Natural Church Planting
Natural
Church Planting
is a carefully thought out translation of NCD into church planting principles
and models. It is the most practical and biblically based training for church
planting. I wish I had this training
before planting my last congregation.”
Gary
Shockley, NCD Coach and Church Planter Orlando, FL
During the last several years hundreds of leaders
from 22 denominations have experienced how Natural Church Planting helps
planters and their teams use the Quality Characteristics of Natural Church
Development as dynamic building blocks for a new church. Rather than
an organizational approach, Natural Church Planting empowers planters to
organically build health and vitality into the new church as it emerges from
the very first day.
Natural Church Planting Learning Communities
facilitate spiritual formation and transformation in the lives of the Planter
and Church Planting Team by focusing on the teachings of Jesus in the Upper Room
and seeing how those principles are lived out in the life of Barnabas.
Inquiries from leaders in 43 countries is an indicator that NCP has a
broad appeal cross culturally.
'Using
Natural
Church
Planting to
help planters establish healthy churches has been so helpful to get our new
planters off to a great start.
To begin with "health"
has to be a great bonus. The combination of a good Scriptural basis, with
practical ideas has been incredibly valuable to us. It was a brilliant week for
us."
Miriam
Gluyas, The Salvation Army, Sydney Australia
Natural Church Planting is not model
centered but principle based. It provides Church Planters and their
teams with a group process for developing strategic initiatives that are
rooted to their community and calling as a new congregation. Church
Planting trainings today teach the planting process without empowering leaders
to understand church. NCP communicates vital principles about both church and
planting.
Natural
Church
Planting has
provided a Biblical foundation for the strategy planning and systems development
unparalleled in church planting "boot camps" today. In addition,
its integration of NCD components and principles is a stroke of genius,
providing the basis for a fledgling congregation to
start in the healthiest of ways.
David
Jackson, Church Planting Specialist, Maryland Baptist Convention
Up until now the principles of Natural Church
Development have been out of reach of church planters since NCD measures the
relative health of an existing congregation through a detailed survey.
Natural Church Planting empowers a planter to begin applying these principles
from day one whether the are any people gathered. We take the survey and
make it a compass specifically designed for church planters.
As
both a cell church consultant and NCD coach I have found the Natural Church
Planting concepts to be tremendously helpful in assisting cell church planters
incorporate the principles into the very DNA of their plant rather than waiting
until a later date to discover what they should have focused their energies from
the start. I have also found it both challenging and beneficial in
understanding church planting to view it through the eyes of Barnabas.
Les
Brickman, NCD Consultant, Church Planter and Professor Regent University
A
brand new publication Exploring
Natural Church Planting
Above is a sampling of the feedback
we have received from 700 leaders who have been part of our NCP Learning
Communities. We have had inquiries from 35 states in the US and 43
countries. Several who have been part of our training have expressed an
interest in translating it into their own
languages.
To meet the affirming
response, we have written an introduction called Exploring
Natural Church Planting that
enables you to understand the principles of NCP before coming to one of
our training events. What you will read in these pages are not theories but
ideas but come from our field testing since 2001.
Here are the chapter titles
contained in Exploring Natural Church Planting:
-
Completing Natural
Church
Development
-
Roots
of Natural Church
Planting
-
Basics of Natural Church
Planting
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Expanding Natural
Church
Development’s
Impact
-
The
Natural
Church
Planting
Barrel
-
The
Biotics of Natural Church
Planting
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LEADERSHIP-
Empowering
Leadership and Functional Structures
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LOVING-
Passionate
Spirituality and Loving Relationships
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LINKING-
Need
Oriented Evangelism & Holistic Small Groups
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LAUNCHING- Gift Oriented Ministry
and Inspiring Worship Service
-
Natural
Church
Multiplication
-
Multiplying Natural
Church
Planting
-
Natural
Church
Planting
Training Options
Ordering
NCP
Exploring
Natural Church Planting is
available for immediate download and purchase through Pay Pal. When we will be provided other
resources and opportunities for you as well.
-
Church Planting Website with scores of resources
for your church plant
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Learning Community Certificate- We will provide
you with a certificate worth $25 at a Natural Church Planting Learning
Community.
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Receive a discount on the upcoming book
Experiencing
Natural Church Planting
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Free Subscription to the Natural
Church Planting E-zine
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