Webster defines "tran-si-tion" as a passage from one state, stage, subject or place to another: CHANGE! NCFM formed the Department of Transition to study the transition of the church as a whole and the transition that goes on in the life of the individual Christian. Both the church and the Christian are constantly "changing" in their growth and hopefully maturity. Our prayer is that we can possibly help Christians understand the change that is going on with the church and the change that they may find themselves going through as they walk this life out in Christ. 

 Our Father in Heaven loves us so much that He will NEVER leave us alone. Our journey to maturity only begins when we accept Christ as Lord and Savior and will last till the day we leave this earth. NCFM's Department of Transition endeavors to study that transition. Not ony in the Christian individual but the church as well. One of the greatest stumbling blocks to the Christian and the church is the thought that God is stagnant in His dealings with His sons and daughters. Humans are prone to habit, and the reason being is that they LIKE comfort. It's "comfortable" to get used to where you live, where you work and even where you go to church. It's comfortable to know that when you wake up tomorrow you pretty much will know how to handle those days situations. Even when dealing with God, Christians love to get in a routine with Him. Most of them have their routine for Bible reading, prayer, church attendance down pat and they pretty much know the times of how long each will last and what they will do.  There is nothing wrong with routine until that routine is unbreakable, unshakeable, and mundane. The Christian doesn't mature because he or she does routine well, they mature because God matures them through relationship with Him. Knowing how the Father works, knowing how much He loves and having that intimate relationship with Him will allow you to mature in Him.
 

It's our commitment and goal to help you in any way we can as our loving Father guides us into that path of maturity.

 

 Just as our Father in heaven will never leave the individual believer alone, He will not leave His church alone. From the beginning of man our Father has been actively involved in His creation and He is still at it today. The church, just like everything that God has created is constantly changing. Nothing He creates is stagnant, the universe, the world, our bodies, our spiritual lives, and even molecules are constantly moving so why would His church be any different? The only thing that doesn't change is Him and His word, of that we can be thankful! From the time that Jesus established His church till now, men have gotten caught up in the way "it used to be". Even the New Testament Christians who came from Judaism were getting caught up in the way "it used to be" as they moved into Christianity. They were taking some of the ideas and customs from Judaism and tried to bring them into Christianity such as circumcision. Today we find many in the church who say "this is the way it used to be", or "if it worked for grandma or grandpa it's good enough for me". To get caught up in that is to get hung in the trap of trying to have a relationship with God out of routine instead of His Spirit. God is not looking for routine, He is looking for an active, vibrant, moving church which is following Him as he brings the church into maturity.
 

As with the individual it is our commitment and goal to help in any way we can as our loving Father guides His church into that path of maturity. 

Probably one of the hardest things for the believer to understand is the transitions that they go through on their walk with our Father. The Holy Spirit will take them on a journey that has their best interest at heart but it is in that journey that if the believer doesn't have someone nearby to help and mentor them or understand what is going on that they often will take the transitions as that God doesn't love them or doesn't care when in reality He loves them very much and will never leave them. It is our belief that God is Very involved in our lives. We are told In Hebrews 13:5, "I will never leave you nor forsake you"! Psalms 48:14 says, "For this God is our God for ever and ever; He will be our guide even to the end." David describes God's providence over us in a fantastic way in Psalms 23 when he says, "The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not be in want. He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, he restores my soul. He guides me in paths of righteousness for His name sake. Even though I walk through the valley of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me, your rod and your staff they comfort me. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You annoint my head with oil; my cup overflowes. Surely goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever".  If you study any of the men and women in the Bible who were following God you will see that their life went through many transitions.

To be deremined. Pieces of the puzzle are still being added!