How to Waste Your Life Beautifully
By Andy Jansen You know what kind of men we proved to be among you for your sake. And you became imitators of us and of the Lord…So,...
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UPSTREAM BLOG
The Upstream 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!
Andy Jansen
- Jun 25, 2018
- 5 min
Developing Sent Ones: Their Stories Part Four
By Andy Jansen with Chris Nelson This is the last of our four-part series of interviews zooming in on the development stage of the...
Andy Jansen
- Jun 18, 2018
- 4 min
Developing Sent Ones: Their Stories, Part Three
Interview by Andy Jansen This series of interviews zooms in on the development stage of the Sending Church Pipeline. Developing Sent Ones...
Andy Jansen
- Jun 11, 2018
- 8 min
Developing Sent Ones: Their Stories Part Two
By Andy Jansen with Derick Sherfey This series of interviews zooms in on the development stage of the Sending Church Pipeline. Developing...
Andy Jansen
- Jun 4, 2018
- 5 min
Developing Sent Ones: Their Stories Part One
Written by Andy Jansen with Terry Irwin This is the beginning of a series of four interviews zooming in on the development stage of the...
Andy Jansen
- Dec 25, 2017
- 2 min
God Spoke: Meditating on Advent
By Andy Jansen God spoke, and we heard him. There was such an accord between his speech and the truth that it was true. And it was good....
Andy Jansen
- Dec 11, 2017
- 4 min
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...
Andy Jansen
- Nov 13, 2017
- 5 min
A Tale of Relationships, Traditions, and German Pubs
This article is by Andy Jansen, Content Manager I had the recent pleasure of interviewing and hearing a fascinating story from Bob...
Andy Jansen
- Oct 16, 2017
- 5 min
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...
debbie4034
- Jul 10, 2017
- 5 min
Ask-a-Missiologist: Gregg Allison on “Does the Holy Spirit or the Church Send Missionaries?"
This is the second part of our interview with Gregg Allison. Gregg Allison is a professor of Christian Theology at The Southern Baptist...
debbie4034
- Jul 3, 2017
- 5 min
Ask-a-Missiologist: Gregg Allison on “Does the Holy Spirit or the Church Send Missionaries?"
We recently sat down for an interview with Gregg Allison. Gregg Allison is a professor of Christian Theology at The Southern Baptist...
Bradley Bell
- Jun 12, 2017
- 5 min
Embracing Spiritual Conviction, Part Two
Sending Church Element 02: Embracing Spiritual Conviction The church is convinced of their need to personally engage this lostness...
Andy Jansen
- May 30, 2017
- 5 min
Cultivating Missions Awareness Through Preaching
We wanted to hear Lane Harrison’s thoughts about Cultivating Missions Awareness through preaching because this is often the primary...
Bradley Bell
- May 1, 2017
- 5 min
Embracing Spiritual Conviction, Part One
Sending Church Element 02: Embracing Spiritual Conviction The church is convinced of their need to personally engage this lostness...
Andy Jansen
- Mar 27, 2017
- 5 min
Sending Church Stories: How a Culture of Missions Produces Fruit
THIS ARTICLE IS BY ANDY JANSEN, AN UPSTREAM INTERN FOCUSING ON CONTENT MANAGEMENT. The following story is based on an interview with...
Andy Jansen
- Mar 13, 2017
- 4 min
Imitate Me: Missionary Methods of Sinners and Saints, Part Three
THIS ARTICLE IS BY ANDY JANSEN, AN UPSTREAM INTERN FOCUSING ON CONTENT MANAGEMENT. In Part One of this series, the issue of counterfeit...
Andy Jansen
- Feb 20, 2017
- 5 min
Imitate Me: Missionary Methods of Sinners and Saints, Part Two
THIS ARTICLE IS BY ANDY JANSEN, AN UPSTREAM INTERN FOCUSING ON CONTENT MANAGEMENT. I realized something strange was happening as I sat...
Andy Jansen
- Feb 6, 2017
- 4 min
Imitate Me: Missionary Methods of Sinners and Saints, Part One
THIS ARTICLE IS BY ANDY JANSEN, AN UPSTREAM INTERN FOCUSING ON CONTENT MANAGEMENT. I had the privilege of watching a couple missionaries...
Andy Jansen
- Jan 2, 2017
- 5 min
Approaching Cultural Exegesis: Bringing Along All The Right Baggage
THIS ARTICLE IS BY ANDY JANSEN, AN UPSTREAM INTERN FOCUSING ON CONTENT MANAGEMENT. We are carrying around cultural baggage. If you open...
Andy Jansen
- Nov 21, 2016
- 5 min
Returning Sent Ones: The Poison of a Self-Critical Heart
THIS ARTICLE IS BY ANDY JANSEN, AN UPSTREAM INTERN FOCUSING ON CONTENT MANAGEMENT. Hi. My name is Andy. I recently returned from Asia,...
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