The 3 Colors of Love

The following chart indicates the relationship between levels of NCD health and the percentage of ministering, small group and worship service attending church members who give 10% or more of their gross income in tithes and offerings for church support, missions, etc. As with all correlative data, it is important not to suppose a cause effect relationship here between health and giving.

We have just done the 3 colours spiritual style test, and our group is doing the 28 days of discipline.

I think the Motto: "resting in the presence of God" is not quite correct, rather I feel it should be "be still and know that I am God". Its only in stillness that we can "hear" God and its our feelings that tell us we are close.

The purpose of this series is to offer some basic “entry points” for beginning to explore your Minimum Factor graph.

This post is for those whose Minimum Factor is Gift-based Ministry.

Two initial points need to be made.

The purpose of this series is to offer some basic “entry points” for beginning to explore your Minimum Factor graph.

This post is for those whose Minimum Factor is Holistic Small Groups.

Two initial points need to be made.

The purpose of this series is to offer some basic “entry points” for beginning to explore your Minimum Factor graph.

This post is for those whose Minimum Factor is Empowering Leadership.

Two initial points need to be made.

It is now almost a month since this site was created, and the same length of time since it was launched and announced at the NCD conference in Leicester, at which around 70 UK corps where present, all of whom have embarked upon the NCD process.

The purpose of this series is to offer some basic “entry points” for beginning to explore your Minimum Factor graph.

This post is for those whose Minimum Factor is Loving Relationships.

Two initial points need to be made.

The purpose of this series is to offer some basic “entry points” for beginning to explore your Minimum Factor graph.

This post is for those whose Minimum Factor is Passionate Spirituality.

Two initial points need to be made.

We have just completed "3 Colours ..". A struggle for many of our older traditional members. Personally found it interesting and challenging in that my 'opposite' style - actually 6th in order - is mystical and as a Christian pastor deceived by the 'protestant work ethic' I find it hard to justify sitting with my mind in neutral.

Since this site is about Natural Church Development in The Salvation Army a personal testimony must be in place:

I will never forget the feeling I had after reading my very first book about NCD. I was a corps officer and we had seen some growth in the corps, but it was hard work.

Currently 99 UK corps (churches) within The Salvation Army are actively engaging with NCD. 54 of these are part of the ‘Transforming Churches Process’ and many of them are slowly discovering that God is working through this new approach to ministry. What follows is a selection of comments from 8 of these corps, and all are being both challenged and inspired by NCD.

I recently did a team building activity with a group of people in an interdenominational organisation who are not familiar with the 3 Color material, which I have been encouraged to share here as it was a huge success.

In my preparation I printed each of the fruit on a sheet of paper with a brief explanation and scripture verse eg

This site is an initiative of NCD International as part of its ongoing partnership with the C3 movement. For more than a decade, NCD International along with its National Partners in many countries, has endeavoured to support the inspiring work of C3 as it has worked at developing healthy, multiplying churches around the world.

Natural Church Development is about discovering and doing the most important, practical things right now for the salvation of the world in and around your church.

The following chart indicates the relationship between levels of NCD health and the likelihood that a church has planted another church in the previous 5 years. Clearly the relationship is strong. As with all correlative data, it is important not to suppose a cause effect relationship here between health and planting.

Possibility Growth Projection

Comparing Vineyard to the global Church

• Our Maximum Factor: Loving relationships more...
• Our Minimum Factor: Gift-based ministry more...

Last updated: May 2011

Number of countries in which the C3 Church has engaged with NCD: 4

• Australia
• Canada
• New Zealand
• USA

This site is an initiative of NCD International as part of its ongoing partnership with the Vineyard movement.

Natural Church Development is about discovering and doing the most important, practical things right now for the salvation of the world in and around your church.

The following chart indicates the relationship between levels of NCD health and the likelihood that a church has planted another church in the previous 5 years. Clearly the relationship is strong. As with all correlative data, it is important not to suppose a cause effect relationship here between health and planting.

Possibility Growth Projection

Comparing Vineyard to the global Church

• Our Maximum Factor: Loving relationships more...
• Our Minimum Factor: Gift-based ministry more...

Last updated: May 2011

Number of countries in which Vineyard has engaged with NCD: 17

• Australia
• Austria
• Canada
• Denmark
• England
• Germany
• Japan
• Malaysia
• New Zealand
• Norway
• Russia
• Scotland
• South Africa
• Spain

The purpose of this series is to offer some basic “entry points” for beginning to explore your Minimum Factor graph.

This post is for those whose Minimum Factor is Effective Structures.

Two initial points need to be made.

This is the second of a series of articles about NCD in The Salvation Army. Read the first article in the series.

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It has been suggested that we should start something with the end in mind. You may recall the previous article identifying and celebrating something that is characteristic of The Salvation Army: Need-oriented Evangelism - The ability to acutely identify the needs of suffering humanity and respond accordingly. What a blessing!

What if, rather than just sharing personal opinions, we could hear from more than 15 000 Salvationists in over 20 countries about the health of local corps ministry? What if we could then test those perspectives against a global Christianity database covering more than 70 countries and over 100 diverse denominations? Would that be valuable information?

Well, this is the first of a series of articles presenting some of the findings of exactly that kind of research. For more than a decade, the Natural Church Development process has been operating in corps around the world.

The purpose of this series is to offer some basic “entry points” for beginning to explore your Minimum Factor graph.

This post is for those whose Minimum Factor is Need-oriented Evangelism.

Two initial points need to be made.

Would you like your para-church or social welfare organisation to become healthier and more fruitful in the same way that NCD helps parishes?