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Josh Hayden (he/him) finds great joy in empowering organizations to live on mission in order to live out their mission.  Josh has over 20 years in organizational leadership and has worked and led in non-profit, church plant, and established church settings.  Josh studied leadership and organizational change while writing Creative Destruction: Towards a Theology of Institutions to receive a doctorate from Duke Divinity School.  He is also the author of Sacred Hope, a book designed to foster conversation around the role of hope in our lives. His newest book on Remissioning (IVP) will be out 2024! He is a sought out voice of leadership, both in the church, ecumenically-wide denominations, seminaries, national network boards and local community boards.  He is married to his best friend and high school sweetheart, Shéy, and they have two sons, Rowan and Eli, who are the best part of their every day. 

Rev. Dr. Hayden has a unique focus on helping remission established churches and organizations so that they can navigate change with purpose. Josh has been the director and developer of the Remissioning Collective (neé Learning Cohort), a 30 week learning experience that brings 5-8 established church pastors and intentional interim pastors to journey together on the courageous and innovative work of remissioning the Church since 2018.  In addition, he has developed countless tools, policies and protocols that systematically and practically help Church Leadership navigate change well.