10-Commissioning Missionaries

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The Upstream Blog has a range of short articles on various topics around sending. Look through the tags to discover articles that meet your need.

Church leaders should recruit like coaches. Successful coaches know what type of players they want, and instead of waiting for them to...

I will go down, if you will hold the rope. This great quote of William Carey has continued echoing in my soul since I first heard it. The...

Some missionaries go up to a mountain village to evangelize secluded cattle ranchers. For a day or two, these self-invited Christian...

There’s a lot of things in life that are really important but are also kind of boring: mowing the lawn, doing the laundry, filling out...

Commissioning encourages the Sent-One, highlights God’s heart for the nations, provides prayer, and cultivates missions awareness.

BY JASON HUNSUCKER From start to finish, both the missionary and the church must take responsibility in sending process. Jason Hunsucker,...

By Jason Hunsucker From start to finish, both the missionary and the church must take responsibility in sending process. Jason Hunsucker,...

A guest article by Ron Bush Prompted by Caleb Alford’s article, “Sending Does Not Mean Letting Go,” published on January 28, 2019. I’ve...

A GUEST ARTICLE BY NEAL PIROLO There is a growing awareness within the Christian community that the Church is to play a major role in the...

We are excited to be releasing a new resource that we use in our pre-field training intensives for marketplace workers and vocational...

By Bradley Bell, Director of Content Development In Part One of this series we focused not so much on the local church’s biblical posture...

By Bradley Bell, Director of Content Development When my best friend got married he made the mistake of asking me to officiate his...

This article is by Zach Bradley, Content Strategist for The Upstream Collective. In Part One of this series we focused not so much on the...