09-Developing Missionaries 2/2

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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.

There is a lot involved with becoming a sending church. Here are some resources to help you.

Those who plan to work overseas need to have a learner’s attitude and make changes in how they live in preparation for life abroad.

The process of seeking a holy ambition helps leaders guide men and women to figure out what God is calling them to do.

A holy ambition provides both clarity and freedom as we submit our call to the narrative of Scripture.

BY Caleb Alford I can tell you I don’t have money. But what I do have are a very particular set of skills, skills I have acquired over a...

Consider these questions when trying to discern if you're being called to missions.

I could only understand two words spoken by the Burundi man in front of me: “Burundi” and “American”. He was Burundi, had bloodshot eyes,...

Snap … snap … snap … A missions leader stands before me, snapping his finger loudly, rhythmically – awkwardly, even – all the while...

The Upstream Collective is committed to equip those desiring to live, work, and study overseas. That's where our Helipad training comes in.

By Andy Jansen with Chris Nelson This is the last of our four-part series of interviews zooming in on the development stage of the...

Interview by Andy Jansen This series of interviews zooms in on the development stage of the Sending Church Pipeline. Developing Sent Ones...

By Andy Jansen with Derick Sherfey This series of interviews zooms in on the development stage of the Sending Church Pipeline. Developing...

Written by Andy Jansen with Terry Irwin This is the beginning of a series of four interviews zooming in on the development stage of the...

Written by Bradley Bell, Director of Content Development Imagine if all the Avengers had no self-awareness. Yeah, go ahead and watch...

Both the church and the missions organization have roles in developing missionaries, and they do well to work together.

Written by Derick Sherfey, Director of Content Strategy “Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter...

THIS ARTICLE IS BY ZACH BRADLEY, DIRECTOR OF CONTENT STRATEGY At least a thousand times, my two-year-old has woken up before dawn to...

THIS ARTICLE IS BY ZACH BRADLEY, DIRECTOR OF CONTENT STRATEGY Jesus knew his greatest duty and was set to complete it. Yet along the way...

This article is by Zach Bradley, Content Strategist for The Upstream Collective. In Part One of this series we focused not so much on the...