The Evangel Dean Basic Training Resource Handbook

240 • T HE E VANGEL D EAN B ASIC T RAINING R ESOURCE H ANDBOOK

Reading Assignments, Team Discussions, and Team Worksheets RA: On World Impact’s “Empowering the Urban Poor” (pp. 195-200) RA: Responding to God’s Call to the Poor (pp. 201-202) RA: As You Form Your Plan, Keep Your

Session Team Exercise

Exercise Purpose

Session 2 Exercise 3

Prepare: Be the Church (pp. 188-205)

• Seek God regarding the target population and community. • Seek God regarding the formation of your church plant team, the initial church which community believers can join. • Select reproducible models to contextualize standard church practices. • Initiate discussions about associations, denominations, or other affiliations. Brainstorm and discuss how you might: • Invite mature believers to join the church. • Recruit and organize volunteers to conduct ongoing evangelistic events and holistic outreach to win associates and neighbors to Christ. • Engage the community as God leads and follow-up new believers. • Adjust if there is no response in your initial target area.

Overall Purpose in Mind (pp. 203-204)

RA: Key Roles of a

Church Planting Team (p. 205)

TD: Prepare: Be the

Church (40 questions, pp. 191-194)

TP: Team Prayer

Session 3 Exercise 4

Launch: Expand the Church (pp. 288-291)

TD: Launch: Expand the Church (15 questions, pp. 290-291) TP: Team Prayer