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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!
Andy Jansen
Jun 4, 20185 min read
Developing Sent Ones: Their Stories Part One
Written by Andy Jansen with Terry Irwin This is the beginning of a series of four interviews zooming in on the development stage of the...
Bradley Bell
May 28, 20185 min read
Cultivating Self-Awareness in Potential Sent Ones
Written by Bradley Bell, Director of Content Development Imagine if all the Avengers had no self-awareness. Yeah, go ahead and watch...
Larry McCrary
May 14, 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.
debbie4034
May 4, 20184 min read
Learning Dependence
By Derick Sherfey, Director of Content Strategy 2018 is a year I believe God is inviting me into deeper dependence. My family- alongside...
Bradley Bell
Apr 23, 20186 min read
Grace in the “Missionary Call”
Written by Bradley Bell, Director of Content Development Much has been stewing in my heart lately regarding the “missionary call”. Not...
Larry McCrary
Apr 16, 20184 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.
Bradley Bell
Feb 5, 20184 min read
Expectations vs. Expectancy: The Fine Line of Missionary Attrition
THIS ARTICLE IS BY ZACH BRADLEY, DIRECTOR OF CONTENT STRATEGY At least a thousand times, my two-year-old has woken up before dawn to...
Bradley Bell
Jan 15, 20185 min read
Missions and Dating: The Intersection of Disparate Longings
THIS ARTICLE IS BY ZACH BRADLEY, DIRECTOR OF CONTENT STRATEGY We were crying so hard that strangers in the airport were crying too. It...
Andy Jansen
Mar 13, 20174 min read
Imitate Me: Missionary Methods of Sinners and Saints, Part Three
THIS ARTICLE IS BY ANDY JANSEN, AN UPSTREAM INTERN FOCUSING ON CONTENT MANAGEMENT. In Part One of this series, the issue of counterfeit...
Andy Jansen
Feb 20, 20175 min read
Imitate Me: Missionary Methods of Sinners and Saints, Part Two
THIS ARTICLE IS BY ANDY JANSEN, AN UPSTREAM INTERN FOCUSING ON CONTENT MANAGEMENT. I realized something strange was happening as I sat...
Andy Jansen
Feb 6, 20174 min read
Imitate Me: Missionary Methods of Sinners and Saints, Part One
THIS ARTICLE IS BY ANDY JANSEN, AN UPSTREAM INTERN FOCUSING ON CONTENT MANAGEMENT. I had the privilege of watching a couple missionaries...
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...
Bradley Bell
Dec 12, 20164 min read
The Sent One Defined: A Healthy Posture Toward the Local Church, Part One
When my best friend got married he made the mistake of asking me to officiate his wedding. No, it wasn’t so much that I dropped the...
Bradley Bell
Aug 29, 20165 min read
The Good in Goodbye: A Defense for Being Sent When Others Say No
Let’s be honest. Saying goodbye stinks. Not the normal, everyday goodbyes. The kind of goodbyes that tear our hearts out, like a child...
The Upstream Collective
Aug 15, 20165 min read
The Poison of Vainglory: Overcoming Pride as a Global Sent One
The following is a guest post from Christian Douglas. Christian serves as a global missionary in Western Europe. Months ago, I had the...
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