NCD Document 202

How can I create an effective church health team?

The purpose of the church health team is to help the church move through the
NCD process to address the minimum factor, thereby increasing the health of the
church. The team will be responsible for setting a plan with a timeline and will
then guide the church through the process. Continuous and intentional prayer for
God to release the church’s full potential is critical.

Kinds of people you need on the team:

People who are spiritually mature
People who are strategic thinkers
People who can see the big picture
People who are committed to see the church become healthier

Roles on the team:

Team leader
Strategic thinker
Researcher
Intercessor
Communicator
Members of ministry teams

The core of the team can be chosen even before the results of the survey are
received. After you receive the results, you will want to expand your team to
include people who have a passion to see your particular minimum factor
improved. Though the church health team will lead the church through the NCD
process, they will continue to involve other people in the assessment, planning
and implementation of the plan.

What the team needs to do:

1. Prepare: Read and have a working understanding of the book Natural Church
Development. Have an understanding of the basic principle of health as the
basis for growth of the church, the “all by itself principle,” the 8 quality
characteristics, the 6 growth forces, and the fact that the emphasis is on the
adjectives in the quality characteristics (e.g. empowering leadership).
2. Diagnose: Help the church consider contributing issues that come to bear on
their minimum factor through focus groups and other listening strategies.
3. Plan: For each key issue identified, develop growth force strategies to move
toward health.
4. Implement: Keep the church on track to accomplish goals.
5. Review: Take time to evaluate whether goals and outcomes have been
reached. Review the way the process was handled and what could have been
done differently. Identify the unplanned benefits that the church has received
through the process.
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