Pre-Field Care: The Oft-Forgotten Element of Missionary Care
Church leaders should recruit like coaches. Successful coaches know what type of players they want, and instead of waiting for them to...
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UPSTREAM BLOG
The Upstream Blog is published two times a week and contains content from missions leaders, pastors, missiologists, and the Upstream team on a wide variety of topics pertaining to being a sending church. Leave us some comments or questions!
Bradley Bell
- Feb 23, 2023
- 3 min
Blood on Both Ends of the Rope: Reflections on the Gains and Losses of Transition
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...
Jason Apon
- Feb 6, 2023
- 5 min
Getting Sent Ones Established—As Committed Church Members
Some missionaries go up to a mountain village to evangelize secluded cattle ranchers. For a day or two, these self-invited Christian...
Mike Easton
- Jan 10, 2022
- 4 min
Writing an MOU
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...
Mike Easton
- Mar 25, 2021
- 2 min
Overview of Sending Church Element 10: Commissioning Sent Ones
Commissioning encourages the Sent-One, highlights God’s heart for the nations, provides prayer, and cultivates missions awareness.
Jason Hunsucker
- Oct 15, 2019
- 3 min
How to Be Sent Well, Part Two
BY JASON HUNSUCKER From start to finish, both the missionary and the church must take responsibility in sending process. Jason Hunsucker,...
Jason Hunsucker
- Aug 6, 2019
- 4 min
How To Be Sent Well, Part One
By Jason Hunsucker From start to finish, both the missionary and the church must take responsibility in sending process. Jason Hunsucker,...
debbie4034
- Mar 11, 2019
- 5 min
On Relationships Between Sent Ones and Senders
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...
Neal Pirolo
- Feb 25, 2019
- 4 min
Commissioning the Missions Team
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...
debbie4034
- Dec 10, 2018
- 1 min
Leaving Well
We are excited to be releasing a new resource that we use in our pre-field training intensives for marketplace workers and vocational...
debbie4034
- Jul 20, 2018
- 4 min
Cultivating a Healthy Posture Toward the Local Church Part 2
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...
Larry McCrary
- Jul 13, 2018
- 4 min
Cultivating a Healthy Posture Toward the Local Church Part 1
By Bradley Bell, Director of Content Development When my best friend got married he made the mistake of asking me to officiate his...
Bradley Bell
- Jan 23, 2017
- 4 min
The Sent One Defined: A Healthy Posture Toward the Local Church, Part Two
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...
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