Liam Glover
The Salvation Army Lake Community Church
Brisbane, Australia
Most improved Quality Characteristic
Gift-based Ministry +35 points  this was our first minimum factor. Our team has sought to develop a culture of gift oriented ministry over the last four years, the success of which is reflected in our current Quality Characteristic score. "The 3 Colours of Ministry" was and continues to be highly probative, greatly enhancing our capacity to respond to giftedness of the people God continued to send us.
Most frequent Minimum Factor
Passionate Spirituality  We (key influencers in the church) continue to work on developing a culture of Passionate Spirituality, which is once again our Minimum Factor. Our church recently completed the construction of a community centre, which consumed vast amounts of volunteer energy. This left insufficient energy / passion to invest in our corporate and personal expression of spirituality. Along with questions surrounding need orientation, the majority of questions in our "Current Lowest 10” focus on Passionate Spirituality.
Most frequent Maximum Factor
Empowering Leadership  Inherently I lead within an empowering paradigm. I see that the function of empowerment throughout the life of the church is entirely Biblical. Our leadership team is also established with this in mind, called the "Empowering Team". (The Empowering Team is made up of coaches who are primarily responsible for the development of members of the community of faith, by identifying their personal minimum factor and assisting them in removing those growth barriers. Coaches have a specific focus on the quality characteristics.)
Greatest joys of our NCD journey
One of the greatest joys continues to be hanging around people who embrace a developmental culture, whereby they appreciate their need and capacity to grow in the likeness of Christ, and they appreciate their ability to influence others in that journey towards fullness of life. This has been best effected by utilising a coaching structure, whereby members of the Empowering Team seek to develop a culture of the quality charactertistics within the community of faith.
Greatest challenges of our NCD journey
Perhaps not surprisingly, the greatest challenge I find is walking alongside people who seem unwilling or unable to recognise their position on the developmental continuim towards the likeness of Christ. In this regard I need to rely heavily on one of the manifestations of the fruit of the spirit in my life, patience.
What I think of NCD
Principles are inherently applicable to all contexts and cultures. I like NCD because those churches and participators in churches who are committed to growth in health can share the journey regardless of the their size, style or location because the same language is being shared. Genesis 11 talks of the power of humanity speaking the same language. Imagine the kingdom impact where the church world wide is committed to increased health and shares the same language.
Profile Plus provides specific details as to particular expressions of the community of faith which are preventing the church from being increasingly healthy. By deliberately focussing on the lowest 10, along with the minimum factor, we are able to be strategic about the allocation of our resources - time, financial, gifts etc.
Advice for Leaders beginning with NCD
Most pastors (church leaders, etc) with whom I interact have a strong desire to be part of seeing God's kingdom come in their community. To this end, they are, with varying degrees, wanting their church to be healthier so more people are saved. NCD provides a fantastic framework upon which they can be strategic about applying their limited personal and corporate resources to see the kingdom come. Be committed to the process – be willing to walk the journey with your leaders and your church for a period of time. I firmly believe that the deeper one engages with NCD, the more there is to discover and apply in the "everyday” of life, such that "all by itself” the fruit grows.
About Liam Glover
I really enjoy playing touch football. I love hanging out with my three boys (Zach 6, Noah 4 and Jonah 3) and my gorgeous (can I say this here?!) wife Rachel. I'm looking forward to finishing off my study. Living life to the max is the way I live my life. I very much enjoy good coffee. My church "office" is strategically located about 3 metres from the expresso machine at Room 19, our community centre cafe.
I'm proactive in being transformed into the image of Christ. To this end, I meet weekly with other men in an accountability group (called "Life Transformation Group"), where we discuss how the Bible speaks into our everyday lives, we challenge each other, we pray for each other and we encourage one another as we see "those things which so easily entangle" falling away.
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