5. The Problem
There is a hesitancy among SDA pastors
and Church leaders to utilize NCD as a
tool for church health and growth.
Questions persist regarding NCD’s value
for the SDA Church in the United States.
6. Justification for Project
Need for a study comparing a local SDA
church’s experience with NCD against other
SDA churches across the United States.
Need for a study clearly defining those
churches which sought to implement NCD in
their congregation and their resulting
church growth.
7. Justification for Project
Focus of the study examine whether there
was a significant difference when a
church worked with the NCD process.
Compare 100 SDA churches with the
experience in Milwaukee Central church.
8. Method Used in Selection
Random selection of 100 churches.
Evaluated for their implementation
process in working on minimum factor
50 churches in two groups
NCD Churches
Status Quo Churches
9. Method Used in Selection
Random selection of all churches with
data stored at N.A.D.E.I. which had taken
the survey multiple times.
Additional SDA Conferences which store
their own data were also contacted.
10. Method Used in Selection
Additional churches which only took the
survey one time were also randomly
selected to reach 100 churches.
Churches were contacted to verify their
implementation of NCD in their local
setting.
11. Method Used in Selection
The only criteria was the answer to the
following question?
Can you tell me what your
church did to work on the
minimum factor to improve
your church’s health?
12. Method Used in Selection
After all churches were selected, the
Conferences were contacted for the
growth statistics:
Tithe
Local Giving
Membership
Baptisms
13. Evaluating NCD - Tithe
0
50000
100000
150000
200000
250000
300000
NCD Status
Quo
Start
End
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
NCD Status
Quo
Increased
Decreased
Amount Given % of Churches Changed
14. Evaluating NCD - Tithe
-10
-5
0
5
10
15
20
25
NCD Status Quo
Percent Change Over Time
% Change
15. Evaluating NCD – Local Giving
0
20000
40000
60000
80000
100000
120000
140000
160000
NCD Status
Quo
Start
End
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
NCD Status
Quo
Increased
Decreased
Amount Given % of Churches Changed
16. Evaluating NCD – Local Giving
0
5
10
15
20
25
NCD Status Quo
Percent Change Over Time
% Change
17. Evaluating NCD – Total Giving
0
50000
100000
150000
200000
250000
300000
350000
400000
NCD Status
Quo
Start
End
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
NCD Status
Quo
Increased
Decreased
Amount Given % of Churches Changed
18. Evaluating NCD – Total Giving
-5
0
5
10
15
20
25
NCD Status Quo
Percent Change Over Time
% Change
19. Evaluating NCD – Membership
0
50
100
150
200
250
300
NCD Status Quo
Start
End
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
NCD Status
Quo
Increased
Decreased
Church Membership % of Churches Changed
20. Evaluating NCD – Membership
-4
-2
0
2
4
6
8
10
NCD Status Quo
Percent Change Over Time
% Change
21. Evaluating NCD – Baptisms
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
NCD Status Quo
Year 1
Total
22. Evaluating NCD - Summary
-10
-5
0
5
10
15
20
25
NCD Status Quo
Tithe
Giving
Membership
23. Comparing Central - Tithe
0
50000
100000
150000
200000
250000
300000
Start End
NCD
Central
Status Quo
-10
-5
0
5
10
15
20
25
% Change
Amount Given Percent of Change
