How to Waste Your Life Beautifully
By Andy Jansen You know what kind of men we proved to be among you for your sake. And you became imitators of us and of the Lord…So,...
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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 25, 20185 min read
Developing Sent Ones: Their Stories Part Four
By Andy Jansen with Chris Nelson This is the last of our four-part series of interviews zooming in on the development stage of the...
Andy Jansen
Jun 18, 20184 min read
Developing Sent Ones: Their Stories, Part Three
Interview by Andy Jansen This series of interviews zooms in on the development stage of the Sending Church Pipeline. Developing Sent Ones...
Andy Jansen
Jun 11, 20188 min read
Developing Sent Ones: Their Stories Part Two
By Andy Jansen with Derick Sherfey This series of interviews zooms in on the development stage of the Sending Church Pipeline. Developing...
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...
Andy Jansen
Dec 25, 20172 min read
God Spoke: Meditating on Advent
By Andy Jansen God spoke, and we heard him. There was such an accord between his speech and the truth that it was true. And it was good....
Andy Jansen
Dec 11, 20174 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
Nov 13, 20175 min read
A Tale of Relationships, Traditions, and German Pubs
This article is by Andy Jansen, Content Manager I had the recent pleasure of interviewing and hearing a fascinating story from Bob...
Andy Jansen
Oct 16, 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...
debbie4034
Jul 10, 20175 min read
Ask-a-Missiologist: Gregg Allison on “Does the Holy Spirit or the Church Send Missionaries?"
This is the second part of our interview with Gregg Allison. Gregg Allison is a professor of Christian Theology at The Southern Baptist...
debbie4034
Jul 3, 20175 min read
Ask-a-Missiologist: Gregg Allison on “Does the Holy Spirit or the Church Send Missionaries?"
We recently sat down for an interview with Gregg Allison. Gregg Allison is a professor of Christian Theology at The Southern Baptist...
Bradley Bell
Jun 12, 20175 min read
Embracing Spiritual Conviction, Part Two
Sending Church Element 02: Embracing Spiritual Conviction The church is convinced of their need to personally engage this lostness...
Andy Jansen
May 30, 20175 min read
Cultivating Missions Awareness Through Preaching
We wanted to hear Lane Harrison’s thoughts about Cultivating Missions Awareness through preaching because this is often the primary...
Bradley Bell
May 1, 20175 min read
Embracing Spiritual Conviction, Part One
Sending Church Element 02: Embracing Spiritual Conviction The church is convinced of their need to personally engage this lostness...
Andy Jansen
Mar 27, 20175 min read
Sending Church Stories: How a Culture of Missions Produces Fruit
THIS ARTICLE IS BY ANDY JANSEN, AN UPSTREAM INTERN FOCUSING ON CONTENT MANAGEMENT. The following story is based on an interview with...
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...
Andy Jansen
Jan 2, 20175 min read
Approaching Cultural Exegesis: Bringing Along All The Right Baggage
THIS ARTICLE IS BY ANDY JANSEN, AN UPSTREAM INTERN FOCUSING ON CONTENT MANAGEMENT. We are carrying around cultural baggage. If you open...
Andy Jansen
Nov 21, 20165 min read
Returning Sent Ones: The Poison of a Self-Critical Heart
THIS ARTICLE IS BY ANDY JANSEN, AN UPSTREAM INTERN FOCUSING ON CONTENT MANAGEMENT. Hi. My name is Andy. I recently returned from Asia,...
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