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.
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.
02:24 - Introducing Pastor Drew Hyun
04:01 - Founder of Hope Church NYC and Co-Founder of New City Network
04:41 - Psalm 33:18
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...
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