Onesimus Workbook

72 • T HE O NESIMUS W ORKSHOP : W ELCOMING F ORMER P RISONERS INTO THE L IFE OF THE C HURCH

A PPENDIX 15 The Evangel Network and the Evangel School of Urban Church Planting www.tumi.org/churchplanting

Planting Outposts of the Kingdom among the Lost • Owning a vision to declare Christ as Lord and embody his victory in communities where he is not yet known. • To collaborate and connect with like-minded people dedicated to leverage their resources to fulfill the Great Commission in the cities of America and around the world. • Sharing resources and relationships to identify, equip, and release indigenous leaders to plant churches and launch new church planting movements. The Evangel School of Urban Church Planting Our Evangel School of Urban Church Planting trains church planters to plant healthy churches among the city’s poor, applying biblical wisdom in order to effectively evangelize, equip, and empower unreached city folk to respond to the love of Christ, and take their place in representing Christ’s Kingdom where they live and work. The Evangel School provides a tool for urban churches, denominations, and mission agencies to host a contextualized church plant school in their city or region for those God has called to plant churches among the urban poor. The Evangel School Boot Camp includes a team assessment and an application process which helps to confirm that the planter has the calling, character, and competence required of a church planter working among the poor. Evangel Coaches come alongside the church planters and their teams to listen and cooperate with the Holy Spirit to see that their vision becomes a reality.