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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!
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...
debbie4034
Jun 29, 20174 min read
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...
debbie4034
Mar 2, 20174 min read
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...
debbie4034
Jan 19, 20174 min read
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...
debbie4034
Dec 29, 20165 min read
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...
The Upstream Collective
Sep 20, 20166 min read
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 Upstream Collective
Sep 12, 20162 min read
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 Upstream Collective
Aug 15, 20165 min read
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...
The Upstream Collective
Aug 8, 20167 min read
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