Natural Church Development

Eight Essential Qualities

• Empowering Leadership

• Gift-Oriented Ministry

• Passionate Spirituality

• Functional Structures

• Inspiring Worship

• Holistic Small Groups

• Need-Oriented Evangelism

• Loving Relationships

Empowering Leadership

Ministry is shared by a multitude of leaders

Leaders are being developed, trained, nurtured and matured and then released into various ministries and services outside of the congregation itself

Leaders are casting out and striving to realize a vision

Leaders pro-actively lead change instead of allowing circumstances, crises or passing enthusiasm rule their affairs.

Gift-Oriented Ministry

Basing your mission and services, not upon tradition and committee or denominational programming, but rather upon the gifts, desires, and passions of the congregational members, along with the needs of your mission group and neighborhood around the congregation.

Matching jobs and ministries to members’ gifts, interests and passions, not filling slots in an organizational chart

Providing necessary coaching, training and support for people in ministry

Perceiving all work by all the people as being significant

Passionate Spirituality

Experiencing God in a life-changing and life-sustaining way

Recognizing God's personal call upon one’s own life

Consistently living out one’s faith commitment

Enjoying the presence of God

Practicing the spiritual disciplines, such as prayer, worship, meditation, and service

Being enthusiastic about one faith, God and the Church

Having a contagious faith

Functional Structures

Planning ahead 

Evaluating expected outcomes, programs and leaders

Releasing creativity instead of hindering with bureaucracy

Managing change to increase fruitfulness

Ceasing out-dated programs

Inspiring Worship

Connecting to God and one-another in authentic relationships

Gaining joy, enthusiasm, energy, encouragement and action plans in living out and sharing one's faith

Being culturally relevant to participants

Intentionally planning well-thought-out, unified and smooth flowing services

Holistic Small Groups

Need-Oriented Evangelism

Developing authentic relationships with the unchurched

Making the church attractive and relevant

Nurturing new converts

Communicating the love and grace of God

Encouraging faith sharing by all members

Integrating the mission with all programs and groups

Loving Relationships

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