Sending Organizations

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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!

Keeping Track of Those Interested in Going Overseas

Mike Easton

Mar 10, 20224 min read

Keeping Track of Those Interested in Going Overseas

Going overseas involves many steps, and it is easy for a potential Sent One to get lost in the process. It is also easy for a missions...

David McWhite

Jan 24, 20225 min read

Discouraging DIY Missions

A growing awareness of gospel needs around the world has produced a sense of urgency in the Church for reaching those far from Christ and...

David Wilson

Jan 20, 20225 min read

Questions to Ask a Sending Organization

What a Former Missions Pastor (Who Now Serves an Agency) Wishes He Had Known to Ask In scripture, we learn that the Church is being...

Mike Easton

Jan 10, 20224 min read

Writing an MOU

There’s a lot of things in life that are really important but are also kind of boring: mowing the lawn, doing the laundry, filling out...

Does Sending Church Exclude the Universal Church and Parachurch?

Larry McCrary

Nov 1, 20213 min read

Does Sending Church Exclude the Universal Church and Parachurch?

“Does the sending church conversation unhelpfully exclude or deemphasize the universal church or the parachurch?” The Development of...