OUR VISION, Mission, & strategy
We dream of a thriving Church—vibrant, authentic, and effective—all for God’s glory and pleasure. Our mission is to serve the body of Christ by helping Christian organizations fulfill the Great Commission. Our strategy? A team of ministry specialists who offer relevant messages, practical workshops, resources, and support that local ministries find difficult to offer for themselves.
statement of faith
STM champions the historic, biblical truths anchored in the gospel of Jesus Christ:
We are all sinful and broken in our orientation towards God, ourselves, our world, and each other.
God loved us so much that he sent his Son Jesus—fully God and fully man—to enter the human story as our only hope and redeemer.
Christ lived the perfect life we could never live, becoming the spotless sacrifice we could never earn. After dying for our sins, he defeated sin, death, and the devil through his resurrection from the dead.
Ascending to the right hand of the Father, the Lord Jesus poured out the Holy Spirit to indwell, empower, and commission us to join this redemptive mission. His redeemed, gathered, and sent children are the global Church—Christ’s spiritual body here on earth.
One day God’s mission will be complete, uniting believers with him forever to enjoy a renewed heaven and earth.
core values
PRAYER: Faithful, persistent prayer brings God glory by helping establish His will on earth as it is in heaven. We are people of prayer, dependent on the Holy Spirit to do His will.
PARTNERSHIP: God partners with us, so we partner with people and ministries who share the same mission under King Jesus. We love the wider body of Christ and are focused on helping its various expressions thrive.
EMPOWERMENT: We value equipping, empowering, and commissioning kingdom-minded, ‘spiritual entrepreneurs’ to do what God has called them to do. We aren’t just looking for impact, but empowerment and multiplication.
COURAGE: We value pleasing God by taking bold steps of faith, all to make Jesus known and to build His kingdom where God plants us.
CREATIVITY: God is creative, and so are we—seeking to explore creative solutions to problems, vision, and ministry.
GENEROSITY: In Christ, God demonstrates the most radical generosity imaginable. We seek to be generous with our time, resources, energy, and whatever God puts in our hands. God provides through the generosity of others.
the stm story
In 1993, a Youth Pastor named Randy Carter felt God’s direction to move out of local church youth ministry to begin traveling full time as a youth speaker and youth ministry consultant. STM Ministries was founded that year as a registered charitable organization, freeing Randy to pursue this calling. July 1st, 1994 Randy stepped into STM full time, speaking primarily to students.
Randy’s wife, Donna, joined STM in 2001, as God opened up exciting opportunities to travel, speaking to women’s groups and mixed audiences. She is an accomplished author of several books, including Randy and Donna also speak at marriage conferences and retreats. Both are active members in their home church of First Alliance Church.
Over 31 years of ministry, God has used this incredible couple to lead thousands of people to put their faith in Christ, renew their faith, and revive countless marriages.
STM stepped into a brand new chapter in June of 2023, when Brad Huebert joined the STM team and began Deeply Devoted, a new ministry aimed at helping people grow a lifestyle of intimacy with God. Also an author, Brad published Deeply Devoted: How to grow intimacy with God Through Daily Devotions That Change Your Life and Bring You Joy the following year, adding to his list of other books: Realms: Learn to Live in the Light of the Gospel, and Prophetic: A Beginner’s Guide to Speaking Words That Change Lives. He also began leading his highly rated Deeply Devoted workshops in local churches.
During this time, Randy and Donna decided to step back and begin serving on a part time basis. The STM Board unanimously affirmed Brad as the Executive Director of STM in June of 2025. During this season a clarified vision for STM’s future also emerged: to serve the body of Christ by helping Christian organizations fulfill the Great Commission. We do this through a team of ministry specialists who offer resources, workshops, and support churches may struggle to provide in house. Along the way, a powerful image captivated our hearts:
Meet Pando, a giant aspen grove in Utah that shares a single root system.
Pando is a perfect illustration of our vision for STM—a growing and diverse team of ministry specialists united by our passion to serve Jesus.
What about you? Will you help us help churches thrive?
