A Holy Ambition: Finding Your Pathway to Mission- Part Two
The process of seeking a holy ambition helps leaders guide men and women to figure out what God is calling them to do.
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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!
Ben Ward
- Sep 9, 2019
- 4 min
A Holy Ambition: Finding Your Pathway to Mission- Part One
A holy ambition provides both clarity and freedom as we submit our call to the narrative of Scripture.
debbie4034
- May 13, 2019
- 3 min
Sanctified For Mission, Sanctified Through Mission
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...
Matthew Bennett
- Mar 4, 2019
- 4 min
Discerning a Call to Missions
Consider these questions when trying to discern if you're being called to missions.
debbie4034
- Feb 18, 2019
- 4 min
One-Way Culture Shock: A Byproduct of Pride-Wrought 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,...
Dan Bush
- Jan 21, 2019
- 4 min
Perfect Fear Casts Out Love: A Better Motivation for Mission
Snap … snap … snap … A missions leader stands before me, snapping his finger loudly, rhythmically – awkwardly, even – all the while...
The Upstream Collective
- Jan 14, 2019
- 2 min
Helipad Training: An Alternative Way To Prepare To Be Sent
The Upstream Collective is committed to equip those desiring to live, work, and study overseas. That's where our Helipad training comes in.
Andy Jansen
- Jun 25, 2018
- 5 min
Developing Sent Ones: Their Stories Part Four
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...
Andy Jansen
- Jun 18, 2018
- 4 min
Developing Sent Ones: Their Stories, Part Three
Interview by Andy Jansen This series of interviews zooms in on the development stage of the Sending Church Pipeline. Developing Sent Ones...
Andy Jansen
- Jun 11, 2018
- 8 min
Developing Sent Ones: Their Stories Part Two
By Andy Jansen with Derick Sherfey This series of interviews zooms in on the development stage of the Sending Church Pipeline. Developing...
Andy Jansen
- Jun 4, 2018
- 5 min
Developing Sent Ones: Their Stories Part One
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...
Bradley Bell
- May 28, 2018
- 5 min
Cultivating Self-Awareness in Potential Sent Ones
Written by Bradley Bell, Director of Content Development Imagine if all the Avengers had no self-awareness. Yeah, go ahead and watch...
Larry McCrary
- Apr 16, 2018
- 4 min
How Churches and Organizations Develop Missionaries Together
Both the church and the missions organization have roles in developing missionaries, and they do well to work together.
Derick Sherfey
- Mar 26, 2018
- 3 min
A Paradigm for Developing Leaders
Written by Derick Sherfey, Director of Content Strategy “Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter...
Bradley Bell
- Feb 5, 2018
- 4 min
Expectations vs. Expectancy: The Fine Line of Missionary Attrition
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...
Bradley Bell
- Jan 29, 2018
- 4 min
The Missionary’s Greatest Duty is No Duty At All
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...
Bradley Bell
- Jan 23, 2017
- 4 min
The Sent One Defined: A Healthy Posture Toward the Local Church, Part Two
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...
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