About Asia

The Upstream Collective West Coast tour. We’re hitting the road to connect with churches about Asia.

I know what you’re thinking. Upstream started with a focus on mission in Europe. But since our Jet Set trip to Asia last Fall, we’ve started to broaden our horizons and branch out into the rest of the world. We’ve met lots of innovative and committed people working among the peoples of Asia, and we’d like to tell their stories.

So we’re heading to Los Angeles, Tucson, and Phoenix during the first week in September. Our goal is to connect with church leaders and professionals who have an interest in or connection to Asia. We’ll be talking about opportunities to serve in that region, connections to make with the people on the ground there, and our missiological motivation to go. We’d love to help you communicate back with your church the tremendous opportunity for global involvement.

In the Los Angeles area, we’ll have two gatherings: from 10AM-1PM at FSBC Anaheim, and from 3pm-6pm at Cedarpoint Church in Simi Valley. We’ll bring along some friends with first-hand experience in the work in Asia, and anyone who’s interested can leave with some connections to workers on the field.

Our goal is to equip you to lead your church to direct involvement in missional engagement of Asian peoples both at home and abroad. Our meetings will be relaxed and informal, and we’ll help you find some accessible “on-ramps” to involvement.

If you live in any of the cities on our itinerary, or if you know someone who does, please contact us at info@theupstreamcollective.org. Anyone is welcome to these gatherings, or we’d love to meet over coffee or a meal to discuss ways for the church to think and act like a missionary.

Please consider promoting these discussions by posting these images on your blog/twitter. We’d like to get the word out before the trip, and you can help make that happen! Thanks!