eNCDine - The NCD Online Magazine

New Beginnings

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

Meet NCD's National Partner for the Philippines

Dave White, originally from the US, has been serving as a missionary in the Philippines since 1985. Four years later he became NCD’s National Partner. Learn how he helps Filipinos grasp and apply the NCD paradigm.

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.

How a Traditional Church Comes Alive

The Congregational Church in Mazatlan, Mexico has a long-standing tradition. Read how Pastor Daniel Celis Arceo found the key to "unlocking" the hidden potential of his church.

Meet NCD's National Partner for the Republic of South Africa

Jaco Schutte has been directing the South African NCD ministry for about 10 years. Serving as a pastor within Doxa Deo, a multi-campus ministry with a strong focus on city transformation, he especially appreciates one thing about NCD: Churches are enabled to stay in touch with their environment.

The Gift of Opposition

Not everyone enjoys opposition. But everyone can benefit from it. The following article by John Ortberg shows how and nicely illustrates the immense practical value of one of NCD's growth forces - energy transformation. 

The Gift of Opposition 

(posted on LeadershipJournal.net)

Meet NCD's National Partner for Mexico

¡Hola! (Spanish), Hello (English), Salut (French), Hallo (German), Dobrý deň (Slovac), Ohayou gozaimasu (Japanese), Salve (Italian), Priviet (Russian), Shalom (Hebrew), Olá (Portuguese) - we’re Walter and Yolanda Sierra, the NCD National Partners for Mexico. Let us introduce ourselves with 8 quality characteristics of our lives …

Knocking Over the Leadership Ladder

Paul Ford

We have a climbing disease! We have a ladder that everyone is supposed to climb and the impact is everywhere. Business and management cultures have influenced how we build and lead our Christian organizations and churches. The resulting impact has changed the way we see the tasks, processes and results of our Kingdom work.

An Unbelievable Turn for the Better

J. Abel Ramirez

How an ingrown, legalistic type of congregation changes through NCD into a people-oriented and growing church that is passionately engaged in serving its neighborhood.

Meet NCD's National Partner for the Dominican Republic

J. Abel Ramirez heads up the NCD ministry in the Dominican Republic since 2001. He calls Natural Church Development (NCD) "a milestone in the history of church growth in the Dominican Republic".