On This Rock - A Church Planting Sampler

E MPOWERING I NDIGENOUS L EADERSHIP • 151

Overview of TUMI’s Resources on the Urban Poor

Source: The Evangel Dean Handbook, pp. 133-139

The Urban Ministry Institute (TUMI) has developed more than seven hundred resources for equipping church leaders to engage in urban ministry and mission. Currently these resources are being used in hundreds of churches and urban ministries around the globe. The resources fall into three categories: Church Planting, Spiritual Formation and Discipleship, and Leadership Development.

I. Church Planting

A. What are the two most important practical tools for Church Plant Team Leaders and Field Coaches?

1. Don Allsman, Don L. Davis, and Hank Voss, eds., Ripe for Harvest: A Guidebook for Planting Healthy Churches in the City. Wichita, KS: TUMI Press, 2015.

2. Evangel School Resource Pack

B. What are the two most important theological books for Church Planters?

1. Davis, Don. Sacred Roots: A Primer on Retrieving the Great Tradition . Wichita, KS: The Urban Ministry Institute, 2010.

2. Ladd, George Eldon. A Theology of the New Testament . Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1993.

C. What is the most important supplementary resource produced by TUMI for urban church planters and field coaches?

1. Don L. Davis, ed., Planting Churches among the City’s Poor: An Anthology of Urban Church Planting Resources, Volume 1: Theological and Missiological Perspectives for Church Planters . Wichita, KS: TUMI Press, 2015. 2. Don L. Davis, ed., Planting Churches among the City’s Poor: An Anthology of Urban Church Planting Resources, Volume 2: Resources and Tools for Coaches and Teams . Wichita, KS: TUMI Press, 2015.