Natural
Church Development is a wonderful
tool which congregations of all sizes can use to measure the quality of
their ministry. Rev. Christian Schwarz, NCD developer has found that when
churches focus on their spiritual health, the Lord brings about both internal
and external growth. Having worked among German churches for a number
of years, he broadened his studies to include churches from around the
world. To date, more than 12,000 churches in 50 countries from 6 continents
in 30 languages have utilized NCD, including more than 40 congregations
in the Texas District, LC-MS. The research results confirm what many leaders
have known intuitively -- healthy churches are growing churches, making
committed disciples in loving obedience to Christ. The Mission and Ministry
Facilitators are all trained NCD coaches. This biblically based tool can
assist your congregation to determine its minimum factor in 8 essential
qualities of ministry:
+ Empowering leadership
+ Gift-oriented ministry
+ Passionate spirituality
+ Functional structures
+ Inspiring worship
+ Holistic small groups
+ Need-oriented evangelism
+ Loving relationships
Paul can then provide coaching to assist your congregation to address and make improvements in your minimum factor area. To download a Prospectus on how Congregations click here.
