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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 Sunday gathering is a great time to create mission awareness in your church. Assuming you are already using some graphics or slides...

Being a fully-funded missionary is pretty awesome. Here are some of the benefits, along with a few unpleasant surprises.

You don’t have to be an expert to share the hope of the gospel with someone who is much different than you.

Suffering comes in all shapes and sizes on the mission field, so we must consider it and call sent ones to it when equipping them.

I'm convinced that everyone should be friends with a missionary—or at least have some kind of contact with a sent one. Here's why.

Prayer is vital to the work of missionaries around the world. Here are some organizations that have developed prayer guides for the nations.

Missionary biographies encourage us, spur us on, and teach us about God's love for all nations. Here are some you should read.

While closed countries and security can make communication daunting, do not let it stop you from staying in contact with sent ones.

Local churches send missionaries. Here at Upstream Sending, we can help you send well. It’s kind of our thing.

This generation of single women thrive on relationships. They need support to stay healthy and guard against isolation and depression.

The hierarchy of Christian faith—the one that puts missionaries as the closest to God—harms churches, missionaries, and ourselves.

Both the church and the missions organization have roles in developing missionaries, and they do well to work together.