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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.
The Grace in “Don’t Go”: A Defense for Slowing Down the Process of Being Sent
I heard that a professor once said to his students after an aggressive theological debate, “I put little trust in your zealous opinions;...
Revised Creation to Christ
THIS ARTICLE IS BY BRADLEY Bell, DIRECTOR OF CONTENT Development I want to tell you a story. Perhaps the most thrilling part of being on...
How to Pastor a Missionary
THIS ARTICLE IS BY ZACH BRADLEY, DIRECTOR OF CONTENT STRATEGY While living overseas I had the opportunity to disciple a couple of young...
The Missionary’s Greatest Duty is No Duty At All
THIS ARTICLE IS BY ZACH BRADLEY, DIRECTOR OF CONTENT STRATEGY Jesus knew his greatest duty and was set to complete it. Yet along the way...
Missions and Dating: The Intersection of Disparate Longings
THIS ARTICLE IS BY ZACH BRADLEY, DIRECTOR OF CONTENT STRATEGY We were crying so hard that strangers in the airport were crying too. It...
Involving the Entire Church, Part Five
SENDING CHURCH ELEMENT 04: INVOLVING THE ENTIRE CHURCH The church embodies sentness by cultivating the involvement of every member in the...
Involving the Entire Church, Part Three
SENDING CHURCH ELEMENT 04: INVOLVING THE ENTIRE CHURCH The church embodies sentness by cultivating the involvement of every member in the...
Recommended Reading: “Delighting in the Trinity” by Michael Reeves
THIS ARTICLE IS BY ZACH BRADLEY, DIRECTOR OF CONTENT STRATEGY. You can always count on Upstream pointing you to great books. One that...
Embracing Spiritual Conviction, Part Four
SENDING CHURCH ELEMENT 02: EMBRACING SPIRITUAL CONVICTION The church is convinced of their need to personally engage this lostness...
Recommended Reading: “Everyday Church: Gospel Communities on Mission” by Chester and Timmis
We believe that in order to be leaders, sending churches and sent ones must also be learners. In our aim to help every church see...
Recommended Reading: “American Nations” by Colin Woodard
Sending churches and sent ones must be learners. They not only study the Bible and theology, but also the language and culture of their...
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...
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...
Embracing Spiritual Conviction, Part Three
SENDING CHURCH ELEMENT 02: EMBRACING SPIRITUAL CONVICTION The church is convinced of their need to personally engage this lostness...
Embracing Spiritual Conviction Through Prayer: The Church’s Steering Wheel
This article is by Zach Bradley, Director of Content Strategy. We often overestimate our ability to change what our hearts direct their...
Loving Your Children Means Leading Them to Risk Everything
This article is by Zach Bradley, Director of Content Strategy. Seems like just yesterday I was hiking through places where no American...
Sending Church Stories: How to Integrate Sending Throughout Your Church’s Ministries
The following interview was conducted with Kyle Goen, Pastor of Ministries at Lifepoint Church in Smyrna, Tennessee. Based on Lifepoint’s...
The Sent One Defined: A Healthy Posture Toward the Local Church, Part Two
This article is by Zach Bradley, Content Strategist for The Upstream Collective. In Part One of this series we focused not so much on the...
A Christmas Meditation from Clark W. Griswold
Chances are, sometime this week you’ll take in some of the enduring words of Clark W. Griswold. Though the name may sound like a lesser...
The Sent One Defined: A Healthy Posture Toward the Local Church, Part One
When my best friend got married he made the mistake of asking me to officiate his wedding. No, it wasn’t so much that I dropped the...
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