Pastor Drew Hyun, HOPE Church NYC, shares the unique challenges of leading and pastoring in urban settings as well as the importance of emotionally healthy leaders.
WHAT YOU’LL LEARN:
- What is Emotionally Healthy Discipleship?
- New City Network (of Churches) Five Values
- Unique needs and challenges faced by urban ministers
ABOUT THE GUEST:
Drew Hyun is the Founder and Pastor of Hope Church NYC, a family of diverse churches in and around NYC. Drew is also the Co-Founder of the New City Network, a network of urban churches that value multi-ethnicity, Spirit-filled ministry, emotional health, and mission. Drew is also part of the Emotionally Healthy Discipleship team, a movement that is dedicated to transforming church culture through the multiplication of deeply changed leaders and disciples. Drew loves cities, ESPN, and naps, and finds it a restful Sabbath when all three come together. He resides in New York City with his wife Christina and their son David and daughter Avery.
RELATED LINKS:
- HOPE Church Website
- New City Network Website
- Emotionally Healthy Discipleship Website
- The Hub Website
- Drew Hyun on Twitter
TIMESTAMPED SHOWNOTES:
02:24 – Introducing Pastor Drew Hyun
04:01 – Founder of Hope Church NYC and Co-Founder of New City Network
05:18 – defined as a people who deeply hoped in God’s unfailing love
05:42 – 2012 – dream to start a movement of churches in NYC – Hope Church NYC
06:39 – 2016 – New City Network
06:54 – Recovery House of Worship (Next Step Community Church)
07:11 – New Life Fellowship
07:14 – New City Network of Churches around five values…
07:26 – …urban ministry
07:32 – …emotional health
07:34 – …Spirit-filled ministry
07:42 – …multi-ethnic ministry
07:48 – …mission
08:04 – Church-planting – support for ~40 churches with $2M
08:51 – What is Pastor Hyun’s journey to urban ministry?
09:24 – Grew up in Los Angeles, but very unlike New York
09:31 – College at University of California at Berkeley
09:40 – 2000: Three options following university
11:02 – NYC has a different vibe
11:48 – 2001: Internship at New Life Fellowship
13:23 – Love the people and the diversity of people
14:41 – What are the unique needs and challenges faced by urban ministers?
14:59 – Very practical challenges…
15:14 – …exorbitant cost
15:27 – …extra time that things take to do
15:34 – …leads to feeling weightier and a heaviness
15:43 – …the soil does not seem quit as open
15:50 – …tons of people, but they are harder to reach because they have such little time in margin
16:05 – …staying emotionally and spiritually vibrant is exceptionally difficult
16:26 – …practical needs end up putting on more stress, fear, loneliness, anxiety
16:43 – Unless one is super-intentional about remaining emotionally and spiritually whole
17:14 – Deeply passionate about emotionally healthy discipleship
17:41 – Approach with a missionary mindset – it’s cross-cultural experience
17:59 – What is emotional health and why is it important?
18:32 – The goal is not just planting churches…
18:42 – …vibrant and full of health
18:45 – …integrity that mimic Sermon on the Mount
18:55 – Emotionally healthy discipleship culture
19:41 – What are we multiplying?
20:19 – Role of New City Network
20:38 – Emotionally Healthy Discipleship is in process of building a network
21:41 – Involvement in Emotionally Healthy Discipleship
22:29 – Seeing unhealthy churches in the past
23:09 – Seeing Christianity in the church vs what Jesus taught
23:29 – Seeing the same thing happening in his own life
24:22 – How does the gospel speak into our lives and experiences?
24:51 – What it means to follow Jesus?
25:46 – We are unaware of our blind spots and our power
25:55 – Grow continually
26:02 – Make amends with our sinfulness
26:08 – Desire to live with as much integrity as possible
26:31 – Ask God for transformation
26:49 – Deep father wounds transcend cultures
30:34 – Discipleship Model: what’s caught and what’s taught…
30:57 – …taught…
31:10 – …Emotionally Healthy Discipleship…
31:20 – … Course 1. Emotionally Healthy Spirituality
31:24 – … Course 2. Emotionally Healthy Relationships
31:36 – Introduce people on what it means to love God with all your heart, soul, and mind
31:41 – and to love others as your love yourself
31:46 – …caught…
31:49 – Modeling incarnational listening while working through a conflict
31:58 – Building a culture
32:20 – Who can participate in the program?
32:57 – How would a ministry leader start this discipleship program?
33:05 – EmotionallyHealthy.org – for assessments, tools, introduction to courses
33:19 – Hope Church begins The Hub in Midtown NYC
33:59 – Communal space for use by church plants, missions agencies, and non-profits at an affordable cost
34:50 – Last year, 78 organizations used this space
36:51 – Getting in touch with Pastor Drew Hyun – @drewhyun on Instagram and Twitter
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