06-Evaluating Sending Pathways/Part 2/3

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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.

Establishing partnerships is one of the most important things a church missions leader will do in their role. For most churches,...

Cross-cultural partnerships happen because they mutually submit to King Jesus. Here are principles and practices of healthy partnerships.

Cross-cultural missional partnership is a kingdom-oriented relationship of culturally diverse groups of believers who share common values.

I have been a support-raised missionary. It’s pretty awesome. Here are some of the challenges, along with a few pleasant surprises.

Being a fully-funded missionary is pretty awesome. Here are some of the benefits, along with a few unpleasant surprises.

In today’s connected world, churches, missions organizations, and missionaries work with partners from nations around the globe. Some of...

A growing awareness of gospel needs around the world has produced a sense of urgency in the Church for reaching those far from Christ and...

What a Former Missions Pastor (Who Now Serves an Agency) Wishes He Had Known to Ask In scripture, we learn that the Church is being...

Imagine you’re sitting in a coffee shop reading your Bible. Each time you take a sip of your coffee, you notice a stranger staring at...

In a previous blog post, I defined cross-cultural missional partnership as a kingdom-oriented relationship of culturally diverse groups...

There’s a lot of things in life that are really important but are also kind of boring: mowing the lawn, doing the laundry, filling out...

The best way to do missionary care is to put people on great teams. There are a multitude of reasons why missionaries leave the field:...

As a Sending Church, does it matter who you partner with? Pretty easy question, right? Of course it matters! However, as mission leaders,...

Sally is a member of your church. She also tutors kids at a faith-based non-profit in your city. These four “characters”–Sally, the kids,...

There are several areas for which a sending church can provide financial resources for their marketplace worker.

Consider your missions department’s vision, values, strategy, and calling when developing a tiered approach for giving to missions.

Rather than thinking proactively or strategically, the Shotgun Sending Church is involved in whatever comes their way.

A Missionary Care Sending Church desires to make those they send feel loved, cared for, and accountable to what they are sent to accomplish.

Strategic Sending Churches are great at partnering with existing team leaders on the field and members that are not from their church.

The Team Sending Church sends a group of people to one or more areas as a church-based team to accomplish a specific missionary task.