About Us

Pastor Matt Flanders and his wife Aimee graduated from Bible School in 1997 and were youth pastors at Faith Family Church in Sioux Falls, South Dakota for six years.  

In 1997 they moved to Lebanon, Missouri, where they pioneered Family Church in Lebanon, Missouri.  Matt and Aimee pastored there for 21 years and felt God calling them to move on.  In  February of 2019 they felt a call to Iowa, Matt's home state.  Matt and Aimee are at Family Church Iowa City, where Matt is the pastor and Aimee is the worship pastor.  They have a son, Jake, who is a vital part of their ministry.

In May of 1997, the Lord told Aimee and I to go and raise the standard.  We knew the origin of the phrase is found in Isaiah 59:19 - "When the enemy comes in like a flood, the Spirit of the Lord will raise up a standard against him."

That's exactly what we have been doing since that day.  We've learned that the standard is the standard of God's Word. 

A few years later we ran across Isaiah 59:14 that says "truth has fallen in the streets", and that's what has been happening in our nation in this last season.  But Isaiah 59:1 reminds us that the Lord's arm isn't too short that it can't reach down and save, and His ear isn't too distant that it cannot hear, so with that mandate Aimee and I continue to raise the standard of truth through 

worship, teaching, fervent prayer, networking with adults who see the vision and also ministering to college students and student athletes.