Natural Church Development (NCD), a global church health institute founded in Germany in 1989 by Christian A. Schwarz. NCD is best known for its iconic church health Survey now conducted over 100,000 times in 65 countries, and in 35+ languages. Its 3 Color Discipleship Series includes tools, books and tests to guide the health conversation at the individual, group, team or congregational level. NCD is based on extensive international research initially in 1,000 churches in 32 countries on 5 continents.  The research uncovered principles promoting healthy growth independent of a church’s denomination, theology, ministry model, liturgical style or size. These principles can be applied in the local church through NCD’s long-term strategic process for improving the church’s health. For more information about how NCD is implemented in Canadian churches, Click Here.