Urban Ministry Institute’s Structure and Strategy . . . . . . . . . . . . 145 Why Develop Extension Centers for Theological Education? . 147