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Church Health Systems
Gary Rohrmayer
Converge MidAmerica
www.convergemidamerica.org
©2010 Gary Rohrmayer
Measuring Health
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Acts 2:36-42
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Quantitative Growth vs. 41
Qualitative Growth vs. 42-47
Quantitative Growth vs. 47
“Good evangelism must be followed by
good edification if it is going to lead to
good evangelism.”
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Quantitative Growth
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The Quantitative Growth is measured by
looking at key numerical ratios that guide any
church (no matter the size or location)
towards organic and organizational health.
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Quantitative Growth
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New visitor ratio: How many new visitors do you need in an
average month to grow your church?
Baptism Ratio: What is the a healthy percentage between
average worship attendance and number of baptisms annually?
Giving Ratio: What is the healthy dollar amount given per person
on a average Sunday?
Serving Ratio: What is a healthy percentage of average
attenders and those engage in a ministry?
Small Group Ratio: What is a healthy percentage of those
attending on an average weekend and those engaged in a small
group?
Membership Ratio: What is a healthy percentage of those
attending on an average weekend and those who are committed
members?
Leadership Ratio: How many new leaders are added to your
leadership community annually?
Staff Ratio: How many full-time pastoral staff should a church
have for its size?
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Quantitative Growth
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New visitor ratio: 5:100 – 5%
New visitor retention
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First Visit: 1:4 – 25%
Second visit 3:4 – 75%
Baptism Ratio: 1:10 – 10%
Giving Ratio: 20:1 – $20- per a week per person
Serving Ratio: 60:100 – 60 roles for every 100 people
Small Group Ratio: 7:10 – 70%
Membership Ratio: 1:2 – 50%
Leadership Ratio: 1:5 – 20%
Staff Ratio: 1:150 – 1 full-time pastoral staff for every 150
adult attenders (18 yrs and above)
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Qualitative Growth
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The qualitative health of a local
church is measured through the
attitudes, feelings and perspectives
towards people, programs and the
progress of the church.
Natural Church Development is the
best tool for uncovering these things.
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International Research Project
1,000
churches
 32 countries
 18 languages
 6 continents
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Key Question
What church growth
principles are true,
regardless of culture
and theological
persuasion?
NCD Quality Characteristics
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Empowering
Gift-oriented
Passionate
Functional
Inspiring
Holistic
Need-oriented
Loving
Leadership
Ministry
Spirituality
Structures
Worship
Small Groups
Evangelism
Relationships
The Adjective is the key!
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NCD Survey Profile
Minimum factor:
Passionate Spirituality
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Minimum Factor
Church
Identifying and addressing a weak
system
Attendance
often results in quantitative growth
Weak
System
Quality
Characteristics
Church Systems
8 characteristics…
WHAT
Systems are the
HOW
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What is a Church System?
Church systems are
reproducible and
interconnected processes by
which the church actualizes its
values and achieves its
mission.
What are some systems that
are already at work in your
church?
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Does You Church Value …
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Empowering Leadership
Gift-oriented Ministry
Passionate Spirituality
Functional Structures
Inspiring Worship
Holistic Small Groups
Need-oriented Evangelism
Loving Relationships
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If so ...
Do you have a reproducible and interconnecting
process that …
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empowers leaders into the harvest?
insures inspiring worship gatherings?
encourages evangelism throughout the church?
stimulates spiritual passion in every believer?
promotes health relationships in your community?
connects people in healthy small groups?
deploys people into ministry?
builds organizational health?
The Keys to Designing Healthy Systems
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Interdependence – Connecting
Multiplication – Reproducing
Energy Transformation – Leveraging
Multi-usage – Sustaining
Symbiosis – Cooperating
Functionality – Evaluating
* NCD Growth Forces
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Systems Designing Principles
Empowering
Energy
transformation
Leadership
Understanding growth forces will be the
key to developing a healthy church system.
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The NCD Implementation Cycle
Phase 5: Evaluate and Repeat
Phase 4: Implement & monitor
Phase 1: Prepare for Survey
Phase 3: Develop Action Plan
Phase 2: Analyze Survey Results
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Church Health Team
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Team Leader
Strategic Thinker
Researcher
Intercessor
Communicator
Members of the Ministry Teams
Set Qualitative Goals
What?
NCD Qualitative
Goals
How?
Biotic Strategies
Who?
When?
Name
Date
An Action Plan is a form that defines the desired result,
required materials, sequential steps, quality standards,
due dates and staff responsibilities for individual business
processes. - Michael Gerber
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A Church Health Rhythm
Phase 5: Evaluate and Repeat
May-June
Phase 4: Implement & monitor
September-April
Phase 1: Prepare & Take Survey
May-June
Phase 3: Develop Action Plan
July-August
Phase 2: Analyze Survey Results
June-July
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After 31 months… 3 surveys
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Each quality characteristic averaged a 6%
increase.
They have increased their worship
attendance by 51%.
Transfer growth decreased and conversion
growth increased.
The work-load of the leaders (especially
pastors) decreased.
www.ncd-international.org
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Crossroads Evangelical Example
Crossroads NCD Average Scores
Building focus
NCD Averages
59.3
63.8
70.5
79.0
70.8
65%
47.5
37.0
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
130
167
212
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363
2005
600
Average yearly worship attendance
Building complete
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How to take the NCD Survey?
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Order it for Converge MidAmerica
Identify 30 key influencers
Gather them for 1 hr.
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20 min. Power Point – Introducing NCD
20 min. Hand out, take and collect survey
20 min. Prayer
Send it to Converge MidAmerica
Identify Key Leaders for Church Health Team
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Converge MidAmerica
Contact Information for the Ordering the NCD Materials
Sarah Flashing
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 847-692-4125
Web: www.convergemidamerica.org
Converge MidAmerica is a missionally driven and
gospel centered ministry with a passion for
strengthening and starting healthy churches
throughout Illinois, Michigan, Indiana, Missouri
Kentucky, Tennessee and Arkansas.
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