A Neo-orthodox Theology Applied: An Analysis of the Hermeneutics of Christian A. Schwarz’s Natural Church Development Christian Schwarz is the head of the institute for Natural Church Development (NCD) in Germany.1 Schwarz, and an increasing numbers of denominational leaders, church growth practitioners and ministers, believe that he has devised a system that measures the relative health of churches. He claims this system grew out of a research study of one thousand… Read More