| Table of Contents | 5 |
| Seminars | 15 |
| 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 | 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 | 83 |
| Seminar 9 - Publicizing and Funding Your Evangel School | 91 |
| Seminar 10 - Evangel Support and Resources | 93 |
| Assignments and Dean Exercises | 95 |
| 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 |
| 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 | 105 |
| Dean Exercise 4 - Evaluating Team Effectiveness | 108 |
| Dean Exercise 5 - Using Wisdom in Ministry | 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 |
| Dean Exercise 10 - How Will Deans Fund and Publicize Their Evangel School of Urban Church Planting? | 119 |
| Appendix | 121 |
| 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 |
| 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 | 159 |
| Evangel Dean Training and Hosting Evangel Schools | 164 |
| Dean and Dean TeamRequirements and Certification | 165 |
| Three Sample Evangel School Budgets | 167 |
| Evangel Church Planter Assessment | 171 |
| Evangel Church Plant Charter Form | 180 |
| Key Principles and Other Tools for Evangel Field Coaches and Assessor Coaches | 182 |
| Urban Church Planting | 189 |
| Top Ten Principles for Elders | 209 |
| Preaching and Teaching | 214 |
| Suffering for the Gospel | 216 |
| “Framework” for an Urban Church Association | 218 |
| A Quick Guide to an Urban Church Association | 220 |
| Table of Contents | 221 |
| Framework | 222 |
| Core Components | 223 |
| Participation | 225 |
| UCA Structure and Governmental Procedures | 228 |
| Membership Requirements | 229 |
| Suggested Outline for Monthly Fellowship | 230 |
| Evangel Session Summary | 232 |
| Additional Readings, Seminars, and Team Exercises | 243 |
| What Is a Church? | 245 |
| Assessing Urban Christian Leaders | 248 |
| Assessing Urban Church Planters | 255 |
| The Evangel Strategy | 264 |
| Toward a Flexible Strategy for Ministry | 273 |
| Charters, Coaches, and the Ongoing PWR Process | 282 |
| Families of Churches | 285 |
| Church Plants and Urban Church Associations | 288 |
| Defining Our Convictions, Distinctives, and Applications | 297 |
| The Threefold Cord of Urban Cross-Cultural Church Planting Movements | 301 |
| The Communal Context of Authentic Christian Leadership | 302 |
| Church Planting Models | 303 |
| Evangel and Movements | 306 |
| Field Coaches | 308 |
| Evangel School Resource Pack Information | 309 |