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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.

Providing for the needs of the body lays the groundwork for rest and renewal of the mind, alleviating stress in sent ones’ reentry process.

Professional Christian counseling may be necessary for returned workers who have experienced trauma or levels of high stress on the field.

Debriefing helps ensure sent ones' continued health, resiliency, and well-being.

Reentry care is a multi-faceted endeavor that requires constant tending. Our attention to their care is key to health and longevity.

We're excited to announce that Nathan Sloan will be the Executive Director of Upstream Sending. Here is an interview with him.

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

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.

Rather than thinking proactively or strategically, the Shotgun Sending Church is involved in whatever comes their way.

A Missionary Care Sending Church desires to make those they send feel loved, cared for, and accountable to what they are sent to accomplish.

Strategic Sending Churches are great at partnering with existing team leaders on the field and members that are not from their church.

The Team Sending Church sends a group of people to one or more areas as a church-based team to accomplish a specific missionary task.

In this series of articles, I want to help your church, become the type of sending church God wants you to be.

As God works through your church, how might He be wanting your church to help other churches become sending churches?

Every aspect of being a Sending Church should be evaluated regularly.

Consider how you can serve and love the Sent-Ones from your church as they make this difficult re-entry for a short time or permanently.

By Inviting Sent-Ones’ Influence the church is able to see its blind spots and adjust its practices to align more to the heart of Scripture.

The Sending Church can provide unique insight and encouragement to help the Sent-One live out the vision and strategy that is before them.

The Sending Church can provide personalized care that keeps the Sent-One energized for the challenging work they endeavor upon.

Beyond flourishing personally, it is also important to help Sent-Ones live out the right rhythms for ministry from the start.

Commissioning encourages the Sent-One, highlights God’s heart for the nations, provides prayer, and cultivates missions awareness.