With Natural Church Development, Christian Schwarz introduced a fascinating approach to church growth that really works and has been accepted all over the world. Now he shows how the biblically-based principles of Natural Church Development can also be a blessing for the spiritual development of the individual believer. Color Your World with NCD is a […]
This handbook assists church leaders (such as pastors, elders, or small group leaders) in the implementation of ‘loving relationships,’ as described in the book, The 3 Colors of Love. At the same time, it has been designed in a way that it can be used by individual church members, by married couples, in a personal […]
This handbook assists church leaders (such as pastors and elders) in the implementation of gift-oriented ministry, as described in The 3 Colors of Ministry. It contains many worksheets, checklists, and implementation ideas. Moreover, it contains a CD-ROM with all of the diagrams and cartoons of The 3 Colors of Ministry for use in teaching, as […]
This book enables any small group leader to guide a group through the life-transforming process of discovering their spiritual gifts. Based on The 3 Colors of Ministry, it shows how to establish the three pillars of a ‘3-Color Group.’ – Pillar 1: Discovering the “all-by-itself” principle – Pillar 2: Bringing the Bible to life – Pillar […]
This handbook assists ‘gift-counselors’ and others who want to come alongside fellow believers on a one-on-one basis in order to help them relate their gifts to corresponding tasks within the church. It is based on The 3 Colors of Ministry. This Mentor’s Guide offers you all the tools you need to establish a multiplying network of […]
Every church is unmistakeably unique. Instead of projecting the experiences of a few successful model churches on every church, natural church development helps you discover and develop the God-given, unique nature of your church. This workbook is based on the most comprehensive research project ever conducted on the causes of church growth. More than 1000 […]
Critics of the church growth movement have often emphasized the need for quality congregations. We should not focus on numerical growth, but rather, we should concentrate on qualitative growth. Christian Schwarz has done extensive research world-wide and found that healthy, growing churches seem to share eight quality characteristics. These characteristics are: – Empowering leadership – […]
This 85 page paper describes the theoretical background and the scientific development of the NCD survey.
Releasing Your Church’s Potential guides you through the process of designing and implementing change in your personal life, ministry and church. Anchored to the eight essential qualities of Natural Church Development, this resource kit contains ten audio cd’s, prayer guides, outlines, reflection questions, action checklists and worksheets to increase your church’s health. Topics include: Developing Authentic […]
This is a set of 10 cassette tapes contained in an over-sized plastic album case. See also: Releasing Your Church’s Potential in the Book Collection