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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.​
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Empower the Saints for the Work of Missionary Care
We as missions pastors/leaders have the opportunity to equip lay members of our congregations to meet the needs of missionary care.


Know Thy Neighbor to Love Thy Neighbor: Three Reasons for a Christian to Study Islam
I believe that in order to communicate the gospel well to our Muslim neighbors, we need to understand our Muslim neighbors first.


Discipling Children Toward Missions
There seems to be a correlation between children who receive missions education and those who later commit themselves to missionary service.


Use the Holidays to Your Evangelistic Advantage
The holiday season is filled with opportunities to share the gospel with neighbors, friends, and family.


The Incomplete Pass: A Call for Missionary Teams to Receive Well, Part Four
BY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, LARRY MCCRARY Receiving new workers on the mission field (whether they be short-, mid-, or long-term) is one of...


The Nations Among Us: What We’re Teaching Them About Worship
I stood in the afternoon worship service yesterday, listening to the large worship team express their love for Jesus. They were young,...


The Incomplete Pass: A Call For Missionaries Teams to Receive Well, Part Three
BY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, LARRY MCCRARY Receiving new workers on the mission field (whether they be short-, mid-, or long-term) is one of...


The Incomplete Pass: A Call For Missionary Teams to Receive Well, Part Two
BY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, LARRY MCCRARY Receiving new workers on the mission field (whether they be short-, mid-, or long-term) is one of...


The Incomplete Pass: A Call for Missionary Teams to Receive Well, Part One
I strongly believe that how missionary teams receive new workers is vitally important to the Great Commission task.


Commissioning the Missions Team
A GUEST ARTICLE BY NEAL PIROLO There is a growing awareness within the Christian community that the Church is to play a major role in the...


God’s Generous Heart through God’s Generous People
Tomorrow is Giving Tuesday, an international day created to promote charitable giving at the beginning of the holiday season. The...


Revised Creation to Christ
THIS ARTICLE IS BY BRADLEY Bell, DIRECTOR OF CONTENT Development I want to tell you a story. Perhaps the most thrilling part of being on...


Five Essentials for Effective Mission
Written by Derick Sherfey, Director of Content Strategy The most common issue we hear, as we work with churches of all shapes and sizes...


Why Christians Are More Than Senders or Goers
THIS ARTICLE IS BY ZACH BRADLEY, DIRECTOR OF CONTENT STRATEGY Over the past decade, John Piper’s categorical way of thinking about...


Involving the Entire Church, Part Five
SENDING CHURCH ELEMENT 04: INVOLVING THE ENTIRE CHURCH The church embodies sentness by cultivating the involvement of every member in the...


Involving the Entire Church, Part Four
Sending Church Element 04: Involving the Entire Church The church embodies sentness by cultivating the involvement of every member in the...


Involving the Entire Church, Part Three
SENDING CHURCH ELEMENT 04: INVOLVING THE ENTIRE CHURCH The church embodies sentness by cultivating the involvement of every member in the...


Involving the Entire Church, Part Two
Sending Church Element 04: Involving the Entire Church The church embodies sentness by cultivating the involvement of every member in the...


Involving the Entire Church, Part One
Sending Church Element 04: Involving the Entire Church The church embodies sentness by cultivating the involvement of every member in the...


Ask-a-Missiologist: Ken Winter on "Does a Pastor Have a Biblical Responsibility in Global Mission?"
Ask-a-Missiologist is a series in which we do just that ask a missiologist a current pressing missiological question. This week’s...
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