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Mike Ironside
- Aug 10, 2020
- 3 min
Training Sent Ones for Multiplicative Discipleship
Editor’s note: Mike is the Director of Cohorts for The Upstream Collective. He is leading an online cohort this fall and next spring. If you’re interested in joining, click here to find out more information and to register. Most North American churches do an incredible job of reaching a people group with some basis of Christian foundation. Unbelievers still go to church in many places in our country. They are attracted by the worship, teaching, and the people. Members of chur
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debbie4034
- Jul 30, 2020
- 1 min
Suggested Resources for Raising Families Overseas
Recently Susan McCrary taught about raising families overseas at our Upstream Helipad Training weekend. Susan and Larry raised both of their kids in Europe. She now works as a consultant in helping families with educational resources and schooling in a cross cultural setting. Here are some of her favorite books that she likes to recommend: Parenting Resources SHARE Education Services, 2015 Nicholas Brealey, 2017 ACSI, 1998 Bethany House Publishers, 2010 Crossway, 2014 Childre
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debbie4034
- Jul 2, 2020
- 2 min
Sending Church Online Trainings
We believe that the local church has a critical role to play in God’s global mission—a role that is too often overlooked by churches, organizations, and missionaries. Over the last several weeks and months, we have seen many changes in the way we are able to continue ministering to churches and deliver training. In order to ‘love our neighbors’ and comply with social distancing, we are offering our Sending Church training via online workshops. They are designed to form heads,
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debbie4034
- May 7, 2020
- 2 min
Helipad Online Training: Coming Summer 2020
Sometimes being sent requires a helipad, not a runway—especially for those headed to the marketplace or university without a lot of time to prepare for the transition. The Upstream Collective is committed to equipping, not only churches, but also those desiring to live, work, and study overseas. We want to empower you to live out the gospel with intentionality. Due to the recent COVID-19 pandemic we are moving our summer Helipad Live Workshop to an online training. This pre-
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debbie4034
- Feb 3, 2020
- 1 min
New Resource: Coaching Missionary Candidates
A significant part of how churches develop their own missionaries is by relationally coaching them through a sending process. This can be done by a church missions leader, but may be even more beneficial through a fellow small group member, someone in a later season of life, or simply a devoted friend. What exactly does this coaching look like? This 1-page PDF provides the answer, and does so in a brief overview that allows church leaders to easily train new coaches. What’s u
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