At our February 11 congregation meeting the council will present a strategy for church growth called, “Natural Church Development”. At the heart of NCD is releasing the potential that all churches have to grow. Instead of focusing on numerical growth, NCD leads congregations to concentrate on the quality of their ministries. In particular, the principle is that healthy churches grow.
NCD identifies 8 characteristics of healthy churches and provides an ongoing survey that evaluates the quality of these characteristics in the congregation. These results are then processed by the leadership and the leadership implements improvements. The result is an ongoing process of surveys and responses.
NCD reports that the average growth for congregations between the 1st and 3rd survey is 51%. For more information, go to the NCD website, http://www.ncd-international.org/public/essence.html
At the meeting we will presenting more information and have opportunity for questions. -Pastor Tart
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