Shirley Ralston

Shirley is the Global Marketplace Missions Training Manager for the Upstream Collective. She is a founding member of the Global Worker Care Team at Houston’s First Baptist Church (HFBC). Shirley writes for several publications, including The Upstream Collective, Dallas Theological Seminary, and HFBC. She also leads the Pastor’s research team at HFBC. Shirley has a bachelor’s of science in Finance from Virginia Tech and a Master of Arts in Christian Education from Dallas Theological Seminary. 

Shirley and her husband, Jeff, reside in Houston after several years living as marketplace workers in the Middle East and the South Pacific.