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
The Search for a Church Growth Hermeneutic Michael Green has said that “most evangelists are not very interested in theology: most theologians are not very interested in evangelism.”1 Unfortunately, Green’s statement could easily be restated, “Most church growth theorists are not very interested in theology: most theologians are not very interested in church growth theories.” The discipline of church growth has long… Read More