COVID-19

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!

Supporting Single Missionaries in the Wake of Covid

Anna Daub

Feb 28, 2022
5 min

Supporting Single Missionaries in the Wake of Covid

Almost two years ago, after watching the Covid virus spread across the globe, many governments responded by closing their borders and...

Maintaining Your Church’s Sending Culture in a Pandemic

Derick Sherfey

Apr 13, 2020
4 min

Maintaining Your Church’s Sending Culture in a Pandemic

Here are 4 ways our little church is seeking to continue cultivating a sending culture in this difficult season.

Four Phases of Unexpected Culture Shock in Our Current Crisis

Matthew Hirt

Apr 6, 2020
5 min

Four Phases of Unexpected Culture Shock in Our Current Crisis

The COVID-19 crisis has shifted our norms so fast that we struggle to keep up. Perhaps our entire society is going through culture shock.