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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.

Trips with Purpose - Intention to Care Last year, two of my family members participated in a short-term trip to one of our church’s...

As a missions leader, you likely are having regular calls with your Sent Ones. These times are super valuable for catching up on their...

I recently came off a two-month sabbatical. My board at The Upstream Collective had given me the opportunity to pick a couple of months...

The question of what percentage of funds a sending church should give their Sent Ones can be tricky to answer, and there is certainly no...

A monkey was sitting in a tree during a typhoon. From the safety of his perch he noticed a fish that was struggling tremendously in the...

This is an excerpt from the forthcoming book Holding the Rope: How the Local Church Can Care for Its Sent Ones by Ryan Martin, set to be...

One of the biggest reasons church leaders hesitate when it comes to proactively sending their members on mission is the intimidating...

Think before you post. Just four words, but instantly you know what I’m talking about. It may sound similar to the old ways of saying it:...

A Call for Churches to Care For, Not Just About, Their Missionaries Oswald Chambers once said, “Prayer does not equip us for greater...

"Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth." Mike Tyson I can guarantee you that, before today, we have never started an...

“Now when Job’s three friends heard of all this evil that had come upon him, they came each from his own place . . . They made an...

Almost two years ago, after watching the Covid virus spread across the globe, many governments responded by closing their borders and...

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

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:...

We hope this liturgy written by Upstream's Bradley Bell is an encouragement to you. This may be prayed alone, but it could be more...

Paul's partnership with the Philippians and specifically Epaphroditus shows how missionary care serves the work of gospel proclamation.

The local church, both its members and leaders, should be sending and supporting well for the promotion and advancement of the gospel.

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?