Global South: Church Engagement Strategies
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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!
As the church has moved south and east, the face of Christianity has changed.[1] If Western Christians want to work towards fulfilling...
Mike Easton
Nov 17, 20222 min read
The Upstream Team's Favorite Missiology Resources
There’s always more we could read, isn’t there? While there are endless books you could be reading, we wanted to provide an answer to the...
Bradley Bell
Nov 3, 20225 min read
So You Wanna Be a Missionary—Who Are You Discipling?
I love the enthusiasm I encounter among aspiring missionaries. It drips from them like water from your hands when there are no paper...
Bradley Bell
Sep 5, 20224 min read
Toward a Better Definition of Missions
A few months ago, I had a conversation with the editorial director of one of today’s most highly trafficked Christian websites. I thanked...
Bradley Bell
May 16, 20225 min read
Aligning Local and Global Missions Engagement
The following is an adapted excerpt from The Sending Church Defined. A Holistic Mission Think globally, act locally. Chances are, you’ve...
Bradley Bell
Jan 17, 20225 min read
Missionary, Choose the Posture of a Learner
Imagine you’re sitting in a coffee shop reading your Bible. Each time you take a sip of your coffee, you notice a stranger staring at...
Bradley Bell
Nov 1, 20213 min read
The Pro's and Con's of Church Planting Movements
In the early 2000s I (Bradley) played an active role in a church planting movement (CPM). Within only a few years of that movement, tens...
Matthew Hirt
Jun 7, 20215 min read
The Role of Theological Education in the Missionary Task
The global church needs theological educators committed to missionary efforts and missionaries committed to theological education.
Mike Easton
Feb 25, 20213 min read
Overview of Sending Church Element 2: Establishing Missions Convictions
The process of establishing missions convictions begins with a church leadership team coming together and searching the Scriptures.
Christy Thornton
Jan 13, 20205 min read
How the Doctrine of the Trinity Shapes Our Understanding of God’s Mission
Our understanding of the Trinity—God, the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit—gives proper shape to our view of his mission.
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