A church-centric global sending organization.
Upstream Collective, along with a dozen churches, have come together to build a new type of sending organization, one that intentionally takes a back seat so that local churches can lead the way in sending their people to the nations.
The church sends. We help.
Distinctives
Interdependent Sending
The missionary, the sending church, the field, and the sending organization all need one another. We are committed to building a model of intentional interdependence, especially between Upstream Sending and the sending church, a model that necessitates us working together. This means that the organization and the sending church work so closely that we can’t succeed unless both of us do our parts.
Flexible Sending Pathways
We’ve established sending pathways that can flex based on the specific situation and the capacity of the sending church.
If a church wants to send a marketplace worker that requires less funding but needs a healthy team to join, we can do that. If a church wants to send a church-based team and needs pre-field training and on-field strategy, we can do that. If a church wants to send a missionary family to join one of our established teams, we can do that as well.
There’s more that sets us apart.
Read the rest of our distinctives.
Ready to partner?
Let’s start a conversation.
Partner Churches
Our Staff
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Nathan Sloan
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
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Kristen Lanier
DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS
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Dave Childers
SENDING NETWORK DIRECTOR
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Darren Logan
DIRECTOR OF MOBILIZATION
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Larry McCrary
MARKETPLACE DIRECTOR
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Ashlie Ncube
OFFICE MANAGER
Board of Advisors
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Gregg Allison
PROFESSOR OF
CHRISTIAN THEOLOGY
Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
Louisville, Kentucky -
Jamaal Williams
LEAD PASTOR, Sojourn Church Midtown
PRESIDENT, Harbor Network
Louisville, Kentucky -
Hari Chhetri
PASTOR
Bethesda Baptist Church
Kathmandu, Nepal -
Matt Allison
SENIOR DIRECTOR
OF OPERATIONS
Serge
Jenkintown, Pennsylvania -
Sujan Joshi
FAMILY PHYSICIAN
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Board of Directors
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Caleb Crider
DIRECTOR OF PROGRAM INNOVATION
Mission Increase
Portland, Oregon -
Larry McCrary
PRESIDENT
The Upstream Collective
Madrid, Spain -
Brad Bell
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Upstream Equipping
Louisville, Kentucky -
Brad Ervin
MANAGING PARTNER
Breakout Games
Knoxville, Tennessee -
Jeff Walters
LEAD PASTOR
Emmanuel International Church
Paris, France -
Rusty Fleming
(Retired) PRESIDENT
American Apt. Management
Knoxville, Tennessee -
Julie Masson
DIRECTOR OF
EXTERNAL ENGAGEMENT
ERLC
Kansas City, Missouri -
Nathan Sloan
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Upstream Sending
Louisville, Kentucky -
Chrissy Toth
MISSIONS DIRECTOR
Northstar Church
Knoxville, Tennessee -
Grace Liu
HEAD OF ADVANCEMENT
The Field School
Chicago, Illinios
Contact
Let us help you send well.
Email: contact@upstreamsending.com
Phone: (502) 265-6026
Mail: 900 E Jefferson St.
Louisville, KY 40206
Upstream Sending is a ministry of Upstream Collective, an organization committed helping local churches send well.