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Natural Church
Development
An Evaluation of the
Implementation of Natural
Church Development Within
Seventh-day Adventist
Churches in the United
States and the Resulting
Church Growth
Natural Church
Development :
Does Church Health Matter?
Natural Church
Development :
Does it work within the SDA
Church?
The Problem
There is a hesitancy among SDA pastors and Church leaders to utilize NCD as a tool for church health and growth.
Questions persist regarding NCD’s value for the SDA Church in the United States.
Justification for ProjectNeed for a study comparing a local SDA
church’s experience with NCD against other SDA churches across the United States.
Need for a study clearly defining those churches which sought to implement NCD in their congregation and their resulting church growth.
Justification for Project
Focus of the study examine whether there was a significant difference when a church worked with the NCD process.
Compare 100 SDA churches with the experience in Milwaukee Central church.
Method Used in Selection
Random selection of 100 churches.Evaluated for their implementation
process in working on minimum factor
50 churches in two groupsNCD ChurchesStatus Quo Churches
Method Used in Selection
Random selection of all churches with data stored at N.A.D.E.I. which had taken the survey multiple times.
Additional SDA Conferences which store their own data were also contacted.
Method Used in Selection
Additional churches which only took the survey one time were also randomly selected to reach 100 churches.
Churches were contacted to verify their implementation of NCD in their local setting.
Method Used in Selection
The only criteria was the answer to the following question?
Can you tell me what your church did to work on the minimum factor to improve your church’s health?
Method Used in Selection
After all churches were selected, the Conferences were contacted for the growth statistics:TitheLocal GivingMembershipBaptisms
Evaluating NCD - Tithe
NCD Status Quo
0
50000
100000
150000
200000
250000
300000
StartEnd
NCD Status Quo
0102030405060708090
IncreasedDecreased
Amount Given % of Churches Changed
Evaluating NCD - Tithe
NCD Status Quo
-10
-5
0
5
10
15
20
25
Percent Change Over Time
% Change
Evaluating NCD – Local Giving
NCD Status Quo
0
20000
40000
60000
80000
100000
120000
140000
160000
StartEnd
NCD Status Quo
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
IncreasedDecreased
Amount Given % of Churches Changed
Evaluating NCD – Local Giving
NCD Status Quo0
5
10
15
20
25
Percent Change Over Time
% Change
Evaluating NCD – Total Giving
NCD Status Quo
0
50000
100000
150000
200000
250000
300000
350000
400000
StartEnd
NCD Status Quo
0102030405060708090
IncreasedDecreased
Amount Given % of Churches Changed
Evaluating NCD – Total Giving
NCD Status Quo-5
0
5
10
15
20
25
Percent Change Over Time
% Change
Evaluating NCD – Membership
NCD Status Quo
0
50
100
150
200
250
300
StartEnd
NCD Status Quo
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
IncreasedDecreased
Church Membership % of Churches Changed
Evaluating NCD – Membership
NCD Status Quo
-4
-2
0
2
4
6
8
10
Percent Change Over Time
% Change
Evaluating NCD – Baptisms
NCD Status Quo0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
Year 1Total
Evaluating NCD - Summary
NCD Status Quo
-10
-5
0
5
10
15
20
25
TitheGivingMembership
Comparing Central - Tithe
Start End0
50000
100000
150000
200000
250000
300000
NCD
Central
% Change
-10
-5
0
5
10
15
20
25
Amount Given Percent of Change
Comparing Central–local giving
Start End0
20000
40000
60000
80000
100000
120000
140000
160000
NCDCentralStatus Quo
Increased0
5
10
15
20
25
30
Amount Given Percent of Change
Comparing Central –total giving
Start End0
50000100000150000200000250000300000350000400000450000
NCD CentralStatus Quo
Increased-5
0
5
10
15
20
25
Amount Given Percent of Change
Comparing Central – Membership
Start End0
50
100
150
200
250
300
NCDCentralStatus Quo
Increased
-4
-2
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
Church Membership Percent of Change
Comparing Central – Baptisms
NCD Central Status Quo0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
Year 1Total
Comparing Central - Summary
NCD Central Status Quo
-10
-5
0
5
10
15
20
25
TitheGivingMembership
Focus on Health
Harvest the Fruit
Leave Results to
God