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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!
Know Thy Neighbor to Love Thy Neighbor: Three Reasons for a Christian to Study Islam
I believe that in order to communicate the gospel well to our Muslim neighbors, we need to understand our Muslim neighbors first.
Matthew Bennett
Mar 30, 20204 min read
Truths from Scripture to Remember When We Are Weak in Evangelism
Evangelism is challenging. Often we feel too weak in our own faith to share it with others. Here are some Bible verses that help us be bold.
Grant Ohlmann
Mar 2, 20207 min read
Evangelism in Our Weaknesses: Taking Steps of Obedience
If we are in Christ, we have died to sin and are free to be obedient to share the gospel despite our fears.
Grant Ohlmann
Feb 24, 20205 min read
Personality Matters to Missions
Why does personality matter in missions? Because people matter to God.
Tammy Stayton
Dec 9, 20196 min read
Use the Holidays to Your Evangelistic Advantage
The holiday season is filled with opportunities to share the gospel with neighbors, friends, and family.
Meredith Cook
Nov 25, 20193 min read
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...
Rebecca Ramirez
Oct 28, 20194 min read
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
Aug 19, 20193 min read
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...
Dan Bush
Apr 29, 20193 min read
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
Feb 11, 20193 min read
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
Dec 3, 20183 min read
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 30, 20182 min read
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 5, 20185 min read
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
Nov 2, 20183 min read
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 22, 20184 min read
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...
debbie4034
Oct 19, 20183 min read
Giving and Receiving Hospitality
By Larry McCrary, Executive Director, from his new book, The Marketspace: Essential Relationships Between the Sending Church, Marketplace...
Larry McCrary
Oct 1, 20183 min read
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 21, 20185 min read
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...
Derick Sherfey
Sep 14, 20185 min read
Apprenticeship to Jesus Diagnostic: Part One
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 7, 20185 min read
The Church as Missionary
By Caleb Crider, Co-Founder of Upstream When a Christian missionary leaves his home and enters a foreign culture in order to share the...
Larry McCrary
Jul 27, 20183 min read
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