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UPSTREAM BLOG
The Upstream Blog is published two times a week and contains content from missions leaders, pastors, missiologists, and the Upstream team on a wide variety of topics pertaining to being a sending church. Leave us some comments or questions!
Guts and Glory in the Service of God
When we are a part of Christ’s legacy, our lives are intertwined with his glory because we are in him.
Andy Jansen
Apr 20, 20204 min read
Jet Set Trips: A First-Person Perspective
What God impressed upon me the most on the Jet Set trip was how we are to love and care for our sent ones.
Lezlie Ellis
Mar 16, 20204 min read
Truths from Scripture to Remember When We Are Weak in Evangelism
Evangelism is challenging. Often we feel too weak in our own faith to share it with others. Here are some Bible verses that help us be bold.
Grant Ohlmann
Mar 2, 20207 min read
Evangelism in Our Weaknesses: Taking Steps of Obedience
If we are in Christ, we have died to sin and are free to be obedient to share the gospel despite our fears.
Grant Ohlmann
Feb 24, 20205 min read
How a Guru and a Televangelist from the 1980’s Disillusioned Majority World Christianity
The proliferation of the prosperity gospel among Christians has probably come to be the most formidable crisis that missionaries face today.
Kyle Brosseau
Feb 17, 20205 min read
How the Doctrine of the Trinity Shapes Our Understanding of God’s Mission
Our understanding of the Trinity—God, the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit—gives proper shape to our view of his mission.
Christy Thornton
Jan 13, 20205 min read
A Holy Ambition: Finding Your Pathway to Mission- Part One
A holy ambition provides both clarity and freedom as we submit our call to the narrative of Scripture.
Ben Ward
Sep 9, 20194 min read
Missionaries Are Not Superheroes: How the Hierarchy of Missions Hurts the Gospel, the Church, and th
The hierarchy of Christian faith—the one that puts missionaries as the closest to God—harms churches, missionaries, and ourselves.
Anna Price
Jun 3, 20194 min read
The God Who is Near All People: A Meditation on Acts 17:15-34, Part One
By Director of Content, Bradley Bell When God is Near, You See the World Differently Remember the first time you saw a big city? For me,...
Bradley Bell
Apr 1, 20193 min read
Christmas is About Mission
The celebration of Jesus' birth should remind us of the mission He embodied and shared with us.
The Upstream Collective
Dec 24, 20182 min read
How the Local Church Makes the Mission Possible
Written By JB. JB (name change) is a sent one serving in Asia among a Himalayan people group. He has a passion for seeing the local...
debbie4034
Apr 27, 20183 min read
Embracing Spiritual Conviction, Part Four
SENDING CHURCH ELEMENT 02: EMBRACING SPIRITUAL CONVICTION The church is convinced of their need to personally engage this lostness...
Bradley Bell
Sep 12, 20176 min read
Embracing Spiritual Conviction, Part Three
SENDING CHURCH ELEMENT 02: EMBRACING SPIRITUAL CONVICTION The church is convinced of their need to personally engage this lostness...
Bradley Bell
Jun 26, 20175 min read
Embracing Spiritual Conviction, Part Two
Sending Church Element 02: Embracing Spiritual Conviction The church is convinced of their need to personally engage this lostness...
Bradley Bell
Jun 12, 20175 min read
Embracing Spiritual Conviction Through Prayer: The Church’s Steering Wheel
This article is by Zach Bradley, Director of Content Strategy. We often overestimate our ability to change what our hearts direct their...
debbie4034
Jun 5, 20175 min read
Embracing Spiritual Conviction, Part One
Sending Church Element 02: Embracing Spiritual Conviction The church is convinced of their need to personally engage this lostness...
Bradley Bell
May 1, 20175 min read
Go We Therefore: The Church’s Motivation in God’s Mission
THIS WEEK’S ARTICLE IS PROVIDED BY GUEST CONTRIBUTOR ERNEST GOODMAN. IT ORIGINALLY APPEARED UNDER THE SAME TITLE ON MISSIONS...
The Upstream Collective
Sep 12, 20162 min read
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