missions leaders | Upstream Collective

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.

Do you remember the last time you started a new job or tried something that you’d never done before? Even though I had twenty years of...

The leadership of those who have “been there, done that” often goes unquestioned, even in ministry settings. When you hear of someone who...

When you have a struggle in life, who do you go to? Is it a friend? A pastor? An older man or woman? A counselor? When someone in your...

As we come to the end of the year, it’s a valuable time to reflect on the work God has done in 2023 and look forward to the work he will...

When you communicate and celebrate missions giving you communicate vision and priorities to your people.

The budget is one of the best ways to reflect the values of a church. Giving to global missions usually falls in one of four categories.

There are biblical and pragmatic reasons that giving to global missions is helpful for your church's budget.

As a missions pastor, these are ten things I have learned in my role as I have served my church.

We hope this liturgy written by Upstream's Bradley Bell is an encouragement to you.

The rhythms of the calendar are a gift from a good God who understands the heart and rhythms of his children. Each day provides the...

Over dinner one night at my favorite Indian restaurant, I was listening to a new friend talk about his recent 5K races, Ironman...

“And whatever you do, in word or in deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.” -...

Many churches have a mission team or committee that is too narrowly focused in its responsibilities and primarily tasked with overseeing...

Each new year brings the opportunity to practice one of the most loved and hated R words in the English language: resolutions. Forty-one...

Global Christians understand that they have to orient their life around God’s mission of bringing the Gospel to those who have not heard it.

These are three questions we need to answer when helping church members move from being new to missions to globally aware.

The goal of a sending pipeline is to mobilize church members towards the missions vision and strategy that you have set before them.

How can I do video and interviews on a budget, without having to pay one of my communications staff to come overseas?

Maintaining healthy souls on reentry is a community effort that takes time and commitment.

Our desire is to see your church move to the next level of being a Sending Church. We can help you do that through our cohorts.