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Pre-Field Care: The Oft-Forgotten Element of Missionary Care

Ryan Martin

Jun 5, 20237 min read

Pre-Field Care: The Oft-Forgotten Element of Missionary Care

Church leaders should recruit like coaches. Successful coaches know what type of players they want, and instead of waiting for them to...

Blood on Both Ends of the Rope: Reflections on the Gains and Losses of Transition

Bradley Bell

Feb 23, 20233 min read

Blood on Both Ends of the Rope: Reflections on the Gains and Losses of Transition

I will go down, if you will hold the rope. This great quote of William Carey has continued echoing in my soul since I first heard it. The...

Getting Sent Ones Established—As Committed Church Members

Jason Apon

Feb 6, 20235 min read

Getting Sent Ones Established—As Committed Church Members

Some missionaries go up to a mountain village to evangelize secluded cattle ranchers. For a day or two, these self-invited Christian...

Mike Easton

Jan 10, 20224 min read

Writing an MOU

There’s a lot of things in life that are really important but are also kind of boring: mowing the lawn, doing the laundry, filling out...

Overview of Sending Church Element 10: Commissioning Sent Ones

Mike Easton

Mar 25, 20212 min read

Overview of Sending Church Element 10: Commissioning Sent Ones

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

Jason Hunsucker

Oct 15, 20193 min read

How to Be Sent Well, Part Two

BY JASON HUNSUCKER From start to finish, both the missionary and the church must take responsibility in sending process. Jason Hunsucker,...

Jason Hunsucker

Aug 6, 20194 min read

How To Be Sent Well, Part One

By Jason Hunsucker From start to finish, both the missionary and the church must take responsibility in sending process. Jason Hunsucker,...

On Relationships Between Sent Ones and Senders

debbie4034

Mar 11, 20195 min read

On Relationships Between Sent Ones and Senders

A guest article by Ron Bush Prompted by Caleb Alford’s article, “Sending Does Not Mean Letting Go,” published on January 28, 2019. I’ve...

Neal Pirolo

Feb 25, 20194 min read

Commissioning the Missions Team

A GUEST ARTICLE BY NEAL PIROLO There is a growing awareness within the Christian community that the Church is to play a major role in the...

debbie4034

Dec 10, 20181 min read

Leaving Well

We are excited to be releasing a new resource that we use in our pre-field training intensives for marketplace workers and vocational...

Cultivating a Healthy Posture Toward the Local Church Part 2

debbie4034

Jul 20, 20184 min read

Cultivating a Healthy Posture Toward the Local Church Part 2

By Bradley Bell, Director of Content Development In Part One of this series we focused not so much on the local church’s biblical posture...

Cultivating a Healthy Posture Toward the Local Church Part 1

Larry McCrary

Jul 13, 20184 min read

Cultivating a Healthy Posture Toward the Local Church Part 1

By Bradley Bell, Director of Content Development When my best friend got married he made the mistake of asking me to officiate his...

The Sent One Defined: A Healthy Posture Toward the Local Church, Part Two

Bradley Bell

Jan 23, 20174 min read

The Sent One Defined: A Healthy Posture Toward the Local Church, Part Two

This article is by Zach Bradley, Content Strategist for The Upstream Collective. In Part One of this series we focused not so much on the...