OUR VISION, Mission, & strategy
We dream of a thriving Church—vibrant, authentic, and effective—all for God’s glory and pleasure. Our mission is to serve the body of Christ by helping Christian organizations fulfill the Great Commission. Our strategy? A team of ministry specialists who offer relevant messages, practical workshops, resources, and support that local ministries find difficult to offer for themselves.
statement of faith
STM champions the historic and biblical truths anchored in the gospel of Jesus Christ. We are all sinful and broken, twisted in our orientation towards God, ourselves, our world, and each other.
God loved us so much that he sent His Son Jesus—fully God and fully man—to enter the human story as our only hope and redeemer. Christ lived the perfect life we could never live, becoming the spotless sacrifice we could never earn.
After dying for our sins, he defeated sin, death and the devil through his resurrection from the dead. After ascending to the right hand of the Father, he poured out the Holy Spirit to indwell, empower, and commission us to join this redemptive mission. His redeemed, gathered, and sent children are the Global Church—Christ’s spiritual body here on earth. One day God’s mission will be complete, uniting believers with Him forever to enjoy a renewed heaven and earth.
core values
PRAYER: Faithful, persistent prayer brings God glory by helping establish His will on earth as it is in heaven. We are people of prayer, dependent on the Holy Spirit to do His will.
PARTNERSHIP: God partners with us, so we partner with peopled ministries who share the same mission under King Jesus. We love the wider body of Christ and are focused on helping its various expressions thrive.
EMPOWERMENT: We value equipping, empowering, and commissioning kingdom-minded, ‘spiritual entrepreneurs’ to do what God has called them to do. We aren’t just looking for impact, but empowerment and multiplication.
COURAGE: We value pleasing God by taking bold steps of faith, all to make Jesus known and to build His kingdom where God plants us.
CREATIVITY: God is creative, and so are we—seeking to explore creative solutions to problems, vision, and ministry.
GENEROSITY: In Christ, God demonstrates the most radical generosity imaginable. We seek to be generous with our time, resources, energy, and whatever God puts in our hands. God provides through the generosity of others.
the stm story
In 1993, a Youth Pastor named Randy Carter felt God’s direction to move out of local church youth ministry to begin traveling full time as a youth speaker and youth ministry consultant. STM Ministries was founded that year as a registered charitable organization, freeing Randy to pursue this calling. July 1st, 1994 Randy stepped into STM full time, speaking primarily to students.
Randy’s wife, Donna, joined STM in 2001, as God opened up exciting opportunities to travel, speaking to women’s groups and mixed audiences. She is an accomplished author of several books, including Randy and Donna also speak at marriage conferences and retreats. Both are active members in their home church of First Alliance Church.
Over thirty one years of ministry, God has used this incredible couple to lead thousands of people to put their faith in Christ, renew their faith, and revive countless marriages.
STM stepped into a brand new chapter in June of 2023, when Brad Huebert joined the STM team.
He launched Deeply Devoted, a new ministry aimed at helping people grow a lifestyle of intimacy with God. Also an author, Brad published Deeply Devoted: How to grow intimacy with God Through Daily Devotions That Change Your Life and Bring You Joy the following year, adding to his list of other books: Realms: Learn to Live in the Light of the Gospel, and Prophetic: A Beginner’s Guide to Speaking Words That Change Lives. He also began leading his highly rated Deeply Devoted workshops in local churches.
During this time, Randy and Donna decided to step back and begin serving on a part-time basis. The STM Board unanimously affirmed Brad as the Executive Director of STM in June of 2025. During this season a clarified vision for STM’s future also emerged:
to serve the body of Christ by helping Christian organizations fulfill the Great Commission. We do this through a team of ministry specialists who offer resources, workshops, and support that churches may struggle to provide in house.
Along the way, a powerful image captivated our hearts. Meet Pando, a giant aspen grove in Utah that shares a single root system:
Pando is a perfect illustration of our vision for STM—a growing and diverse team of ministry specialists united by our passion to serve Jesus.