Rediscover Your Church's Mission! Many churches are struggling to connect with their communities and are facing a decline. But there's hope! God is inviting His church to be reborn from the inside out, transforming into a new missional presence that brings life and flourishing to their neighborhoods. Using inspiring vision, practical tools, and field-tested methods, pastor Joshua Hayden offers church leaders solutions for resurrecting their congregations. If you're a church leader longing to bring your declining church back from the brink, Remissioning Church is your essential companion that outlines the path of inside-out transformation through discipleship while focusing on serving your neighbors and the world. God is inviting your church to a new beginning. Remissioning Church is the guide you need to answer that call and lead your congregation into a future filled with purpose and mission.
"Born out of Josh Hayden's doctoral study and decades of pastoring, Remissioning Church shows what a true field guide is: expertise and lived out work. Josh's invitation is simple: does the church matter to the community it resides in? The underlying sense woven throughout all of Remissioning Church is that Josh answers 'yes' because he steadfastly loves the church."
Eun K. Strawser, pastor of Ma Ke Alo o and author of Centering Discipleship
"Many today struggle to accurately address church decline and the need for a fresh approach to the mission of the church. With a passion for pastors to step confidently into a new day for their church ministry, Dr. Josh Hayden draws from his own research and pastoral experience to demonstrate a transformational process of resetting the missional direction of the church for the immediate ministry context and beyond. Through careful introspection of the church's past and present journey, Dr. Hayden provides relevant and tested steps into a new vision for the pastor and the church."