Natural Church Development
Natural Church Development (NCD) is a way of understanding church health and growth that views the church as a living organism. The focus is not on numerical growth, but on improving the health of the church, with the understanding that when a church is sufficiently healthy, numerical growth will follow. These concepts are explained in the book Natural Church Development by Christian A. Schwarz.
The NCD survey measures the health of a local church in eight areas that have been found to be essential to church health. This survey grows out of extensive study, involving over 1,000 churches in 32 countries, on every continent except Antarctica. This study revealed a clear positive correlation between these eight Quality Characteristics and church growth. Like an annual physical, the survey gives churches the information they need to grow in their faithfulness to God.
During the 2009-2010 school year McCabe will once again work on the area of Passionate Spirituality. In August we held another affinity exercise and in September we followed that up with a brainstorming event. Click here to see the results. We look forward to seeing what grows from these efforts. After all, NCD is about releasing the potential God has already implanted in the life of his Church.
"Paul planted, Apollos watered, but God made it grow!"
1 Corinthians 3:6
McCabe church is committed to growing in health and fruitfulness for the sake of Christ and his kingdom. For more information on Natural Church Development follow this link to the NCD International web sight.
