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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!
Introduction to the Four Types of Sending Churches
In this series of articles, I want to help your church, become the type of sending church God wants you to be.
Mike Easton
Apr 22, 20215 min read
Overview of Sending Church Element 6: Evaluating Sending Models & Partners
A sending model in its simplest form is the mode in which the Sent-One will enter the country.
Mike Easton
Mar 11, 20213 min read
Merits of a Business as Mission Strategy and How to Overcome Its Challenges
The 21st century will likely need more—not less—BAM workers in order to continue to effectively engage the lost world with the gospel.
Doug Hess
Jun 22, 20204 min read
When Business Supports Missions: 4 Ways BAM Contributes to Missions Endeavors
Many traditional missions teams can benefit from adding a BAM component to their strategy.
Matthew Bennett
Jan 27, 20206 min read
When Business Replaces Mission: 3 Limitations of a Business as Mission Strategy
Many who have been excited about Business as Missions as the ‘strategy of a new era’ are finding it fraught with new challenges.
Matthew Bennett
Jan 20, 20205 min read
Helipad Training: An Alternative Way To Prepare To Be Sent
The Upstream Collective is committed to equip those desiring to live, work, and study overseas. That's where our Helipad training comes in.
The Upstream Collective
Jan 14, 20192 min read
How Not to Send Marketplace Workers
Most pastors honestly don’t know where to begin in sending “non-traditional” workers overseas well. In today’s post, we share a recent...
debbie4034
Dec 7, 20181 min read
Church Planting as a Marketplace Worker
Season 2 || Episode 4 Church Planting as a Marketplace Worker Upstream exists to help churches send locally & globally. We’re constantly...
debbie4034
Nov 9, 20181 min read
How to Uniquely Care for Marketplace Workers
Season 2 || Episode 2 How to Uniquely Care for Marketplace Workers Upstream exists to help churches send locally & globally. We’re...
debbie4034
Oct 15, 20181 min read
How NOT to Send Marketplace Workers
By Bradley Bell, Director of Content Development So, this could be a terrible idea for an article. But here goes. I don’t know how to...
Bradley Bell
Sep 10, 20182 min read
Stories from The Marketspace
We sat down recently with a friend of Upstream to get deeper insight into the beauty of being called & equipped to serve overseas in The...
Larry McCrary
Aug 31, 20187 min read
Preparing for the Marketspace: Best Practices for Landing a Job || Part 2
By Larry McCrary, Executive Director, from his soon-to-be-released book, The Marketspace: Essential Relationships Between the Sending...
Larry McCrary
Aug 27, 20183 min read
Preparing for the Marketspace: Best Practices for Landing a Job || Part 1
By Larry McCrary, Executive Director, from his soon-to-be-released book, The Marketspace: Essential Relationships Between the Sending...
Larry McCrary
Aug 20, 20183 min read
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Equip the Saints for [The Marketspace]
By Larry McCrary, Executive Director Today, Larry McCrary shares an excerpt from his soon-to-be-released book The Marketspace: Essential...
Larry McCrary
Aug 13, 20185 min read
God Wants To Use Your Job
The following is an excerpt from our Executive Director, Larry McCrary’s, soon-to-be-released book The Marketspace: Essential...
Larry McCrary
Jul 30, 20184 min read
An “AHA!” Moment
The following is an excerpt from the introduction of Larry McCrary’s soon-to-be-released book, The Marketspace: Essential Relationships...
Larry McCrary
Jul 23, 20189 min read
What is the Marketspace?: The Three Spaces of Mission
Upstream has always been a voice in the conversation of helping churches and organizations consider alternative pathways to mission. The...
debbie4034
Jul 9, 20186 min read
Wisdom from the Field: A Snapshot of the Beauty of the Marketspace
Our Executive Director, Larry McCrary, corresponded recently with Melissa Fu to get deeper insight into the beauty of using your vocation...
Larry McCrary
Jun 22, 20183 min read
What Church Leaders Should Look For in Potential Marketplace Workers
With many alternative pathways to missions, churches can and should assess marketplace workers. Here are a few things to look for.
Larry McCrary
May 14, 20183 min read
How Churches and Organizations Develop Missionaries Together
Both the church and the missions organization have roles in developing missionaries, and they do well to work together.
Larry McCrary
Apr 16, 20184 min read
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