President of The Upstream Collective, author of Tradecraft, First 30 Daze and The MarketSpace
Madrid, Spain
Joined February 2014
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Our @TheUpstreamC book, The Sending Church Applied was named one of the top missiology books to read in 2025. Thanks @ChrisHowles @MissionsPodcast
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For those in the Nashville area, join us + @tcktraining for a 1-day training for churches sending and supporting missionary families.
Session 1: The Essential Elements of a Sending Church
Session 2: Standards of Missionary Family Care
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Today is our third and final day of our Sending Church Gathering! We're focusing on the global church and beauty of polycentric missions, and hearing from @bradleyrbell, @ChrisHowles, and @MungaiChristian
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A book I helped coauthor, The Sending Church Applied, was just named a "Best Missions Book of 2024." Thanks for all the kind words and encouragement. shorturl.at/xi5km
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STORIES OF SENDING | You're invited to hear from missionaries and sending churches around the world talk about the impact of sending in their lives during 2024.
Register for 1 or multiple events as talk about how you can be a part of the mission for 2025: theupstreamcollective.org/st…
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I'll be leading the Live from Africa call with two Cameroonian pastors. Please join us! theupstreamcollective.org/ev…
You are invited to hear from missionaries and sending churches around the world talk about the impact of sending in their lives during 2024 -- we'll tell stories of sending and talk about how you can be a part of the mission for 2025.
theupstreamcollective.org/st…
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We’re at a pivotal moment at Upstream, uniquely positioned to equip and mobilize more churches worldwide for the sake of the gospel.
We need your help to sustain + enhance this work of helping next generation of churches to live out the Great Commission.
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The best way to come alongside a future TCK is to give them space to grieve what they leave behind, help spark interest and knowledge of what lies ahead, and provide emotional and spiritual support as they navigate the first steps of becoming a TCK.
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Megan Norton is an author, Third Culture Kid (TCK) consultant, intercultural trainer, podcast host of A Culture Story, and writer.
Join us TOMORROW 11/14 at 2 p.m. EDT for an online training to discuss the best ways to care for your missionaries’ kids.
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Q: What happens when the color salmon meets the color blue?
A: You start swimming upstream.
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'The Sending Church Applied' moves from the theological foundation of being a sending church to its practical application.
Get your copy here: amazon.com/Sending-Church-Ap…
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Here three overarching approaches in the evaluation process to determine whether a national partnership is viable:
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Sending Church Applied is the culmination of years of work by our @TheUpstreamC staff. It's the practical application of what a healthy sending church can look like. Think of it as a "cheat sheet" for sending well. a.co/d/j6Gw3YU
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The importance of finding national partners is worth embracing the inevitable challenges for the sake of obeying the Great Commission. theupstreamcollective.org/po…
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NEW Upstream training: Assessment and Development Cohort
Sending missionaries requires conviction + thoughtful application—and the bedrock of that application is assessment and development. Get trained to do it in this online cohort led by Nathan Sloan.
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FREE RESOURCE: Missional Communities for Missionary Candidates
Explore if this method of assessment and development could be a blessing to your missionary candidates:
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As important as it is to focus on people groups or places in the missionary task, it is just as important to focus on church members in this mobilization task.
ON THE BLOG: Entrusting Mission Ministry to Lay Leaders theupstreamcollective.org/po…
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Pre-field cross-cultural training is, at its best, a God-given, God-glorifying gift that leads to longer, deeper, more fruitful cross-cultural gospel ministry.
NEW on the blog: The Importance of Pre-Field Cross-Cultural Training | @ChrisHowles
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We desire *every* person to be able to take the gospel wherever they are, in whatever profession they are in, to their neighbors and to the nations. This book is more than just another perspective on the value of marketplace missions. Get this resource:
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