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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!
Mike Easton
Apr 26, 20215 min read
Four Types of Sending Churches: Team Sending Church
The Team Sending Church sends a group of people to one or more areas as a church-based team to accomplish a specific missionary task.
Mike Easton
Apr 22, 20215 min read
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.
Anonymous
Jul 23, 20201 min read
Unlocked, Part 3: Questions for Discussion and Application
If you’ve experienced lockdowns, disrupted lives, and are still experiencing uncertainty, we encourage you to consider these questions.
Anonymous
Jul 20, 20204 min read
Unlocked, Part 2: Walk as Strangers and Exiles
At a time when your lives may seem chaotic and in absolute upheaval, here are three truths to cling to for encouragement and comfort.
Anonymous
Jul 16, 20207 min read
Unlocked, Part 1: Encouragement for Moving Forward Out of Lockdown
How do we walk through this pandemic together and come out on the other side in a way that honors and glorifies God?
Larry McCrary
Jun 1, 20204 min read
Sent Identity, Part 3: Your Church’s Sending Journey
Intentionally invest in ongoing, reciprocal relationships with your missionary candidates, missionaries, and returning sent ones.
Larry McCrary
May 28, 20203 min read
Sent Identity, Part 2: What Do Sending Churches Do Differently?
I noticed some common components about strong sending churches that enabled them to have such an identity.
Larry McCrary
May 25, 20205 min read
Sent Identity, Part 1: Why is a Sending Church So Important?
To put it simply, the reason missionaries identify as sent from their local church is because it is the local church that sends.
Larry McCrary
Aug 12, 20195 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
Jun 10, 20193 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
Apr 15, 20194 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.
debbie4034
Nov 5, 20185 min read
Cultivating Missionary Skills | The How of Mapping Part Two
Ministry requires more than knowing the names and locations of streets and highways in your city. Observations need to be made in...
debbie4034
Nov 2, 20183 min read
Cultivating Missionary Skills | The How of Mapping
Ministry requires more than knowing the names and locations of streets and highways in your city. Observations need to be made in...
Susan McCrary
Jul 2, 20189 min read
Grace in the Transition: Wisdom for Returning Home Part 2
WRITTEN BY SUSAN MCCRARY Drawing from her years of experience, Susan McCrary speaks to the hearts of returning sent ones- identifying...
Susan McCrary
Jun 16, 20187 min read
Grace in the Transition: Wisdom for Returning Home
Written by Susan McCrary Drawing from her years of experience, Susan McCrary speaks to the hearts of returning sent ones- identifying...
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