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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.



Invisible or Ignored: America’s Foreign Mission Field
This is a guest article by Ben Schroering. Something truly incredible is taking place. Unevangelized people groups from hard to reach...


Rethinking Our Perspective: When the Marginalized Move to the Center
The following is a guest article by Josh Baylor. I’ve always considered reaching the rest of the world through the highly-resourced...


It’s Not All About War: Balancing Our Kingdom Rhetoric
The following is a guest article by Jonathan Trotter. How we motivate people to care about cross-cultural missions matters. Should we try...


Do You Take The Great Commission Personally?
The following is a guest article by Grayson Pope. In Acts 7, a leader in the Church named Stephen is dragged before the Sanhedrin and...


Refuge(e): Why Christians Must Respond to the Need of the Displaced and the Sojourners
THE FOLLOWING IS A GUEST POST FROM CHRISTIAN DOUGLAS. CHRISTIAN SERVES AS A GLOBAL MISSIONARY IN WESTERN EUROPE. The past two years have...


Go We Therefore: The Church’s Motivation in God’s Mission
THIS WEEK’S ARTICLE IS PROVIDED BY GUEST CONTRIBUTOR ERNEST GOODMAN. IT ORIGINALLY APPEARED UNDER THE SAME TITLE ON MISSIONS...


The Poison of Vainglory: Overcoming Pride as a Global Sent One
The following is a guest post from Christian Douglas. Christian serves as a global missionary in Western Europe. Months ago, I had the...


The Idolatry of Missions
The following is a guest post from Jonathan Trotter (@trotters41). Jonathan is a missionary in Southeast Asia, where he provides pastoral...
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