Matt Heerema

Matt is a pastor, businessman, theology student, & massive geek.

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Lead Pastor, Stonebrook Church

  • A thriving, multi-generational congregation that seeks to teach & follow God’s word and glorify Jesus by making disciples.
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CEO, Chief Strategist, Mere Agency

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  • Matt founded Mere in 2011
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  • Seven Habits of a Highly Effective Date Night

    (Sorry for the cheesy title.) Nancy and I keep a weekly date night. This has been a habit ever since the latter part of our dating (the first part was the inextricable puppy love where honestly, we spent too much time together and got in a lot of trouble). It is a weekly time to…

  • Why We Don’t Want to See The Gospel on Every Page of The Bible

    Last week I mentioned that we ought not seek an allegorical or “moral of the story” from Old Testament passages that we can seek to apply to our life today. (“Dare to be a Daniel!”, “Find your ‘five smooth stones’ to face your ‘Goliath’”, etc). I mentioned that most of us evangelicals have been taught…

  • What’s The Big Deal About Seeing The Gospel on Every Page of The Bible?

    When we are reading a passage from the Old Testament, how should we seek to apply it to our lives? How should we seek to encourage others to live? If “All Scripture is God-breathed and useful” (2 Timothy 3:16-17), what is the right way to use it? When you read a passage of the Old…

  • For Better or Worse, Till Death Parts Us, for His Glory and Our Good

    This might be TMI, but I’d like to set the stage for this thought, so bear with me. This morning I woke up and rolled over and looked at my wife, who was also just stirring for the morning, and for whatever reason, this morning, she looked especially beautiful. I thought to myself (as I…

  • I Am Being Ordained As A Pastor

    On September 29, I will be ordained as a pastor of Stonebrook Community Church in Ames, IA which is part of an association called Great Commission Churches. This is something I have been dreaming about for a bit over 13 years and seriously working toward for the last several years. As this is something of…

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