Impact Geography

08/28/2024

I would like to ask for some help.

Those of you who know us, know that we have a burden and a vision to reach the lost, and we have invested our time and treasure in this effort. Our ministry schedule has stayed full and we have allowed little time for fundraising.

To meet our deputation goal next year, we need to present our ministry in at least 50 new churches. Would your church consider allowing us to visit and share our burden?

Please consider recommending our family to your Pastor, and Pastor friends.

I will add our ministry video in the comments and would be happy to send out our information packet upon request.

08/20/2024

We are less than 2 weeks away from the Indianapolis School of Evangelism and still have spots to register. (link in the description)

Topics this year will include:
-How to reach the Atheist
-Defending the deity of Christ
-Can the Law cleanse?
-How to give a Biblical invitation
-Strategy for follow-up

08/14/2024

Dear friends

Our team made it back from France after 10 days of ministry at the Paris Olympics and surrounding communities. It is hard to leave knowing that we have just scratched the surface of what could be done here. My heart already longs to return to water the seed sown this week. We are grateful for those of you who gave and prayed as we spread the gospel to this desperate place.

The outreach began in Paris giving tracts to people from all over the world as they visited the Olympic events. By day two, we realized that the most receptive part of Paris was the central train station where we came in contact with more long-term residents and fewer tourists. On occasion the Lord allowed us to interact with people who were sincerely searching for truth. We are praying that the gospel continues to work in their lives.

Upon leaving Paris we visited the smaller French cities of Rouen, Caen, Lemans, Tours, Lyon, and Nice. The people in the smaller towns were much more likely to welcome us and we distributed tracts at a much faster rate than in Paris in spite fewer people being on the streets.

Each of us had a special connection to a city, but for me, Lemans stands out above the rest. We providentially entered the city on the 80th anniversary of its liberation from the German occupation by American forces. Thousands of residents were gathered in the streets for a festival and we were able to distribute thousands of tracts, and share Christ with many. It was a good day to be an American in Lemans, and we were the only Americans present.

So much more took place on this trip that it is hard to know what to say. We could tell stories for hours about God's provision, protection, and providence, but one of the greatest blessings was to see the openness of the Muslim people to have conversations and accept the gospel tracts. I would guess more than 2,000 tracts went out to Muslims during our trip.

The next few months will be filled with training missionaries and encouraging local churches in missions. Please pray that we will finish deputation soon so that we may concentrate our focus on reaching the world through Europe!

03/14/2024

I'm keeping this one vague on purpose!

We are so excited that our son and his wife have made arrangements to visit a very needy country and are scheduled to leave soon! Currently, they have taken the time off work and plan to pay for this trip out of pocket but I would like to ask our friends to pray about helping them in some way. I believe that it would be a great encouragement to them if God's people committed finances and prayer towards this endeavor.

No doubt this will be a life-changing trip for them, the people there will benefit from the visit, and the Lord will be glorified. Please reach out to us if you can help, or give directly through:

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cash app - $MattStahlman

Please contact me if you would like to talk to them directly or would like to have them share the need with your church.

01/12/2024

What does it mean for a person to leave their lives and families behind to take up the call of World missions? Join us as we talk about the stress and joys of serving as foreign missionaries. We hope to encourage our missionary friends as they endure hards...

12/21/2023

If you are looking for a missionary family with a Great Commission vision, who has a good track record of planting churches and making disciples, please support the Mears family!
Bro Kory has stepped out into world missions completely by faith. My family will sacrifice to help them and maybe some your churches could do the same. They are the real deal, and worthy of your sacrifice.

I will add support info in the comments.

12/20/2023

Working on the Paris Olympic outreach. We wrote and designed 2 new tracts today!

Tract text:

What if you did win at everything in life? What if you were strong, wealthy, beautiful, and smart? What would those things mean at the end of life?

For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?
Mark:8:36

And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:
Hebrews:9:27

The truth is that as hard as you may try, you have not been able to master this physical world. On the outside, people may see you as strong and successful, but on the inside, you know that you are weak, broken, and lonely.

The search for meaning in life only leads us to a dead end if we do not account for eternity. Relationships, parties, s*x, and success can never satisfy you.

Jesus said, ..."I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly." John:10:10b

Who is this Jesus? And what life is he talking about?

Jesus is the one true God who came to Earth in the form of a man.

The Bible tells us the story of how God made man and woman to know God and to walk with him. But man chose to sin against God and was separated from God by his sin.

Just like Adam and Eve, you have also sinned against God. There's no denying it. The things that you know in your heart are wrong are some of the things that you love the most. You have willfully sinned against a holy and just God!

For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; Romans:3:23

God has every right and responsibility to judge our sin. If you were to stand before God now, he would be just in sending you to the Lake of Fire. What would Heaven be like if God allowed sinners into that place? Since there is no death in heaven, those sinners would only get worse, and their sin would defile everything for eternity. God must judge sin, or he is not good!
But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.
Revelation:21:8

"I am come that they may have life"
This life promised by Jesus is eternal life! It is a free gift to sinners like us.
For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. Romans:6:23

2000 years ago, Jesus Christ, the son of God, was born of a virgin, lived a perfect life without sin, and died on a cruel Roman cross. His death on that cross was not for his sin it was for yours. He paid the penalty for your sin!

For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him. 2 Corinthians:5:21

He didn't pay the debt for the Romans who crucified him or to the Jews who hated him, he paid the debt of sin for All Mankind with his own blood.

How could the blood of one man pay the sin debt of every man? It is simple, the blood of Jesus Christ poured out on that cross was worth more than all of the blood of every man. That was Holy blood, righteous blood, perfect blood, which he shed for us... Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,
Revelation:1:5b

Through the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ, God has provided a way that He could be just in his punishment of sin, and yet merciful to the sinners. He paid the debt himself.
Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross; Colossians:2:14

How do you receive this gift?

No matter what you have heard from a priest, pastor, parent, or Imam, the word of God is very clear! if you were to try to pay your sin debt yourself by your religious service or righteous works, you will fail!

Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;
Titus:3:5

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
John:3:16-18

There is no question about it, the Bible teaches that God forgives man's sins by grace alone. It is the gift of God to those who will receive it by faith.
.."Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved"
Acts:16:3b

Today, consider your soul. Do you know that your sin will condemn you? Have you tried to hide from a holy God?
Will you right now confess your sin to God, believe that his work on the cross is the payment for your sin, and trust him completely?

According to the scripture, if you place your trust in him and not in your works, or your religion, you can have complete assurance that your soul is safe in Jesus.

These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.
1 John:5:13

11/04/2023

Over the past several months, there has been a known issue with Geography Exams freezing students' progress. This occurrence was seemingly random, and it would prevent students from moving on to the next lesson.

This bug has been fixed and should not happen again. If you have technical difficulties, please reach out via Messenger or send us an email so we can help you resolve them as quickly as possible!

07/27/2023

Raising a ministry family is both a blessing and a challenge. Please take a moment to listen to the latest podcast and think about how you can prepare your family for ministry, and minister to missionary families as they face these challenges.

In this episode Matt and Cathy talk about the challenges of raising children on the road and the blessings of the ministry.

07/17/2023

Christ is the center of our lives. Take a few minutes to consider how to share Jesus with others!

01/16/2023

Great News!!!
The Impact Geography course is finished! We currently have 75 students many of whom are over halfway through the course. Thanks to those who signed up early and helped us work out all the bugs. Please share this course and help us inspire an entire generation of Christian high school students to know all the world, so that all the world may know Christ. Please take a few minutes to watch the video. I'm sure that it will answer many of the questions you may have about the class. Now is a great time to sign up!