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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!
Empower the Saints for the Work of Missionary Care
We as missions pastors/leaders have the opportunity to equip lay members of our congregations to meet the needs of missionary care.
Matt Clark
Jun 29, 20205 min read
Know Thy Neighbor to Love Thy Neighbor: Three Reasons for a Christian to Study Islam
I believe that in order to communicate the gospel well to our Muslim neighbors, we need to understand our Muslim neighbors first.
Matthew Bennett
Mar 30, 20204 min read
Discipling Children Toward Missions
There seems to be a correlation between children who receive missions education and those who later commit themselves to missionary service.
Matthew Hirt
Dec 2, 20195 min read
Use the Holidays to Your Evangelistic Advantage
The holiday season is filled with opportunities to share the gospel with neighbors, friends, and family.
Meredith Cook
Nov 25, 20193 min read
The Incomplete Pass: A Call for Missionary Teams to Receive Well, Part Four
BY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, LARRY MCCRARY Receiving new workers on the mission field (whether they be short-, mid-, or long-term) is one of...
debbie4034
Sep 23, 20193 min read
The Nations Among Us: What We’re Teaching Them About Worship
I stood in the afternoon worship service yesterday, listening to the large worship team express their love for Jesus. They were young,...
debbie4034
Aug 26, 20194 min read
The Incomplete Pass: A Call For Missionaries Teams to Receive Well, Part Three
BY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, LARRY MCCRARY Receiving new workers on the mission field (whether they be short-, mid-, or long-term) is one of...
Larry McCrary
Aug 12, 20195 min read
The Incomplete Pass: A Call For Missionary Teams to Receive Well, Part Two
BY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, LARRY MCCRARY Receiving new workers on the mission field (whether they be short-, mid-, or long-term) is one of...
Larry McCrary
Jun 10, 20193 min read
The Incomplete Pass: A Call for Missionary Teams to Receive Well, Part One
I strongly believe that how missionary teams receive new workers is vitally important to the Great Commission task.
Larry McCrary
Apr 15, 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...
Neal Pirolo
Feb 25, 20194 min read
God’s Generous Heart through God’s Generous People
Tomorrow is Giving Tuesday, an international day created to promote charitable giving at the beginning of the holiday season. The...
Derick Sherfey
Nov 26, 20184 min read
Revised Creation to Christ
THIS ARTICLE IS BY BRADLEY Bell, DIRECTOR OF CONTENT Development I want to tell you a story. Perhaps the most thrilling part of being on...
Bradley Bell
Mar 17, 20186 min read
Five Essentials for Effective Mission
Written by Derick Sherfey, Director of Content Strategy The most common issue we hear, as we work with churches of all shapes and sizes...
Derick Sherfey
Mar 9, 20184 min read
Why Christians Are More Than Senders or Goers
THIS ARTICLE IS BY ZACH BRADLEY, DIRECTOR OF CONTENT STRATEGY Over the past decade, John Piper’s categorical way of thinking about...
debbie4034
Feb 26, 20185 min read
Involving the Entire Church, Part Five
SENDING CHURCH ELEMENT 04: INVOLVING THE ENTIRE CHURCH The church embodies sentness by cultivating the involvement of every member in the...
Andy Jansen
Jan 2, 20183 min read
Involving the Entire Church, Part Four
Sending Church Element 04: Involving the Entire Church The church embodies sentness by cultivating the involvement of every member in the...
Andy Jansen
Dec 11, 20174 min read
Involving the Entire Church, Part Three
SENDING CHURCH ELEMENT 04: INVOLVING THE ENTIRE CHURCH The church embodies sentness by cultivating the involvement of every member in the...
Andy Jansen
Oct 30, 20174 min read
Involving the Entire Church, Part Two
Sending Church Element 04: Involving the Entire Church The church embodies sentness by cultivating the involvement of every member in the...
Andy Jansen
Oct 23, 20175 min read
Involving the Entire Church, Part One
Sending Church Element 04: Involving the Entire Church The church embodies sentness by cultivating the involvement of every member in the...
Andy Jansen
Oct 16, 20175 min read
Ask-a-Missiologist: Ken Winter on "Does a Pastor Have a Biblical Responsibility in Global Mission?"
Ask-a-Missiologist is a series in which we do just that ask a missiologist a current pressing missiological question. This week’s...
debbie4034
Aug 21, 20174 min read
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