Episode 105
#105. Offering HOPE to NYC and the World
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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