Creating a Network of Care Trip Goers
Is Your Church Ready? Care team, what do you do when one of your church’s global workers reaches out and asks for help? What if your...
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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!
Larry McCrary
- Feb 2
- 3 min
How to Prepare for a Virtual Short-Term Trip
If you’re considering planning a virtual short-term trip, here are some things you might consider as you plan and prepare.
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David McWhite
- Jan 31
- 7 min
Incomplete Responses to Short-Term Missions in Developing Nations
As a missions leader in my church, my first priority in organizing and executing short-term trips is to come alongside our missions...
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The Upstream Collective
- Jan 26
- 5 min
Setting Expectations for Short-Term Mission Trips
The following is a guest article by Terry L. Brown. Short-term mission trips can be exciting and life-changing. From navigating...
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Larry McCrary
- Jan 23
- 5 min
The Benefits of Going to the Same Place Year after Year
We have been involved in global missions for over twenty-two years now. For most of those years, we have served in Europe, though the...
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Ellen Livingood
- Jan 19
- 6 min
Expect the Unexpected
Are you prepared for a crisis? As our world becomes more dangerous, what is the riskiest thing your church’s mission leaders can do? The...
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Shirley Ralston
- Jan 16
- 8 min
Five Reasons to Revisit Your Partners
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...
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Ryan Martin
- Jan 12
- 6 min
Short-Term Fueling Long-Term Missions
Short-term missions provides the context through which the church can prepare and propel future missionaries for a lifetime of service
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Mike Ironside
- Jan 9
- 3 min
Evaluating Hosts of Short-Term Trips
As you finish up your short-term trips, a valuable step to take can be to evaluate the trip hosts. It’s likely that those to whom you are...
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debbie4034
- Jan 5
- 6 min
Why I Wouldn’t Go on a Short-Term Mission Trip
The following is a guest article by Rachel Bell Hamm. The year was 2012, and I was never going to go on an international mission trip. My...
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Mike Ironside
- Jan 2
- 3 min
Entry Level Short-Term Trip Opportunities & Resources
In our article series “Redeeming Short-Term Trips,” we lay out some principles for doing short-term trips with intelligence and...
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Larry McCrary
- Oct 24, 2022
- 5 min
Exploring Alternative Pathways to Missions
Fourth Church is situated in a midsize city in the midwest. Their city has seen a lot of growth the last few years as people have moved...
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Joshua Bowman
- Oct 3, 2022
- 4 min
Together on Mission with God: A Biblical Basis for Partnership
Partnership is necessary because the gospel is universally relevant and provides the plan of redemption for sinners separated from God.
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Mike Ironside
- Oct 28, 2021
- 9 min
Short-term Trips and the COVID Vaccine
In considering short-term trips for 2022, there are facts about world travel and the COVID-19 vaccine that need to be considered.
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Shirley Ralston
- Oct 28, 2021
- 5 min
Continuing Care Trips in a Pandemic World
“In the midst of constant change, our commitment to care must remain unchanged.” Constant Change, The New Normal As a member of my local...
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Larry McCrary
- Oct 25, 2021
- 7 min
Building Family Missions Trips: from the Field Side
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...
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Josh Navey
- Oct 21, 2021
- 6 min
Building Family Short-Term Trips from the Church's Viewpoint
If your church takes family ministry seriously (and I’m sure you do if you’re reading this article!), then you’ve likely had...
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Larry McCrary
- Oct 18, 2021
- 3 min
New Book From Upstream: Listen
Check out the new book from Upstream entitled, "Listen: How to Make the Most of Your Short-term Mission Trip" by the Upstream Collective.
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Mike Ironside
- Oct 11, 2021
- 6 min
Redeeming Short-Term Trips (Part 2)
The short-term trip is still a opportunity to create global awareness among your people and make an impact on the field.
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Mike Ironside
- Oct 7, 2021
- 5 min
Redeeming Short-Term Trips (Part 1)
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?
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