Success stories about the NCD process abound. The following is part of a letter from Gary Jarvis at New Hope Community Church about his experience with NCD:

In the first quarter of 2006, New Hope Community Church embarked on a journey called Natural Church Development. The purpose of the journey was to improve the health of the Church. It required discipline, but it was also a formative process. At the close of the journey through the first NCD Cycle we have learned much more about ourselves and our church. Some of the key things we learned:

• Momentum was not always easy to maintain
• Prayer is absolutely necessity
• Utilized our strengths when working on our Minimum Factor
• Utilized a variety of communication techniques to keep the congregation in the loop
• The Church Health Team was extremely important
• Good Coaching is vital for momentum and success
• Utilize the Growth Forces

The things we can celebrate in our two year journey with NCD:

• We are becoming more of a listening church
• Passionate spirituality was impacted and gift-based ministry is beginning to take shape
• We found a purpose and a plan for our Church
• The purpose and plan helped us take action
• There were some great Aha moments
• The church is thinking differently in planning outreach events
• We are identifying and mobilizing leaders
• We are positioning people according to gifts
• Through coaching we are learning the importance of the Action-Reflection-Action Process

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