HEALTHY CONGREGATIONS

Natural Church Development (NCD)

 

Natural Church Development is an important resource in the district and conference to produce healthy church growth. We encourage churches, assisted by their NCD coach in collaboration with the pastor to utilize NCD for a healthy congregation. NCD resources are available in the District Resource Center for churches to use.

Click Natural Church Development for more information on NCD at the conference site. You may also be interested in:

  1. NCD and Your Church
  2. NCD Introductory Video

A testimonial to the effectiveness of NCD in the district is this 2008 article on Dadeville First UMC.

 

See NCD sparks growth, excitement at Dadeville First

 

Five Practices of Fruitful Congregations

 

In addition to Natural Church Development, the district is also a proponent of the Five Practices of Fruitful Congregations. Some churches in the district have found this resource helpful in their growth and development. Resources needed to implement this program are in the District Resource Center.

Five practices of fruitful congregations are:

Passionate worship

Radical hospitality

Intentional faith development

Risk-taking mission and service

Extravagant generosity

To lead the congregation through the five practices, begin by taking a look at the resources at Cokesbury online.

 
Click for PDF file of this page.

 

 
Every church challenged and equipped to grow more disciples of Jesus Christ by taking risks and changing lives.