| Table of Contents | 7 |
| Seminars | 17 |
| Seminar 1 - The Evangel Church Plant School and TUMI’s Vision | 19 |
| Seminar 2 - Evangel | 29 |
| Seminar 3 - Evangel Emphasizes Team | 31 |
| Seminar 4 - Hosting Your Own Evangel School of Urban Church Planting | 55 |
| Seminar 5 - Evangel’s Prepare, Launch, Assemble, Nurture, and Transition Phases | 61 |
| Seminar 6 - Assessment and Church Planters For/From the Urban Poor | 67 |
| Seminar 7 - The Coaches and the Church Plant Team at Evangel | 77 |
| Seminar 8 - How to Jump Start a Dead Spiritual Battery | 85 |
| Seminar 9 - Publicizing and Funding Your Evangel School | 93 |
| Seminar 10 - Evangel Support and Resources | 95 |
| Assignments and Dean Exercises | 97 |
| Assignment 1 - Read and Respond: Readings on the Poor | 99 |
| Assignment 2 - Read and Respond: Sacred Roots: A Primer on Retrieving the Great Tradition | 100 |
| Assignment 3 - Read and Respond: Get Your Pretense On! | 101 |
| Assignment 4 - Watch and Respond: The Centrality of the Church | 102 |
| Assignment 5 - Read and Respond: What Is a Church? | 103 |
| Dean Exercise 1 - How Will Evangel Help New Church Plants Embrace the Church and the World? | 104 |
| Dean Exercise 2 - Seeing the Big Picture: Establishing Context | 106 |
| Dean Exercise 3 - Seeing the Big Picture | 107 |
| Dean Exercise 4 - Evaluating Team Effectiveness | 110 |
| Dean Exercise 5 - Using Wisdom in Ministry | 113 |
| Dean Exercise 6 - How Will Evangel Recruit and Assess Church Planters For and From the Poor? | 114 |
| Dean Exercise 7 - How Will We Coach At and After Evangel? | 115 |
| Dean Exercise 8 - Why Is It Both Prudent and Necessary to Develop a Team Charter? | 117 |
| Dean Exercise 9 - Study of Charters | 118 |
| Dean Exercise 10 - How Will Deans Fund and Publicize Their Evangel School of Urban Church Planting? | 121 |
| Appendix | 123 |
| The Nicene Creed with Biblical Support | 125 |
| World Impact Affirmation of Faith | 127 |
| Let God Arise! Prayer Concert | 129 |
| Our Distinctive: Advancing the Kingdom among the Urban Poor | 130 |
| Overview of TUMI’s Resources From and For the Urban Poor | 138 |
| The History of The Urban Ministry Institute | 145 |
| Overview of The Urban Ministry Institute’s Structure and Strategy | 147 |
| Why Develop Extension Centers for Theological Education? | 149 |
| What Is a Satellite of The Urban Ministry Institute? | 156 |
| The Strategic Role of the Local Church in Your Institute | 158 |
| Three Levels of Ministry Investment | 160 |
| Evangel Process Overview | 161 |
| Evangel Dean Training and Hosting Evangel Schools | 166 |
| Dean and Dean TeamRequirements and Certification | 167 |
| Three Sample Evangel School Budgets | 169 |
| Evangel Church Planter Assessment | 173 |
| Evangel Church Plant Charter Form | 182 |
| Key Principles and Other Tools for Evangel Field Coaches and Assessor Coaches | 184 |
| Urban Church Planting | 191 |
| Top Ten Principles for Elders | 211 |
| Preaching and Teaching | 216 |
| Suffering for the Gospel | 218 |
| “Framework” for an Urban Church Association | 220 |
| A Quick Guide to an Urban Church Association | 222 |
| Table of Contents | 223 |
| Framework | 224 |
| Core Components | 225 |
| Participation | 227 |
| UCA Structure and Governmental Procedures | 230 |
| Membership Requirements | 231 |
| Suggested Outline for Monthly Fellowship | 232 |
| Evangel Session Summary | 234 |
| Additional Readings, Seminars, and Team Exercises | 245 |
| What Is a Church? | 247 |
| Assessing Urban Christian Leaders | 250 |
| Assessing Urban Church Planters | 257 |
| The Evangel Strategy | 266 |
| Toward a Flexible Strategy for Ministry | 275 |
| Charters, Coaches, and the Ongoing PWR Process | 284 |
| Families of Churches | 287 |
| Church Plants and Urban Church Associations | 290 |
| Defining Our Convictions, Distinctives, and Applications | 299 |
| The Threefold Cord of Urban Cross-Cultural Church Planting Movements | 303 |
| The Communal Context of Authentic Christian Leadership | 304 |
| Church Planting Models | 305 |
| Evangel and Movements | 308 |
| Field Coaches | 310 |
| Evangel School Resource Pack Information | 311 |