The Grace in “Don’t Go”: A Defense for Slowing Down the Process of Being Sent
I heard that a professor once said to his students after an aggressive theological debate, “I put little trust in your zealous opinions;...
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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!
Bradley Bell
Mar 17, 20186 min read
Revised Creation to Christ
THIS ARTICLE IS BY BRADLEY Bell, DIRECTOR OF CONTENT Development I want to tell you a story. Perhaps the most thrilling part of being on...
Bradley Bell
Feb 12, 20184 min read
How to Pastor a Missionary
THIS ARTICLE IS BY ZACH BRADLEY, DIRECTOR OF CONTENT STRATEGY While living overseas I had the opportunity to disciple a couple of young...
Bradley Bell
Jan 29, 20184 min read
The Missionary’s Greatest Duty is No Duty At All
THIS ARTICLE IS BY ZACH BRADLEY, DIRECTOR OF CONTENT STRATEGY Jesus knew his greatest duty and was set to complete it. Yet along the way...
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
Jan 2, 20183 min read
Involving the Entire Church, Part Five
SENDING CHURCH ELEMENT 04: INVOLVING THE ENTIRE CHURCH The church embodies sentness by cultivating the involvement of every member in the...
Andy Jansen
Oct 30, 20174 min read
Involving the Entire Church, Part Three
SENDING CHURCH ELEMENT 04: INVOLVING THE ENTIRE CHURCH The church embodies sentness by cultivating the involvement of every member in the...
debbie4034
Oct 2, 20173 min read
Recommended Reading: “Delighting in the Trinity” by Michael Reeves
THIS ARTICLE IS BY ZACH BRADLEY, DIRECTOR OF CONTENT STRATEGY. You can always count on Upstream pointing you to great books. One that...
Bradley Bell
Sep 12, 20176 min read
Embracing Spiritual Conviction, Part Four
SENDING CHURCH ELEMENT 02: EMBRACING SPIRITUAL CONVICTION The church is convinced of their need to personally engage this lostness...
debbie4034
Aug 28, 20173 min read
Recommended Reading: “Everyday Church: Gospel Communities on Mission” by Chester and Timmis
We believe that in order to be leaders, sending churches and sent ones must also be learners. In our aim to help every church see...
debbie4034
Aug 8, 20175 min read
Recommended Reading: “American Nations” by Colin Woodard
Sending churches and sent ones must be learners. They not only study the Bible and theology, but also the language and culture of their...
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 26, 20175 min read
Embracing Spiritual Conviction, Part Three
SENDING CHURCH ELEMENT 02: EMBRACING SPIRITUAL CONVICTION The church is convinced of their need to personally engage this lostness...
debbie4034
Jun 5, 20175 min read
Embracing Spiritual Conviction Through Prayer: The Church’s Steering Wheel
This article is by Zach Bradley, Director of Content Strategy. We often overestimate our ability to change what our hearts direct their...
debbie4034
May 22, 20175 min read
Loving Your Children Means Leading Them to Risk Everything
This article is by Zach Bradley, Director of Content Strategy. Seems like just yesterday I was hiking through places where no American...
debbie4034
Jan 30, 20173 min read
Sending Church Stories: How to Integrate Sending Throughout Your Church’s Ministries
The following interview was conducted with Kyle Goen, Pastor of Ministries at Lifepoint Church in Smyrna, Tennessee. Based on Lifepoint’s...
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...
debbie4034
Dec 25, 20164 min read
A Christmas Meditation from Clark W. Griswold
Chances are, sometime this week you’ll take in some of the enduring words of Clark W. Griswold. Though the name may sound like a lesser...
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...
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