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Upcoming Book Release: The 3 Colors of Your Spirituality

Christian A. Schwarz' new book is scheduled for release in early November. Check out the latest news on the book as well as the details on Christian's '3 Colors of Your Spirituality' North America Tour.

Update: 3 Colors of Your Spirituality 

Minimum Factors in True Perspective

About discovering the doors to more spiritual balance, health, and growth – both in personal and church life.

Listen to Christian A. Schwarz (Streaming Video)

Suggested Reading:
Color Your World with Natural Church Development, pp. 125-145.

Striving for Spiritual Balance

Why the trinitarian approach is so central to Natural Church Development.

Ever Heard of NCD’s “Natural Side Effect”?

What the usual and ordinary church can expect from getting involved in Natural Church Development. Encouraging!

Listen to Christian A. Schwarz (Streaming Video)

Suggested Reading:
Color Your World with Natural Church Development, pp. 9-43.

Why Focus Groups?

Jeannette Slater

You got your NCD Survey results back and studied the analysis report. Now you want to move on. And that’s good. But don’t jump into action too quickly. Make sure you don’t overlook the most valuable resource you have – your people.

New Beginnings

Neil Adams, an NCD Coach from New Zealand, shares the NCD story of a church in Auckland. Encouraging!

Free NCD Training Podcast: Loving Relationships

In the final part of this mp3 audio series Christoph Schalk will be addressing Loving Relationships, another quality characteristic in the NCD paradigm.

Loving Relationships (12 MB, 34 min)

Free NCD Training Podcast: Gift-oriented Ministry

In part 13 of this mp3 audio series Christoph Schalk will be addressing Gift-oriented Ministry, another quality characteristic in the NCD paradigm, and practical issues of gift counseling within the church.

Gift-oriented Ministry & Gift Counseling (21 MB, 57 min)

NCD – "the least painful wake-up call for churches"

John W. Fogal, Sr. – a pastor and District Superintendent within the Christian and Missionary Alliance (C&MA) for many years – has coached over 200 churches through the NCD process. Learn how he has seen God working through NCD in the C&MA.

New! 3-Color Online Tool

Some of our NCD friends were unable to get the 3-Color software (which is part of the booklet How to Implement The 3 Colors of Ministry) to work on their computers. Here is good news ...