About us

As a ministry we are committed to preaching the Gospel, Making disciples and planting Churches in the Nations.

When it all started -

Matt & Vicky were both born in the seventies and raised in Christian homes.

Matt in his childhood had made a few commitments to the Lord but backslid and went away from the Lord. Mat was involved in drugs, drank to much, and went with the girls.

In 1994 Matt went to a bible camp ran by Good news crusade in Malvern UK, at this camp God opened matt’s eyes to the spiritual realm,  and Matt has never been the same since, Matt remembers God saying to him  “Matt you can follow me or waste your life”  at once Matt made the decision to follow Christ.  Matt also said “it felt like God shook the hell out of me and put the fear of God in me, not a fear of God but a respect of who he is”.

 

Matthew and Vicky Ford
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Matt felt the call from God to know more about what God wanted him to do, so he followed his heart and went on a one week evangelism training course with Good News Crusade in Cornwall in Sept 1994, through this training time God spoke to matt and called him into the Ministry as an evangelist. After the course Matt returned to Leicester, but he knew God wanted him to do more training so he returned to Cornwall to the training centre in 1995 for deeper teaching and training, God did many good things and Matt learnt a great deal and was working with a Man called Don Double and the rest of his team on lots of different missions around the country gaining lots of experience and friends.

 

Matt knew that the Lord was calling him back to Cornwall to be a part of the Church, so Matt spoke with the pastor and returned to Cornwall. Matt also worked as he spent time with the Church, the Lord provided Matt with an Upholstery Job to earn some money as well as people from home supporting him. Matt spent nearly 3 years in Cornwall before he returned to Leicester.

On one of Matts return visits to Leicester he met his future wife Vicky and they started dating. Matt & Vicky both knew that God wanted them to be together and after 6 months of dating they got engaged, then 6 months later in May 1999 they were married. Matt and Vicky’s family has expanded and have three lovely boys Joshua, Daniel and Samuel.

Since being Married Matt and Vicky have assisted churches in the UK and have travelled around the world together to minister Gods word, both of their ministries have complemented each other, and they have been able to reach thousands with the Gospel, many souls have been saved, they have seen many healings and lives restored.

2006 God opened the door for Matt to have extra teaching and training through a bible School in USA which has helped to teach and guide Matt. Since then God has opened up more doors for IMI with International pastors inviting Matt to their place of ministry.

Vicky committed her life to Christ when she was 3 years old and has been walking with the Lord since that time. At the age of 17 Vicky felt the call from God to be trained and go to Bible College with Kingdom Faith Ministries and to serve that ministry. Vicky took her first overseas missionary trip to Kenya and Tanzania in Africa to preach and teach in local Churches spending 3 whole months ministering the word of God as well as spending time with the local people. Vicky’s heart is for teaching people the word of God and leading people into the truth of God’s word so that they can live for God in a greater way.

the ford family
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After coming back from mission Vicky knew that she needed to do some Business administration training to support her ministry as well as her future husband that God had planned for her. In following this call God also provided a job for Vicky with a local charity and she was able to gain some valuable experience.

So Matt and Vicky run IMI which is an Evangelistic Ministry. At the heart of the ministry is Global evangelism, reaching the unreached for Christ. Giving people in whatever Nation the opportunity even if it is for the first time to hear about God’s love, healing and delivering power.

The IMI ministry came out of a love for the Lord and a heavy burden for the lost. As a ministry we believe it is vital for new Christians as well as old to move in the things of God, and to know and have a firm foundation in the things of God,  so we train and make disciples of all Nations and release people in their ministry.

 

As a ministry we are committed to preaching the Gospel,  Making disciples and planting Churches in the Nations, We have been blessed to see thousands of people encouraged in their Christian faith and we count it a real blessing to have lead thousands of people to the Lord since 1994. We will do this wherever God gives us an open door to work from.

Go into all the world and preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ, heal the sick, make disciples and plant churches of all nations.