11-Getting Missionaries Established 2/4

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.

In part 1, we went through some mistakes missionaries often make with language learning. Now let’s look at the missionaries who succeed...

Many missionaries start out motivated to learn and engage in the new language and culture around them. Unfortunately, those aspirations...

Jose Luis, his wife, Wendy, and their three small children are preparing to move to Africa next year to work with a mission organization...

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...

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:...

Your palms are a bit clammy. Your heart is racing. Your eyes dart to and fro, searching the area for something or someone familiar. You...

One of the most exciting moments for church missions leaders is when someone in the body expresses a call from God to serve...

You don’t have to be an expert to share the hope of the gospel with someone who is much different than you.

While closed countries and security can make communication daunting, do not let it stop you from staying in contact with sent ones.

What is a closed country and what does it mean for missions and sending?

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

Beyond flourishing personally, it is also important to help Sent-Ones live out the right rhythms for ministry from the start.

Ethnographic research is a tremendous way to better understand how God is at work in the life of a person or a community.

Ethnographic research can be done by anyone and can lead to a more effective and efficient ministry.

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.

When we are a part of Christ’s legacy, our lives are intertwined with his glory because we are in him.

By Rebecca Ramirez Miguel and Anna live in a small village tucked away in the mountains of southern Mexico. They are a couple in their...

BY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, LARRY MCCRARY Receiving new workers on the mission field (whether they be short-, mid-, or long-term) is one of...

BY CONTENT & OPERATIONS MANAGER, DAN BUSH Early on at Bible college, I met a passionate underclassman. At the time, I was struggling with...