Natural Church Development

Natural Church Development (NCD) to churches is what pruning shears are to plants. It is a tool to help create healthy Adventist churches that grow.

Tired of revolving doors in your congregation? Frustrated with talented and loving, broken or hurting individuals joining your church, only to disappear a few weeks later? Struggling to figure out why your public evangelism programs just don’t work?

Natural Church Development exists to combat these issues. It is here to help your church provide a safe, empowering haven where people want to stay.

What’s in it for my church?

Two things: Growth and retention.

Your church will be transformed from a place people go, to the reason why they stay.

Church is the people! We cannot grow our churches if we do not grow our people. This requires strong spiritual aptitude and possibly organisational and culture change.

Natural Church Development looks at the data and statistics of your church to find its strengths and weaknesses. We then provide tools and strategies to develop in these areas that may not be natural to the local church.

By eradicating the things that stunt and hinder the church, we improve the hands and the hearts of its members. This allows the church to thrive and bloom.

Areas that NCD explore

– Empowering Leadership
– Gift-based Ministry
– Passionate Spiritually
– Effective Structures
– Inspiring Worship Service
– Holistic Small Groups
– Need-oriented Evangelism
– Loving Relationships

Further reading on Natural Church Development: All by Itself: An introduction to Natural Church Development by Christian A Schwarz, and Creating Healthy Adventists Churches through Natural Church Development by Russell Burrill and Tom L. Evans.

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Natural Church Development

What’s in it for my church?

Two things: Growth and retention.

Your church will be transformed from a place people go, to the reason why they stay.

Natural Church Development

Areas that NCD explore

Patricia Goncalves

Special Projects Coordinator & Director

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