Josh has recently authored Remissioning Church, A Field Guide to Bringing a Congregation Back to Life, where he talks about transforming a church from the inside out to bring a new missional presence that brings life and flourishing to the neighborhood.

Book: Remissioning Church

1. How and why congregations might be dying
2. Remissioning vs Revitalizing
3. Inside-out transformation

Josh Hayden is the co-founder and co-president of `Iwa Collaborative, which helps leaders fly high and live low as they lead through change processes in their community. He runs remissioning trainings through `Iwa Collaborative across various denominational, non-denominational, and global networks.

Josh Hayden is the senior pastor at First Baptist Church in Ashland, Virginia. For over 20 years he has worked and led in nonprofit organizations, church plants, and established churches. He has a doctorate in leadership and organizational change from Duke Divinity School and is the author of Remissioning Church and Sacred Hope. He serves on the boards of numerous nonprofits. He and his family live near Richmond, Virginia.

1. Iwa Collaborative
2. First Baptist Ashland VA

01:22 - Introducing Pastor Josh Hayden

05:32 - How and why congregations might be dying

06:04 - ...churches in survival mode

06:21 - ...counting, not reflecting Jesus

06:42 - ...want people to lead, but rarely invite or train up leaders

07:16 - ...afraid of conflict, stuck in tradition

07:45 - How Josh's journey influenced the writing of the book

09:22 - Established church vs church plant

10:53 - Exploring the book title: Remissioning Church

11:42 - ...Remissioning vs Revitalizing

14:44 - ...Remissioning was not a word that people were using regularly

16:27 - ...Is it RE-missioning or re-MISSION-ing?

19:12 - How does church leadership assess if the church should be remissioned?

19:28 - ...awareness of where the church is in the life cycle

19:45 - ...spiritual health of the church

19:53 - ...counting vs measuring

20:02 - ...honest evaluation

21:55 - How does the church leadership manage feelings in assessing a church?

24:24 - ...helping people navigate loss and change

25:35 - ...embrace conflict

26:45 - What does a healthy church look like?

26:47 - ...clear sense of how to make disciples who are good for the community

27:30 - ...common life with the community

27:36 - ...see change as God inviting us into a life-death-resurrection journey

28:03 - ...disciple people inside the church so not to export the mission of God to others

30:35 - What is the goal of remissioning a church?

32:51 - What needs to happen for inside-out transformation to take place?

33:19 - ...people discipling someone

34:18 - ...learn to live on mission with God

34:50 - ...live with more purpose and intention

35:25 - How and why is discipleship the mission of the church?

35:57 - ...a...

Brandon has extensive experience living and serving among least-reached peoples in the New York City metropolitan area. His time spent in the Middle East cultivated a deep passion for diaspora Muslims residing in gateway cities.

Brandon's website

• Christians may be hesitate or fearful about engaging with Muslim neighbors
• Muslims might not have significant relationship with Christians
• Heart for Muslims as a Resource

Brandon lives and serves least-reached peoples in the New York City metropolitan area. After spending significant time in the Middle East, he grew to have hearts for diaspora Muslims living in gateway cities. Brandon is the Executive Director of Heart For Muslims, a mission initiative with a passion to love Muslims, equip the Body of Christ, and connect people for gospel-centered service

• Heart for Muslims

03:17 - Calling to minister to Muslims

04:33 - Christians may be hesitate or fearful about engaging with Muslim neighbors

05:07 - ...seek out Heart for Muslims and tour a Muslim neighborhood

07:30 - ...Vision and Mission trip

07:55 - ...Muslims can be in the US for a long time and not have a significant relationship with a Christians

12:55 - A Story of a Meaningful Relationship Illustrates the Power of Faithful Presence in Muslim Community

20:05 - Engaging with Muslims during Ramadan

25:10 - Getting involved with Heart for Muslims

28:39 - HeartForMuslims.com

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Brandon has extensive experience living and serving among least-reached peoples in the New York City metropolitan area. His time spent in the Middle East cultivated a deep passion for diaspora Muslims residing in gateway cities.

Brandon's website

• The Gap Between the Christian and Muslim Communities
• Most Effective Ways for Churches and Believers to Serve Muslims
• Heart for Muslims as a Resource

Brandon lives and serves least-reached peoples in the New York City metropolitan area. After spending significant time in the Middle East, he grew to have hearts for diaspora Muslims living in gateway cities. Brandon is the Executive Director of Heart For Muslims, a mission initiative with a passion to love Muslims, equip the Body of Christ, and connect people for gospel-centered service

• Heart for Muslims

01:21 - Introducing Brandon

03:25 - Calling to minister to Muslims

04:39 - Journey from the Middle East to NYC and Approach to Ministry

05:32 - ...interdenominational seminary

05:43 - ...international students

05:56 - ...studying abroad at Jerusalem University

06:52 - ...teaching ESL at Bethlehem Bible College

07:03 - ...connecting point on seeing all people as God's creation

07:57 - ...the only difference was knowing Jesus

08:39 - ...journey of repentance

09:13 - ...began feeling a calling to serve full-time in the Middle East

10:22 - ...heard of work with displaced Muslims in North America

11:19 - ...neighborhood in northern New Jersey and it's like Palestine

13:46 - ...very limited concerted effort to reach Muslims around NYC with the gospel

14:11 - ...freedom to share the gospel in NY/NJ that's not available in the Middle East

15:10 - ...protection for Muslims who accept Jesus as Lord and Savior

15:34 - Executive Director of Heart for Muslims

16:18 - ...vision for the future of the Heart for Muslims conference

18:07 - The gap between the Christian and Muslim communities

19:11 - Most effective ways for churches and believers to serve Muslims

19:44 - ...lack of knowledge

20:03 - ...focus on a particular local people group

20:40 - ...Step 1: Pray about whom to engage

22:10 - ...Step 2: Who is already doing work among these people?

22:40 - ...the Lord will reveal needs

23:59 - ...Step 3: connect your life to theirs

24:50 - ...Connect and Live with People

25:51 - ...Heart for Muslims as a resource

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