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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.

In our previous blog post , we delved into why funding national work is a powerful strategy for advancing God’s mission among the...

In late April and early May of 2015, the country of Nepal was struck by two devastating earthquakes, measuring 7.8 and 7.3 in magnitude....

My parents did a great job of teaching me how to work at a young age. In fourth grade I had an after-school paper route. (For those of...

“We seek partnership with your church in reaching souls with the Word of God in …” If you’ve led your church in missions engagement, you...

No missions leader enjoys the part of their job where they let go of partnerships financially. Inevitably, if you want to be a strategic sen

If you’re considering planning a virtual short-term trip, here are some things you might consider as you plan and prepare.

As you finish up your short-term trips, a valuable step to take can be to evaluate the trip hosts. It’s likely that those to whom you are...

In our previous blog post, “Year-End Partner Evaluations,” we gave a template for evaluating partners. What do you do if the evaluation...

Cross-cultural partnerships happen because they mutually submit to King Jesus. Here are principles and practices of healthy partnerships.

Cross-cultural missional partnership is a kingdom-oriented relationship of culturally diverse groups of believers who share common values.

Partnership is necessary because the gospel is universally relevant and provides the plan of redemption for sinners separated from God.

Parents are God’s kind provision to infants and children who have no concept of personal safety and cannot provide for their own basic...

In today’s connected world, churches, missions organizations, and missionaries work with partners from nations around the globe. Some of...

How much should your church give to each of its mission partners? Consider these principles.

A sending model in its simplest form is the mode in which the Sent-One will enter the country.