1. Pastors need to be free to be part of the process rather than trying to wear a coach’s hat as well as a pastor’s hat. A coach can more easily and objectively ask some of the hard questions with which the church must wrestle.

2. Pastors and church leaders are already busy people and a coach can help shorten the learning curve to incorporate NCD principles in the life of the church.

3. Our experience with churches shows that without an NCD trained coach to help guide the process, essential steps are missed or dismissed which are vital to seeing the health of the church increase in a significant way.

4. Pastors and churches will experience ‘bumps’ along the way, which can derail their plans to address their Minimum Factor. This can come in the form of unexpected emergencies within the life of the church, events, attitudes or people who keep the plan from proceeding, or simply the busyness of ministry. A coach will bring expertise and experience to the process that can help churches avoid common pitfalls and will come alongside to help the Church Health Team refocus their energy to accomplish the goals they have set.

5. An NCD coach has been trained in both the theory and practice of NCD. They are trained to spot and deal with issues that the Church Health Team will encounter.

6. An NCD coach has access to additional resources including a one-day orientation for pastors and leaders and a 1.5-day training event for Church Health Teams, which will orient the Church Health Team for their role in the NCD Process and help them begin the first steps.

7. Biotic Principles are the key that opens the door to increased church health. An NCD coach has a deeper understanding of how and where the principles should be applied in the NCD process.

8. Accountability to an NCD coach to continue the plan developed by the Church Health Team greatly increases the probability that all your effort will result in the desired fruit of increased health for your church.