Natural Church Development Process Progress

July 27, 2006 - Natural Church Development introduced to Church Council
October 26, 2006 - Process approved by the Church Council
November 12, 2006 - NCD Process presented to combined Sunday School Classes in Fellowship Hall
April 19, 2007 - NCD Team elected by Church Council
June 10, 2007 - NCD Survey taken by 30 core members of the church
July 24, 2007 - NCD Survey results showed our Minimum Factor was Need-Oriented Evangelism Sept. 2007- NCD Team worked/studied/prayed about next Steps with info printed in newsletter and Sunday bulletin
January 5, 2008 - NCD Team met with Church council for morning retreat to begin asking: “Why is Need-Oriented Evangelism our Minimum Factor?”
Feb. and March 2008 - NCD Team members visited Sunday School Classes to ask same question: “Why?”
April 7, 2008 - NCD Team compiles our reasons and offers five goals to improve our minimum factor

Results of visits to Sunday School Classes and Church Council

Why we believe that need oriented evangelism is our minimum factor.

1. Due to our lack of understanding we have a fear of evangelism
2. There is a lack of commitment to evangelism 
3. We have not been trained or educated on how to evangelize 
4. We do not understand the needs of our members or those in the community 
5. We are reluctant to change

Qualitative Goals

1. Communicate to the congregation the Health Team’s next steps and why our core members believe that our minimum factor is need oriented evangelism. (see the five above)
   Date of completion: May 31, 2008
2. Identify Bethel’s spiritual gifts by completing a spiritual gifts inventory with our Sunday School Classes.
   Date of completion: September 30, 2008 
3. Establish an Evangelism Team
   Date of completion: October 31, 2008
4. Gift oriented training for evangelism for small group and Sunday School leaders
   Date of completion: January 31, 2009 
5. Schedule and plan an evangelistic event
   Date of completion: TBD with Evangelism Team

Our Evangelism Team has been formed and Bob Handell is the Chair.

For more on Natural Church Development you may visit the website: www.ncd-international.com.