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Upstream Blog
The Upstream Blog has a range of short articles on various topics around sending. Look through the tags to discover articles that meet your need.
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.
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.
Partnership In The Gospel: Biblical Support For Missionary Care From Philippians 2:25–30
Paul's partnership with the Philippians and specifically Epaphroditus shows how missionary care serves the work of gospel proclamation.
How to Get Good Video Coverage Overseas on a Budget
How can I do video and interviews on a budget, without having to pay one of my communications staff to come overseas?
Overview of Sending Element 1: Cultivating Missions Awareness
Missions awareness starts with you. You can begin creating awareness by helping those close to you understand God’s heart for the nations.
Missions Resources from Around the Web
We want to highlight some helpful resources from around the web. This is a mixed bag of resources about a variety of missions topics.
Helpful Resources for Becoming a Sending Church
There is a lot involved with becoming a sending church. Here are some resources to help you.
Resource of the Week: 40 Questions About Islam by Matthew Bennett
40 Questions About Islam will help you learn about Islamic theology, understand your Muslim neighbors, and help you share the gospel.
Jet Set Trips: A First-Person Perspective
What God impressed upon me the most on the Jet Set trip was how we are to love and care for our sent ones.
How a Guru and a Televangelist from the 1980’s Disillusioned Majority World Christianity
The proliferation of the prosperity gospel among Christians has probably come to be the most formidable crisis that missionaries face today.
6 Books You Should Read in 2020
Whether you’re looking for resources to pass on to others or wanting to learn about living as a sent one, these are 6 books worth reading.
Celebrating When No One Around You Is: Christmas in a Muslim Culture
Living in a Muslim culture transformed our family’s celebration of Christmas.
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...
The God Who is Near All People: A Meditation on Acts 17:15-34, Part Two
BY DIRECTOR OF CONTENT, BRADLEY BELL So he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and the devout persons, and in the marketplace every...
In Defense of Missionaries on Instagram
By Anonymous Global Worker My original idea for the title of this article was, “In Defense of Photos Posted by Christian Workers Around...
Encountering God’s Mission in God’s Word
I sat down to coffee with a good friend last week to catch up and chat and dream a little bit about how we might change the world. I...
A Great Communion in The Great Commission
Written by Derick Sherfey, Director of Content Strategy It’s Good Friday & Easter weekend. (but you probably already knew that…) This...
Recommended Reading: “Delighting in the Trinity” by Michael Reeves
THIS ARTICLE IS BY ZACH BRADLEY, DIRECTOR OF CONTENT STRATEGY. You can always count on Upstream pointing you to great books. One that...
Ask-a-Missiologist: Ken Winter on "Does a Pastor Have a Biblical Responsibility in Global Mission?"
Ask-a-Missiologist is a series in which we do just that ask a missiologist a current pressing missiological question. This week’s...
Recommended Reading: “American Nations” by Colin Woodard
Sending churches and sent ones must be learners. They not only study the Bible and theology, but also the language and culture of their...
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