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An Excerpt and a Prayer from The Sending Church Applied
I'm so excited to share about the release of Upstream 's latest book, The Sending Church Applied , which I co-authored with Nathan Sloan,...
Oct 28, 20241 min read


Preparing Emotionally and Spiritually for Overseas Service
Have you ever woken up in a panic on the floor with people gathered around you? I have. It happened while I was a 25-year-old missionary...
Oct 21, 20244 min read


Be Ready with the Gospel. Memorize the Bible.
When I was in third grade, my mother enrolled me in Children’s Bible Drill. It was certainly a well-titled activity. After hours of...
Sep 16, 20244 min read


How One Sending Church is Changing the World
“Have you ever considered doing a Spanish translation of The Sending Church Defined ?” That’s how Michael Boze, pastor of missions at...
Aug 13, 20242 min read


Returning Missionaries: The Challenges of Coming “Home”
I breathe deeply and say over to myself: “You are at home; you are at home.” But a sense of strangeness will not leave me, I can find...
May 13, 20245 min read


Tell Your Pastor Thank You
What do you say to a pastor after his sermon? Here’s a suggestion. Simply, “Thank you.” Even if it wasn’t a particularly good sermon, or...
May 6, 20241 min read


How to Lead Missionary Advocates
I once had a turtle named Fred. Fred liked to eat watermelon. But I went on vacation and forgot to leave Fred any watermelon. When I came...
Apr 22, 20242 min read


Patrick of Ireland: The Unlikely Hero of Church History
“I’m not a smart man, but I know what love is.” I can still hear those words in the voice of Tom Hanks, playing the beloved character...
Apr 8, 20244 min read


Missions in the New Testament
In the previous article we walked through an overview of missions in the Old Testament. If you didn’t get a chance to reach it, I want to...
Mar 18, 20248 min read
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