How to Design a Mission Space in Your Church
The Sunday gathering is a great time to create mission awareness in your church. Assuming you are already using some graphics or slides...
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The Upstream Collective 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!
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Bradley Bell
- Aug 22
- 4 min
Why Every Church Member Needs Glasses: Fostering a Missional Lens
I started wearing glasses in the fourth grade. The optometrist whispered to my mom, “He’s nearsighted in one eye, farsighted in the...
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Dave & Lorene Wilson
- Aug 15
- 6 min
Creative Ways to Cultivate Awareness, Pt. I
After serving in the church as a missions pastor for more than twenty years, I am often amused when I reflect on the variety of failures...
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Anna Daub
- Aug 8
- 4 min
Leading Your Church to Think About the Global Church
The global church offers Western Christians hope in what feels like hopeless times; however, because many Western Christians do not see...
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Matthew Hirt
- Aug 4
- 5 min
Resources & Suggestions for Cultivating Missions Awareness in Your Church
Mission Vision Toolbox: Tools for Casting a Great Commission Vision in your Church I think most pastors have the desire for their church...
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Ryan Martin
- Aug 1
- 6 min
Cultivating Missions Awareness
A little over a year ago, my family and I transitioned churches. This was not the first time either my wife or I had sought a new church...
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Mike Ironside
- May 2
- 3 min
Involving the Entire Church in Global Missions
A sending church involves the entire church by clearly and consistently teaching its missions convictions, vision, and strategy. This is...
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Meredith Cook
- Aug 30, 2021
- 5 min
Why Everyone Should Be Friends with Missionaries
I'm convinced that everyone should be friends with a missionary—or at least have some kind of contact with a sent one. Here's why.
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Mike Ironside
- Aug 25, 2021
- 4 min
Tips for Creating a Global Missions Display
A global missions display validates your efforts in global missions and shows your members what you are doing around the world.
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Caleb Crider
- Aug 23, 2021
- 4 min
Questions to Ask for Understanding Culture and Worldview
Culture and worldview are complicated. Here are some questions that should guide your understanding.
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Meredith Cook
- Aug 20, 2021
- 2 min
Resources to Help Guide Your Prayer for the Nations
Prayer is vital to the work of missionaries around the world. Here are some organizations that have developed prayer guides for the nations.
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Meredith Cook
- Aug 18, 2021
- 3 min
Pray for Afghanistan and Haiti
Pray for Afghanistan and Haiti. Pray for these countries. Pray for their citizens. Pray for the church, its leaders, and believers.
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Mike Ironside
- Aug 16, 2021
- 4 min
Tips for Creating a Missions Website for Your Church
In the global information age a website can be a key part of your plan to cultivate global awareness in the life of your church.
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Meredith Cook
- Aug 13, 2021
- 2 min
Your End of Summer Reading: Missionary Biographies
Missionary biographies encourage us, spur us on, and teach us about God's love for all nations. Here are some you should read.
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