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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.



The “Finish the Task” Perspective on Missions: Some Questions to Consider
We should embrace missions as a grace-given role of joining God as his ambassadors in the mission he both initiated and will complete.


Four Phases of Unexpected Culture Shock in Our Current Crisis
The COVID-19 crisis has shifted our norms so fast that we struggle to keep up. Perhaps our entire society is going through culture shock.


Resource of the Week: 40 Questions About Islam by Matthew Bennett
40 Questions About Islam will help you learn about Islamic theology, understand your Muslim neighbors, and help you share the gospel.


Know Thy Neighbor to Love Thy Neighbor: Three Reasons for a Christian to Study Islam
I believe that in order to communicate the gospel well to our Muslim neighbors, we need to understand our Muslim neighbors first.


Truths from Scripture to Remember When We Are Weak in Evangelism
Evangelism is challenging. Often we feel too weak in our own faith to share it with others. Here are some Bible verses that help us be bold.


Evangelism in Our Weaknesses: Taking Steps of Obedience
If we are in Christ, we have died to sin and are free to be obedient to share the gospel despite our fears.


How a Guru and a Televangelist from the 1980’s Disillusioned Majority World Christianity
The proliferation of the prosperity gospel among Christians has probably come to be the most formidable crisis that missionaries face today.


When Business Replaces Mission: 3 Limitations of a Business as Mission Strategy
Many who have been excited about Business as Missions as the ‘strategy of a new era’ are finding it fraught with new challenges.


Use the Holidays to Your Evangelistic Advantage
The holiday season is filled with opportunities to share the gospel with neighbors, friends, and family.


Missionaries Are Not Superheroes: How the Hierarchy of Missions Hurts the Gospel, the Church, and th
The hierarchy of Christian faith—the one that puts missionaries as the closest to God—harms churches, missionaries, and ourselves.
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