MISSIONS
The Great Commission, in full
Poetry on Fire writes the Word and lives the Word. Then comes the other half of the work: carrying it. We partner with ministries who take the Name of Jesus into the nations and then disciple every single person who answers Him.
Our evangelist, Philip, sits on that team. He coordinates, plans and partners with ministries who want the Name of Jesus to be known — not their own.
THE MODEL
Crusades — but with a twist
When crusades are spoken about, we usually hear numbers: how many thousands made a decision for Christ. We celebrate every one of them with all of Heaven. But while God’s heart beats for souls, it breaks for discipleship. “Go” was never the whole sentence. “Go and make disciples” is.
1. More than six months on the ground
Long before a crusade night, the work begins: working the soil, meeting the pastors of the area, listening, praying, and building real relationship with the local church.
2. Pastors and churches equipped
Training and impartation in Biblical discipleship — which is not a course to complete and file away. It is a lifestyle to live, and then to hand on.
3. Then the crusade
Only once the ground is ready and the local church is prepared to receive, do the crusades happen. The harvest is gathered into hands that are ready to carry it.
4. Every salvation discipled
Every person who says yes to Jesus is welcomed into a local church, walked with, discipled into maturity and looked after long after the lights go down. Not converts. Disciples.
OUR PARTNERS
Who we partner with — and why
We do not partner with everyone, and that is deliberate. We stand with ministries who carry the Name of Jesus and not their own; who measure maturity rather than attendance; who hand the harvest to the local church instead of holding on to it; and who are still there long after the crusade is over.
That is where your partnership goes. Not into a platform, but into people who will still be walking with Jesus in five years’ time.
MISSIONS FEEDBACK
From the field
Reports from the ground, posted day by day as they happen — so you can see exactly what your partnership is doing.
Next — Pakistan
4 – 12 September 2026. Philip flies out to begin the groundwork with The Cross Ministries — pastors’ conferences, church partnership, humanitarian aid and a borehole. This is the working of the soil that happens long before any crusade night, and it is the part almost nobody sees. Reports will follow from the field as he goes.
Completed — Burundi
July 2026. Eight days of reports from the ground, and more than 1,200 people who said yes to Jesus — every one of them welcomed into a local church to be discipled into maturity. Not counted and left. You can still read it day by day.
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Pakistan: Someone has to say YES!
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Pakistan Mission | Day 1 & 2
Read more: Pakistan Mission | Day 1 & 2PAKISTAN | DAY 1 & 2 What a start to Pakistan Day 1 was mostly a travel day, and ministry started before we ever reached a platform. After the long journey from South Africa, including a night sleeping on airport benches in Abu Dhabi, we finally arrived in Karachi. Abu Dhabi airport is beautiful, but…
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Burundi Mission | Day 8
Read more: Burundi Mission | Day 8Crusade ends. The discipleship begins! There are moments that stay with you for a lifetime. Moments where Heaven feels so close that words seem too small to describe them. Sunday evening in Bujumbura was one of those moments. The final crusade was the culmination of months of faithful preparation by local pastors and churches, countless…
PARTNERSHIP
Stand with what Jesus is doing
The Gospel is free. Getting it to the nations is not. Partnership carries the groundwork, the equipping of pastors, the crusades, the discipleship materials, the books in the making (The Untamed Lion by Philip Strauss and Choose Your Hard by Marilé Strauss), and the platforms that take these words further than we could on our own.