When We Leave, He Will Stay
By Rebecca Ramirez Miguel and Anna live in a small village tucked away in the mountains of southern Mexico. They are a couple in their...
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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!
Dan Bush
Aug 19, 20193 min
Theology Without Love Equals Nothing in Missions
BY CONTENT & OPERATIONS MANAGER, DAN BUSH Early on at Bible college, I met a passionate underclassman. At the time, I was struggling with...
Dan Bush
Apr 29, 20193 min
National Ministry Partners: are they just co-workers or friends?
By Content & Operations Manager, Dan Bush My mission team leader loved Nepalis. Even if we were in a meeting, he would drop everything...
debbie4034
Feb 11, 20193 min
An Intentional Strategy for Being on Mission (and Being Human)
Recently we moved to another city in another country. Again. If you follow me on Twitter (@larrymccrary) you probably have noticed the...
debbie4034
Dec 3, 20183 min
Cultivating Missionary Skills | Bridges & Barriers
TODAY’S POST IS AN EXCERPT OF WHAT YOU WILL FIND IN THE TRADECRAFT WORKBOOK, WHICH IS DESIGNED TO PRACTICALLY GUIDE YOU & YOUR COMMUNITY...
debbie4034
Nov 30, 20182 min
Cultivating Missionary Skills | Exegeting Culture Part One
TODAY’S POST IS AN EXCERPT OF WHAT YOU WILL FIND IN THE TRADECRAFT WORKBOOK, WHICH IS DESIGNED TO PRACTICALLY GUIDE YOU & YOUR COMMUNITY...
debbie4034
Nov 5, 20185 min
Cultivating Missionary Skills | The How of Mapping Part Two
Ministry requires more than knowing the names and locations of streets and highways in your city. Observations need to be made in...
debbie4034
Nov 2, 20183 min
Cultivating Missionary Skills | The How of Mapping
Ministry requires more than knowing the names and locations of streets and highways in your city. Observations need to be made in...
debbie4034
Oct 22, 20184 min
Cultivating Missionary Skills | Mapping
Nothing will accent the fact that you are an outsider in a certain place more than being lost there. This is particularly true if you are...
debbie4034
Oct 19, 20183 min
Cultivating Missionary Skills | Following The Spirit
Common sense is a part of discerning your church’s missionary call. The gifts of the people that comprise your local body should impact...
Larry McCrary
Oct 1, 20183 min
Giving and Receiving Hospitality
By Larry McCrary, Executive Director, from his new book, The Marketspace: Essential Relationships Between the Sending Church, Marketplace...
Derick Sherfey
Sep 21, 20185 min
Apprenticeship to Jesus Diagnostic | Part Three
By Derick Sherfey | Director of Content Strategy This year my family- along with a couple dozen others- made the thousand+ mile trek West...
Derick Sherfey
Sep 14, 20185 min
Apprenticeship to Jesus Diagnostic: Part Two
By Derick Sherfey, Director of Content Strategy This year my family- along with a couple dozen others- made the thousand+ mile trek West...