About Us
Changing Lives, Changing Destinies
"Impact Ministries International (IMI) exists to use agriculture and business to change lives and destinies through the transforming power of Jesus."
Income-generating farms and businesses fund our humanitarian work — a self-sustaining model we call a City of Refuge.
How it began
A garbage dump, one house, and a hard lesson
In the early 2000s, founders Tom and Dr. Teresa Stamman traveled to Honduras and witnessed extreme poverty firsthand — children searching garbage dumps for food. They refused to look away. IMI's work in Honduras began with one house for orphans and a feeding program.
Then came 2008. The financial crisis made one thing painfully clear: children's lives should never depend on next month's donations. So IMI restructured, adding income-generating components to every project. Farms, businesses, and trade schools now surround and financially support the orphanages and safe houses they exist to protect. Today the flagship City of Refuge near Comayagua, Honduras houses and educates 90 children with 100 staff across more than 80 buildings — and is nearly self-sustaining.
"The Christian faith is about loving Jesus and loving people, and not ignoring the needs that are in front of us."
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.
What we do
The ministries of IMI
Cities of Refuge
Self-sustaining, income-generating Christian cities wrapped around an orphanage or safe house — farms, schools, clinics, and businesses that fund the mission forever.
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Child Sponsorship
Food, education, medical care, and family for a specific boy or girl at the City of Refuge in Honduras — $40 or $240 a month.
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Fighting Human Trafficking
Self-sustaining safe houses for survivors in Hawaii, Iowa, Minnesota, and Missouri, each wrapped in a local church community.
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Mission Trips
Short- and long-term trips to Honduras and Missouri — construction, agriculture, teaching, medicine, sports, and evangelism.
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IMI Ministers
Ordination and credentialing for gifted ministers — about 800 ordained across thirty countries and counting.
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Annual Conferences
Three free conferences each year at IMI's properties in West Union, Iowa and Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin.
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Go deeper
Get to know IMI
Tom & Teresa Stamman
The preacher and the physician who founded IMI.
Our History
From a late-1980s evangelism ministry to Cities of Refuge on three continents.
Leadership & Staff
The people who run IMI — from Minnesota to the Honduras campus.
Financial Accountability
501(c)(3) status, Form 990 filings, and how gifts are stewarded.
Contact IMI
Reach the right person for ordination, conferences, missions, or speaking.
Be part of the story
Every gift builds something that keeps on giving — a farm, a well, a safe house, a future.