Evangel Dean Basic Training Manual-English

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Assignment 3: Read and Respond: Get Your Pretense On! Assignment 4: Watch and Respond: The Centrality of the Church Assignment 5: Read and Respond: What Is a Church?

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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