Author: Schwarz (Christian A.)
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The 3 Colors Of Leadership
The 3 Colors of Leadership presents an exciting new way of looking at leadership. Whether you are an established leader in a high-profile position or an emerging leader who is still unsure whether God wants you to take over more leadership responsibility, the training described in this book will empower you in such a way…
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The 3 Colors Of Community
The 3 Colors of Community presents an altogether new way of approaching small groups. Rather than being preoccupied with the technical aspects of small group ministry, this book focuses on the qualities that are fundamental for any sort of Christian community, be it a family, a prayer meeting, a Bible study group, a task force,…
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The 3 Colors Of Love
The Natural Church Development process involves assessing and strengthening eight Quality Characteristics in the local church. NCD International is developing eight Discipleship Resource books, one to address each of these areas. Two of these books are currently available–this one which corresponds to the Quality Characteristic of Loving Relationships and another which which corresponds to the…
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Color Your World With Natural Church Development
With Natural Church Development, Christian Schwarz introduced a fascinating approach to church growth that really works and has been accepted all over the world. Now he shows how the biblically-based principles of Natural Church Development can also be a blessing for the spiritual development of the individual believer. Color Your World with NCD is a…
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How to Study The 3 Colors of Ministry in Your Small Group
This book enables any small group leader to guide a group through the life-transforming process of discovering their spiritual gifts. Based on The 3 Colors of Ministry, it shows how to establish the three pillars of a ‘3-Color Group.’ – Pillar 1: Discovering the “all-by-itself” principle – Pillar 2: Bringing the Bible to life – Pillar…
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Paradigm Shift In The Church
Paradigm Shift in the Church speaks about nothing less than a reformation. Some critics suggested that this term sounds rather lofty. That may be true. But Christian Schwarz is convinced that we will make no significant progress in our churches without changes as radical as those of the Reformation. In the Introduction to this book…
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The Threefold Art of Experiencing God
The Threefold Art of Experiencing God is a compelling discussion of one of the foundational doctrines of the Christian faith; the Trinity. This booklet provides breakthrough insights while demonstrating how important this understanding is to fully experiencing God in His completeness.
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The 3 Colors of Ministry
The 3 Colors of Ministry presents a holistic approach to identifying and developing your spiritual gifts. It is based on the three dimensions of God’s character for which Christian Schwarz has chosen the colors green, red, and blue. In addition to emphasizing the critical importance of using your gifts in an authentically trinitarian way, this…
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Natural Church Development
Critics of the church growth movement have often emphasized the need for quality congregations. We should not focus on numerical growth, but rather, we should concentrate on qualitative growth. Christian Schwarz has done extensive research world-wide and found that healthy, growing churches seem to share eight quality characteristics. These characteristics are: – Empowering leadership –…
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Implementation Guide To Natural Church Development
Every church is unmistakeably unique. Instead of projecting the experiences of a few successful model churches on every church, natural church development helps you discover and develop the God-given, unique nature of your church. This workbook is based on the most comprehensive research project ever conducted on the causes of church growth. More than 1000…
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The ABC’s Of Natural Church Development
This booklet is designed to introduce a congregation or any interested persons to Natural Church Development in just 20 minutes. It covers the research project, the eight quality characteristics and the minimum factor barrel illustration in a quick and simple format that makes the reader feel as if they were talking with the author over…