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;...
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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!
Bradley Bell
- Mar 17, 2018
- 6 min
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...
Bradley Bell
- Feb 12, 2018
- 4 min
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...
Bradley Bell
- Jan 29, 2018
- 4 min
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...
Bradley Bell
- Jan 15, 2018
- 5 min
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...
Andy Jansen
- Jan 2, 2018
- 3 min
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...
Andy Jansen
- Oct 30, 2017
- 4 min
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...
debbie4034
- Oct 2, 2017
- 3 min
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...
Bradley Bell
- Sep 12, 2017
- 6 min
Embracing Spiritual Conviction, Part Four
SENDING CHURCH ELEMENT 02: EMBRACING SPIRITUAL CONVICTION The church is convinced of their need to personally engage this lostness...
debbie4034
- Aug 28, 2017
- 3 min
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...
debbie4034
- Aug 8, 2017
- 5 min
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...
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 26, 2017
- 5 min
Embracing Spiritual Conviction, Part Three
SENDING CHURCH ELEMENT 02: EMBRACING SPIRITUAL CONVICTION The church is convinced of their need to personally engage this lostness...
debbie4034
- Jun 5, 2017
- 5 min
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...
debbie4034
- May 22, 2017
- 5 min
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...
debbie4034
- Jan 30, 2017
- 3 min
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...
Bradley Bell
- Jan 23, 2017
- 4 min
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...
debbie4034
- Dec 25, 2016
- 4 min
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...
Bradley Bell
- Dec 12, 2016
- 4 min
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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