Church Planting

By: Kris Bridges This pandemic may have brought strict lockdowns and exacerbated already dire, impoverished conditions, but it has also awakened the Church to new ways to share God’s love. Although our church has not been able to gather since March, God has provided many ways...

Three years ago, Mike and Kris Bridges joined the MUR team with a focus on planting a new church in Corquín, a small town about an hour from Santa Rosa. For the first year and a half, the new Christians as well as many seekers...

by Phil Waldron   Joel Rainey wrote an article in which he said, “It is easier to birth a baby than it is to raise the dead.” His article lists five things that must be done if a declining church is going to “turn around.” Anyone who...

by Caleb Gossett Revolutions begin when people can no longer sit by and accept their circumstances. These people band together with a common vision and goal, using their passion and numbers to instigate change. These big shifts that have occurred in history did not occur overnight,...

We sat down with the leader of our Church Planting team to get an inside look at what it takes to plant self-led, self-sustaining, and self-replicating churches.   Q: How has our method of planting churches changed in recent years? A: In the beginning we would enter a...

by Phil Waldron Here at Mission UpReach we believe and practice a core value that states, “Our job is to teach and train people to become members of self-led, self-sustaining and self- reproducing communities of faith that serve as the Lord’s church in their respective communities.” One...

Members of the Mission UpReach Team leaving isn't normally cause for celebration, but in the case of Jormar Ramos and Richar Garcia, it is just that: a celebration. Obviously, it is bittersweet that we are losing two exceptional members of the Church Planting Team, but...

by Phil Waldron UpReach into existence was first signed. The intervening span of years has seen some triumphs as well as some successes, but they have also presented some very difficult circumstances. Through it all we have learned some things that we believe are important to...

The church at Belén celebrated its third anniversary on Sunday, September 17th. There are many things to celebrate, such as the 25 people who have been baptized in the past two months alone. From its beginning, the Belén church has possessed a family energy. This...

You have probably heard us talk about Corquín. The small town about 45 minutes from Santa Rosa has been a popular topic of discussion for some time now. Corquín has made its way into the forefront of our social media and print communications because of...

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