05-Involving the Entire Church 3/5

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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.

A sending church involves the entire church by clearly and consistently teaching its missions convictions, vision, and strategy. This is...

If you’re a missions leader, then you’ve been stirred by the vision of Revelation 7:9: to see every tribe, tongue, and nation worshiping...

Gleaning insights from popular leadership books and then applying them in the worlds of church and missions is no novel idea. Books on...

Many churches have a mission team or committee that is too narrowly focused in its responsibilities and primarily tasked with overseeing...

HOU Arrival They stood together, surrounded by ten canvas bags, each marked with a name, probably Dari or Pashto. The bags contained...

The phrase “God can use me right where I am” is a reminder to steward our time well and make disciples of all nations wherever we are.

In considering short-term trips for 2022, there are facts about world travel and the COVID-19 vaccine that need to be considered.

“In the midst of constant change, our commitment to care must remain unchanged.” Constant Change, The New Normal As a member of my local...

As a church planter in the States during the 90s, and globally since 2001, we have used short-term teams as an important part of our...

If your church takes family ministry seriously (and I’m sure you do if you’re reading this article!), then you’ve likely had...

Check out the new book from Upstream entitled, "Listen: How to Make the Most of Your Short-term Mission Trip" by the Upstream Collective.

The short-term trip is still a opportunity to create global awareness among your people and make an impact on the field.

Short-term trips have gotten a bit of a bad rap in recent years. Can we redeem a method of ministry to make it do more good than harm?

Here are some questions to ask to develop programs in this transition phase from Committed Goers to Sent, as members actually hit the field.

Committed Goers are those that have been assessed by your church and the sending agency and are cleared to be sent overseas.

Here are some questions to ask as you develop programs in this transition phase from Global Christians to US Senders or Potential Goers.

Global Christians understand that they have to orient their life around God’s mission of bringing the Gospel to those who have not heard it.

These are three questions we need to answer when helping church members move from being new to missions to globally aware.

The goal of a sending pipeline is to mobilize church members towards the missions vision and strategy that you have set before them.

How can a church support sent ones in fund raising in ways that are compatible with its giving structure?