Impact Ministries International
A city set on a hill cannot be hidden.
IMI uses agriculture and business to change lives and destinies through the transforming power of Jesus — building income-generating farms and businesses that surround and financially support orphanages and safe houses. We call it a City of Refuge.
You are looking at the real one — 90 children safe, fed, and in school near Comayagua, Honduras.
From the field
God is on the move
2,500 Tilapia Stocked at the City of Refuge Farm
The farm in Honduras has stocked 2,500 tilapia fingerlings — protein that will feed the children and the surrounding community for years to come.
New at the City of Refuge: Welding School, Grocery Store, and Housing
Three new additions in Honduras — a welding school, a grocery store, and housing for families in extreme poverty — expand the City of Refuge's reach.
Eleven New Children Welcomed at the City of Refuge
In a New Year letter from Honduras, Dr. Teresa Stamman shares the arrival of eleven new children — and how the City of Refuge kids welcomed them home.
The City of Refuge model
The farm feeds the mission. Forever.
In 2008, the financial crisis taught IMI a hard lesson: children's lives should never depend on next month's donations. So Tom and Teresa Stamman started building every project with its own income stream.
Today the flagship City of Refuge in Honduras runs a working farm, tilapia ponds, a feed mill, stores, lodging, a medical clinic, and a trade school — a ring of honest work that surrounds and pays for an orphanage and school where 90 children live, learn, and are loved. Honduran universities send agriculture students there to study how it's done.
Thirty years of impact
- 55
- countries impacted
- 800+
- ministers ordained in 30 countries
- $10M
- in relief funds donated
- 500+
- students educated
- 32
- clean-water wells in 8 nations
- 500,000
- prophetic prayers given
Figures reported by Impact Ministries International across 30 years of ministry.
In the United States
Safe houses for survivors of human trafficking
Residents of Native American reservations report that as many as 1 in 5 girls die or disappear before age 18. In 2020, after three rescued teenage survivors died by suicide while waiting for government housing, IMI stopped waiting — and began building self-sustaining safe houses. Today they stand in Hawaii, Iowa, Minnesota, and Missouri, each one funded by its own businesses and wrapped in a local church community.
The founders
A preacher and a physician who refused to look away
In the early 2000s, Rev. Tom Stamman — evangelist, author of eight books, known across America as the "Blue Collar Prophet" — andDr. Teresa Stamman, M.D. stood in Honduras watching children search garbage dumps for food. They started with one house for orphans and a feeding program.
Thirty years of ministry later: 55 countries reached, more than 800 ministers ordained, $10 million in relief given, 32 clean-water wells dug in 8 nations — and a city on a hill in Honduras that feeds and educates its children with its own two hands. Tom still preaches at more than 400 gatherings a year. Teresa directs the Cities of Refuge and the safe-house network.
"Religion that is pure and undefiled before God the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction." — James 1:27
True stories
Lives that were literally saved
Names are changed to protect the children. Everything else is true.
Celenia & Aliana
Twin baby girls arrived at the City of Refuge severely malnourished and on the verge of dying — fifteen years later, they are healthy, joyful teenagers with bright futures.
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Karla
Her father was murdered in their home when she was five; at the City of Refuge, Karla found the family that violence had stolen from her.
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Luisa
Abandoned at seven, abused, and forced to steal, Luisa is now an 18-year-old high school graduate studying cosmetology — and she has forgiven her mother.
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Flagship
City of Refuge: Honduras
100 staff. More than 80 buildings. 90 children rescued from extreme poverty and exploitation — now housed, fed, and educated on a campus that passes every government inspection and exceeds national education standards. The goal: feed 10,000 people a day from its own fields and ponds.
Visit the CityFind your place
Five ways to change a destiny
Sponsor a Child
Give one child at the City of Refuge food, education, medical care, and a family — $40 or $240 a month.
Meet the children →
Support the Mission
Fund farms, safe houses, clean water, and clinics that keep giving long after your gift.
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Go on a Mission Trip
Serve in Honduras or Missouri — construction, agriculture, teaching, medicine, sports, and more.
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Get Ordained
Join 800+ ministers ordained by IMI across 30 countries and partner with a global family.
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Book Tom to Speak
The "Blue Collar Prophet" speaks at 400+ churches and gatherings every year. Bring him to yours.
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Changing Lives, Changing Destinies
Every gift builds something that keeps on giving — a farm, a well, a safe house, a future.