WRITING · DISCIPLESHIP · MISSIONS
Jesus is the ONLY Name to Remember.
Where Scripture burns,
truth restores and hearts return Home.
Where His Word speaks into real life, and leads you back to Jesus.
A place where our lives become like poetry, written and fulfilled by the Word (James 1:22).
We write the Word, we live the Word — and we partner with those who carry it to the nations, where every soul is discipled and not simply counted.
WHAT POETRY ON FIRE IS
Two halves of one work
Poetry on Fire is a writing and discipleship ministry. We write, we teach, we go live, we encourage and we minister the Word into real, every-day life. Then comes the half that is rarely seen: we stand with ministries who carry the Name of Jesus into the nations and disciple every single person who answers Him.
The Word written
Books, blog posts and devotionals. Discipleship and study materials. Livestreams, encouragement and pastoral ministry — words written to steady you, restore what has been worn down and lead you back to Jesus.
The Word carried
Missions with ministries who disciple. More than six months of groundwork in an area, pastors and churches equipped and trained in Biblical discipleship, and then crusades where every salvation is discipled into maturity, welcomed into a local church and looked after. Philip, our evangelist, coordinates and plans it alongside ministries who want the Name of Jesus known — not their own.
WHERE TO BEGIN
Come in, there is room for you
However you found us, there is a place to start. Choose the one that speaks to where you are.
THE BLOG
Living the Word every day
Weekly writing that opens Scripture and carries it into real life. Start with our current series, The Mirror.
#WORDFORTHEDAY
One Scripture every weekday
A short word in your inbox at seven every weekday morning, with a way to live it before the day gets away from you.
MISSIONS
Go and make disciples
We stand with ministries in Burundi and Pakistan, where every person who says yes to Jesus is discipled into maturity.
SPEAKING
We come to you
Church services, women's and men's ministry, business breakfasts and intimate gatherings. We have no price to minister Jesus.
PUBLISHING
Your message in print
From the first page to the finished book, we walk with authors whose words honour Jesus.
PASTORAL MINISTRY
Someone to walk with you
Personal ministry sessions, and impartation for churches and ministry teams in discipleship and leadership.
OUR RHYTHM
What happens when
Ministry is not an event we attend. It is a rhythm we live. This is where you will find us through the week and through the year.
EVERY WEEKDAY · 07:00
#Wordfortheday
One Scripture, opened up, lands in your inbox before the day begins.
EVERY TUESDAY
The blog series
The next post in our current series. At the moment that is The Mirror.
AS ANNOUNCED
Livestreams
We go live here and on YouTube, Facebook, Instagram and TikTok at the same time.
THROUGH THE YEAR
Missions
Groundwork, pastor training and crusades, with reports from the field. Pakistan 2027 is being prepared now.
ABOUT US
The Fire, the Love, the Move
We are the Strauss family. Philip is our evangelist, Marilé carries years of ministry and marketplace leadership, and Noa, whose name means Move of God, ministers alongside us. We write from lived experience, from seasons of joy and seasons of ashes, and from a conviction that the Word is meant to be lived at home, at work and everywhere in between.
MISSIONS
The TRUE Great Commission in action
“Go” was never the whole sentence. “Go and make disciples” is. God’s heart beats for souls — and it breaks for discipleship.
That is why we partner the way we do. Months of working the soil before a single crusade night. Pastors and churches equipped and trained in Biblical discipleship, which is not a course to complete but a lifestyle to live. And then the crusades, where every person who says yes to Jesus is discipled into maturity, welcomed into a local church and looked after long after the lights go down.
We are not looking for converts. We are looking for disciples.
MISSIONS FEEDBACK
From the field
Reports from the ground, so you can see exactly what your partnership is doing.
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Pakistan: Someone has to say YES!
Read more: Pakistan: Someone has to say YES!Landing in Pakistan at 3am with no one waiting. The grounds for the 2027 crusades are secured, and ministry begins long before the platform.
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Pakistan Mission | Day 1 & 2
Read more: Pakistan Mission | Day 1 & 2Airport benches in Abu Dhabi, arriving in Karachi, and ministry that started before we ever reached a platform. Feedback from our first days in Pakistan.
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Burundi Mission | Day 8
Read more: Burundi Mission | Day 8The final crusade night in Bujumbura, the fruit of months of preparation by local pastors, and why the end of a crusade is where discipleship begins.
PARTNERSHIP
Stand in the work with us
The Gospel is free, but carrying it costs something. When you partner with Poetry on Fire you carry the groundwork before every crusade, pastors trained in discipleship, every new believer followed up, books and study materials, and the platforms that take the Word further than we could go alone.
Blog
Latest From The Blog
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WILDFIRE WORD: Jesus, the only Name
Read more: WILDFIRE WORD: Jesus, the only NameTwo weeks, one new name, and everything in it points to Him.
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WILDFIRE WORD: Beauty for ashes
Read more: WILDFIRE WORD: Beauty for ashesIn the fynbos, fire is not the end of the story.
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WILDFIRE WORD: One fire
Read more: WILDFIRE WORD: One fireThe bush, the altar, the bones and the heart.
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WILDFIRE WORD: The burning protea
Read more: WILDFIRE WORD: The burning proteaMeet the burning protea. The bush burned, and it was not consumed.
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WILDFIRE WORD: Why Co.: one bread
Read more: WILDFIRE WORD: Why Co.: one breadCompany is an old word with bread inside it.
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WILDFIRE WORD: The Move: unhindered
Read more: WILDFIRE WORD: The Move: unhinderedThe man could be bound. The Word could not.
SOCIAL MEDIA
Stay connected — our social media platforms
Do not miss what God is doing through Poetry on Fire.
We live the Word here at Poetry on Fire, and our lives become like wildfires, spreading the Word of God by how we live our lives — our conduct, our integrity, our growth, the love we freely give, how easily we forgive, our consistency and calm, and our readiness to share with others the Reason for the Hope we so uncompromisingly live by — His Name is Jesus!
This is why sharing matters. When you pass on what God is doing here, you are not sharing content — you are carrying His Word to someone we will never stand in front of. That is partnership. The preaching is only one half of the work; the carrying is the other half, and it is no smaller a part of it. Come and see what Jesus is doing on our platforms — then take it further.
Contact Us
Come closer. Stay connected. Become a Wildfire and receive words that strengthen your faith, steady your heart, and draw you closer to Jesus.
Email: hello@poetry-onfire.com
Cape Town, South Africa