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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!

Four Types of Sending Churches: Team Sending Church

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.

Introduction to the Four Types of Sending Churches

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.

Unlocked, Part 3: Questions for Discussion and Application

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.

Unlocked, Part 2: Walk as Strangers and Exiles

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.

Unlocked, Part 1: Encouragement for Moving Forward Out of Lockdown

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?

Sent Identity, Part 3: Your Church’s Sending Journey

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.

Sent Identity, Part 2: What Do Sending Churches Do Differently?

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.

Sent Identity, Part 1: Why is a Sending Church So Important?

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.

The Incomplete Pass: A Call For Missionaries Teams to Receive Well, Part Three

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...

The Incomplete Pass: A Call For Missionary Teams to Receive Well, Part Two

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...

The Incomplete Pass: A Call for Missionary Teams to Receive Well, Part One

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.

Cultivating Missionary Skills | The How of Mapping Part Two

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...

Cultivating Missionary Skills | The How of Mapping

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...

Grace in the Transition: Wisdom for Returning Home Part 2

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...

Grace in the Transition: Wisdom for Returning Home

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...