Healthy churches are growing churches. For this reason one of the ministry priorities in the Christian Reformed Churches of Australia (CRCA) has been to assist churches in becoming healthier. We have seen a marked increase in the number of churches utilising Natural Church Development (NCD) as a church health measurement tool and, based on their findings, seeking to implement new initiatives to increase church health. A number of churches have done three or more NCD surveys over the past four years. So how healthy is the CRCA?
by Jack De Vries