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I am heading to Japan in a few days. I am quite excited about this trip. In fact it is the first international trip for me in a year outside my time in Canada last Fall. I normally wait til the day before to pack but for some reason I decided to start putting things [...]

A couple of weeks ago Becky from Asia wrote an excellent post about the church and how to remember those whom it sent. One thing that I hear too often are marketplace workers from North America who live and work abroad but their home church does not see this as an mission endeavor. They believe [...]

  At Upstream we are often asked by churches to help them think through how they can be more globally involved. With a large number of churches moving into urban centers, a common concern we hear is that there are glaring needs in their community. They want to know how they can invest even more [...]

From time to time we are able to chat with Skybridge members and other missionaries throughout the world and hear about their stories. This post is from a worker in Asia. I think this member has some good insights into the importance of the sending church and a topic I like to call “remember care”. [...]

This post is a continuation of a series I’m doing on young churches that have built missions into the DNA of their church. Paul Davidson of Revo Church heads up his churches missional focus and I’m thankful he took the time to tell me more about what their church is doing to engage the nations [...]

Copenhagen is a modern city known for design and creativity. One American couple living there understands this so well that they have created an entire missional strategy around it. They are engaging creatives through a missional lifestyle using their combined skills of photography and creativity. When asked what some of their needs are, here is [...]

Over the last year or so I have gotten to know Matthew Ellison who is the founder and leader of Sixteen:Fifteen. I really like working together with him when we get a chance. I always come away challenged and encouraged at the same time. I think 1615 fulfills an unique mission niche. What does sixteen:fifteen [...]