The Evangel Dean Basic Training Resource Handbook

T ABLE OF C ONTENTS • 7

What Is a Satellite of The Urban Ministry Institute? . . . . 154 The Strategic Role of the Local Church in Your Institute . . . 156 Three Levels of Ministry Investment . . . . . . . . 158 Evangel Process Overview: Planning Process for Evangel School Deans . . . . . . 159 Evangel Dean Training and Hosting Evangel Schools. . . . 164 Dean and Dean Team Requirements and Certification . . . 165 Three Sample Evangel School Budgets . . . . . . . 167 Evangel Church Planter Assessment: Pre-Evangel Team Leader Process Overview . . . . . . 171 Evangel Church Plant Charter Form . . . . . . . . 180 Key Principles and Other Tools for Evangel Field Coaches and Assessor Coaches . . . . . . 182 Urban Church Planting: A Topical Bibliography . . . . . 189 Top Ten Principles for Elders . . . . . . . . . . 209 Preaching and Teaching . . . . . . . . . . . 214 Suffering for the Gospel: The Cost of Discipleship and Servant-Leadership . . . . . 216 “Framework” for an Urban Church Association . . . . . 218 A Quick Guide to an Urban Church Association . . . . . 220 Evangel Session Summary . . . . . . . . . . . 232 Additional Readings, Seminars, and Team Exercises Reading: What Is a Church? . . . . . . . . . . 245 Seminar: Assessing Urban Christian Leaders . . . . . . 248 Seminar: The Evangel Strategy. . . . . . . . . . 264 Seminar: Toward a Flexible Strategy for Ministry: Coordinating the Team for Success . . . . . . . . 273 Seminar: Charters, Coaches, and the Ongoing PWR Process . . 282 Seminar: Families of Churches: Movements, Associations, and Denominations . . . . . 285