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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!

Andy Jansen

Apr 20, 20204 min read

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.

Jet Set Trips: A First-Person Perspective

Lezlie Ellis

Mar 16, 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.

Truths from Scripture to Remember When We Are Weak in Evangelism

Grant Ohlmann

Mar 2, 20207 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.

Evangelism in Our Weaknesses: Taking Steps of Obedience

Grant Ohlmann

Feb 24, 20205 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.

How a Guru and a Televangelist from the 1980’s Disillusioned Majority World Christianity

Kyle Brosseau

Feb 17, 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.

How the Doctrine of the Trinity Shapes Our Understanding of God’s Mission

Christy Thornton

Jan 13, 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.

A Holy Ambition: Finding Your Pathway to Mission- Part One

Ben Ward

Sep 9, 20194 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.

Missionaries Are Not Superheroes: How the Hierarchy of Missions Hurts the Gospel, the Church, and th

Anna Price

Jun 3, 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.

The God Who is Near All People: A Meditation on Acts 17:15-34, Part One

Bradley Bell

Apr 1, 20193 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,...

The Upstream Collective

Dec 24, 20182 min read

Christmas is About Mission

The celebration of Jesus' birth should remind us of the mission He embodied and shared with us.

How the Local Church Makes the Mission Possible

debbie4034

Apr 27, 20183 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...

Embracing Spiritual Conviction, Part Four

Bradley Bell

Sep 12, 20176 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...

Embracing Spiritual Conviction, Part Three

Bradley Bell

Jun 26, 20175 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...

Embracing Spiritual Conviction, Part Two

Bradley Bell

Jun 12, 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...

Embracing Spiritual Conviction Through Prayer: The Church’s Steering Wheel

debbie4034

Jun 5, 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...

Embracing Spiritual Conviction, Part One

Bradley Bell

May 1, 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...

Go We Therefore: The Church’s Motivation in God’s Mission

The Upstream Collective

Sep 12, 20162 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...