The following is a brief collection of ICM’s history. If you have been a part of Impact’s history, we encourage you to tell us about it as we work to collect stories from our past.
We love our story, and want to remember it. Yes, stories have both the joys, and the sorrows. But we believe that God is going to use every trial to bring about His good purposes. Help us honor the story HE is telling through us–send us your memory of Impact by clicking here.
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July 1, 1995: Dean Trune starts a campus ministry, then know as “Harvest Campus Ministries.” It began with five staff in Albany, NY (State University of NY at Albany). All five of these staff members were part of His House Christian Fellowship at Michigan State University, where Dean had served as a campus minister.
1995-2000: Harvest Campus Ministries added teams in a variety of places, including: Columbia, SC; Tampa, FL; Szeged, Hungary; Lowell, MA; Munich, Germany.
1999: The board of Directors approved a name change for the organization. The new name of Impact Campus Ministries was adopted.
2000-2009: Several more ministries were added: Murfeesboro, TN; Phoenix, AZ; Boise, ID; Moscow, ID; Tucson, AZ; Ft. Meyers, FL; Aucklund, New Zealand; Colorado Springs, CO; Prague, Czech Republic; Cork, Ireland; South Bend, IN; DeKalb, IL, Salt Lake City, UT; Charlotte, NC.
2003-2005: Impact Ministries International started the Discipleship Training Center for college students. The 9-month program focused on Christian discipleship and ministry experience in both the USA and abroad. Eight students participated the first year, and seven in the second year.
2010: The Board of Directors for Impact Ministries International formerly gives birth to two distinct ministries, Intentional Impact Living (to be led by Dean Trune), and Impact Campus Ministries (to be directed by a newly formed group).