The emotional tollbooth is a term coined by David Nicholson, founding pastor of Open Door Church in Noblesville, Indiana, as his church was going through the Natural Church Development (NCD) process. The first step in the process is taking a survey designed to point...
It seems to me that the six Natural Church Development growth forces can be applied to church planting as well as to church health. Today we’ll tackle fruitfulness. One of the six NCD growth forces is known as fruitfulness. That means that each ministry needs to...
It seems to me that the six Natural Church Development growth forces can be applied to church planting as well as to church health. Today we’ll tackle symbiosis. One of the six NCD growth forces is known as symbiosis. That means that different ministries can cultivate...
It seems to me that the six Natural Church Development growth forces can be applied to church planting as well as to church health. Today we’ll tackle sustainability. One of the six NCD growth forces is known as sustainability. That means that any resources used...
It seems to me that the six Natural Church Development growth forces can be applied to church planting as well as to church health. Today we’ll tackle energy transformation. One of the six NCD growth forces is known as energy transformation. That means that momentum...
It seems to me that the six Natural Church Development growth forces can be applied to church planting as well as to church health. Today we’ll tackle multiplication. One of the six NCD growth forces is known as multiplication. That means that healthy organisms do not...
It seems to me that the six Natural Church Development growth forces can be applied to church planting as well as to church health. Today we’ll tackle interdependence. One of the six NCD growth forces is known as interdependence. That means that individual units are...
Many of you are familiar with NCD and the principles that underlie their process: the six growth forces. I’ve been wondering how those growth forces apply to church planting, and I’ll be writing a blog series on that. But for the sake of completeness, here are the...
I have a new pen-pal: Christian Schwarz in Germany of Natural Church Development International. We’ve been writing back and forth lately discussing the relationship between NCD and the missional movement. Christian’s definition of a healthy church includes it being...
