The Evangel Dean School - Developing Wisdom

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Table of Contents	3
Welcome Letter	7
Our Mission-Critical Perspectives	9
TUMI Theological Commitments	10
Life and Witness of the Church	11
Devotionals	13
Devotional 1 - Prayer Is the Walkie-Talkie of Faith	15
Devotional 2 - God Is a Warrior	17
Devotional 3 - Freedom in Christ	19
Devotional 4 - The Power of Praise	21
Plenaries	23
Plenary 1 - Jesus Is Lord	25
Plenary 2 - Movements and Networks	29
Plenary 3 - Fit to Represent	35
Plenary 4 - The Holy Spirit	39
Plenary 5 - The Gospel of Jesus Christ	43
Appendix	47
Appendix 1 - The Nicene Creed with Biblical Support	49
Appendix 2 - The Story of God: Our Sacred Roots	52
Appendix 3 - Handing Down the Apostolic Deposit	53
Appendix 4 - Christus Victor	54
Appendix 5 - The Theology of Christus Victor	55
Appendix 6 - Jesus of Nazareth: The Presence of the Future	56
Appendix 7 - Ethics of the New Testament	57
Appendix 8 - A Call to an Ancient Evangelical Future	58
Appendix 9 - Associations and Urban Church Planting Movements	62
Appendix 10 - That We May Be One	67
Appendix 11 - Discerning Valid Urban Church Planting Movements	69
Appendix 12 - Rapid Church Multiplication	70
Appendix 13 - Understanding and Practice of Church Planting Movement Principles	72
Appendix 14 - The Threefold Cord of Urban Cross-Cultural Church Planting Movements	73
Appendix 15 - World Impact's Church Planting Schema and the Pauline Cycle	74
Appendix 16 - Planting Urban Churches	75
Appendix 17 - The Interaction of Class, Culture, and Race	81
Appendix 18 - The Complexity of Difference	82
Appendix 19 - Targeting Unreached Groups in Churched Neighborhoods	83
Appendix 20 - Ten Key Cross-Cultural Church Planting Principles	84
Appendix 21 - Getting a Good Team Rhythm	85
Appendix 22 - Steps to Equipping Others	88
Appendix 23 - Representin': Jesus as God's Chosen Representative	90
Appendix 24 - Understanding Leadership as Representation	91
Appendix 25 - Investment, Empowerment, and Assessment	92
Appendix 26 - We Can Do It?!	93
Appendix 27 - Suffering: The Cost of Discipleship and Servant-Leadership	97
Appendix 28 - Fit to Represent	99
Appendix 29 - The Efficiency of Dynamic Standardization	100
Appendix 30 - The Heartbeat of a Church Planter	101
Appendix 31 - Resourcing the Great Commission	114
Appendix 32 - Three Contexts of Urban Christian Leadership Development	116
Appendix 33 - Hosting Your Own Evangel School of Urban Church Planting	117
Appendix 34 - Evangel Process Overview	123
Appendix 35 - Evangel Dean Training and Hosting Evangel Schools	128
Appendix 36 - Dean and Dean Team Requirements and Certification	129
Appendix 37 - From Seeker to Sensei: Developing Effective Movement Apprenticeshps	131
Appendix 38 - Toward a Flexible Strategy for Ministry	135
Appendix 39 - Evangel Resource Pack Information	144

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