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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!
The What and Why of Advocacy Teams: Nurturing and Supporting Sent Ones
How to Communicate Missions Giving to Your Church Members
How to Inform the Church on the Impact of Their Giving
When and How to Stop Financially Supporting Missions Partners
How to Think About Funding One-Time Requests
Long-Term Missionary Care
How Much Should the Sending Church Give to Their Sent Ones?
Fully Funded or Support Raised? The Pros and Cons of Each, Pt. II
Fully Funded or Support Raised? The Pros and Cons of Each, Pt. I
Supporting Single Missionaries in the Wake of Covid
Partnership In The Gospel: Biblical Support For Missionary Care From Philippians 2:25–30
Ways to Help Sent-Ones Raise Support within Your Church's Giving Structure
Healthy at Home: Healthy Souls
Overview of Sending Church Element 12: Providing Ongoing Care for Sent Ones
Sent Identity, Part 2: What Do Sending Churches Do Differently?
How the Local Church Can Support Single Women on the Mission Field
Missionaries Are Not Superheroes: How the Hierarchy of Missions Hurts the Gospel, the Church, and th