Overview of Sending Church Element 17: Influencing Other Churches
As God works through your church, how might He be wanting your church to help other churches become sending churches?
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UPSTREAM BLOG
The Upstream Collective 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!
Mike Ironside
- Apr 15, 2021
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Overview of Sending Church Element 16: Innovating as Sending Churches
Every aspect of being a Sending Church should be evaluated regularly.
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Mike Ironside
- Apr 12, 2021
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Overview of Sending Church Element 15: Receiving Sent Ones During Reentry
Consider how you can serve and love the Sent-Ones from your church as they make this difficult re-entry for a short time or permanently.
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Mike Ironside
- Apr 8, 2021
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Overview of Sending Church Element 14: Inviting Sent Ones' Influence
By Inviting Sent-Ones’ Influence the church is able to see its blind spots and adjust its practices to align more to the heart of Scripture.
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Mike Ironside
- Apr 5, 2021
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Overview of Sending Church Element 13: Maintaining Strategic Focus
The Sending Church can provide unique insight and encouragement to help the Sent-One live out the vision and strategy that is before them.
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Mike Ironside
- Apr 1, 2021
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Overview of Sending Church Element 12: Providing Ongoing Care for Sent Ones
The Sending Church can provide personalized care that keeps the Sent-One energized for the challenging work they endeavor upon.
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Mike Ironside
- Mar 29, 2021
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Overview of Sending Church Element 11: Getting Sent Ones Established
Beyond flourishing personally, it is also important to help Sent-Ones live out the right rhythms for ministry from the start.
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Mike Ironside
- Mar 25, 2021
- 2 min
Overview of Sending Church Element 10: Commissioning Sent Ones
Commissioning encourages the Sent-One, highlights God’s heart for the nations, provides prayer, and cultivates missions awareness.
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Mike Ironside
- Mar 22, 2021
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Overview of Sending Church Element 9: Developing Sent Ones
Working hard to develop character prior to going overseas is best for the Sent-One and for the team receiving them on the field.
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Mike Ironside
- Mar 18, 2021
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Overview of Sending Church Element 8: Assessing Sent Ones
The stakes are too high in global missions for the church to not take seriously their role in assessing potential Sent-Ones.
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Mike Ironside
- Mar 17, 2021
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Overview of Sending Church Element 7: Identifying Sent Ones
Churches that actively identify sent ones are actively developing the leadership potential of their members.
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Mike Ironside
- Mar 11, 2021
- 3 min
Overview of Sending Church Element 6: Evaluating Sending Models & Partners
A sending model in its simplest form is the mode in which the Sent-One will enter the country.
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Mike Ironside
- Mar 8, 2021
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Overview of Sending Church Element 5: Involving the Entire Church
Finding ways to help your entire church be involved in global missions will will make a real impact on the field for the sake of the gospel.
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Mike Ironside
- Mar 4, 2021
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Overview of Sending Church Element 4: Building a Strategy
Strategy brings guidance to our church's culture and narrows its focus towards sending people and resources to make real field impact.
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Mike Ironside
- Mar 1, 2021
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Overview of Sending Church Element 3: Developing a Vision
Developing a vision gives importance to defining a clear, simple and compelling statement that draws your church members into God’s mission.
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Mike Ironside
- Feb 25, 2021
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Overview of Sending Church Element 2: Establishing Missions Convictions
The process of establishing missions convictions begins with a church leadership team coming together and searching the Scriptures.
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Mike Ironside
- Feb 17, 2021
- 3 min
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.
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