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From time to time I have some thoughts about leadership in a mission context. Most organizations these days have people organized around teams on the mission field. Many of the churches that we talk with and coach at www.theupstreamcollective.org are sending out church based teams to the mission field. The team leader plays a vital [...]

I mentioned several weeks back that we are part of a church planting project in a nearby village. There are two aspects of our strategy so far that I really think are valuable that I wanted to share.  I mentioned the first in my previous post where I  wrote about iPOC. I pray I observe [...]

Several weeks ago I started collecting some research about what churches look for when they wish to partner with an overseas worker or team. I received a wide range of responses. I decided I would put this in several blog posts. I hope you find this to be helpful whether you are a church looking [...]

With the holidays approaching I thought I would put this up on my site. I wrote it several months ago and we posted it at www.theupstreamcollective.org. It is my hope if you read this and find it helpful that you will be able to show it to people in your church and remember your sent [...]

A few weeks ago I was able to go to a city for the first time. Saw some wonderful things. Met some outstanding people. I bought my Rick Steves book and he helped me out a lot. However, the best thing was talking to a person who lives there.  We had a ton of meetings [...]

I deal with a lot of partnerships regarding non-profits of various sorts from North America to other non-profits throughout the world. I see a lot of really cool partnerships. I see a ton of stuff being accomplished though these partnerships. I also see some partnerships that never quite make it. So I decided to make [...]

Recently I have been writing about teams. We cannot be Lone Rangers on the field. We need to work with people. As we explore partnerships we must look beyond ourselves and beyond our immediate team. We should also consider: National Partners Other Great Commission Christian organizations and networks People who work in the marketplace. For [...]