Crafting Gospel-Centered Resources in Spanish Since 2010
Backdrop
As gospel-centered theology gained a foothold in the Spanish-speaking world in the first decade of the 2000s, Poiema’s founder, David Adams, saw the need for Spanish-language resources to support growth and maturity.
Against a backdrop of Catholicism and the prosperity-gospel, few gospel-centered Spanish-language resources existed. Those that did were prohibitively expensive, hard to find, or unappealing to the average reader.
Poiema is the Greek word that Paul uses in Ephesians 2:10 (workmanship) to describe those “created in Christ Jesus” as God’s masterpiece. Our word poem (poema in Spanish) comes from poiema. At Poiema, we craft resources that reflect God’s truth, beauty, and grace.
Timeline
2010 – Beginnings
David Adams and his father, pastor and missionary Jim Adams, made plans to travel with Tedd Tripp and host parenting conferences in several Latin American cities. Alongside this trip, they would publish Shepherding a Child’s Heart and a children’s catechism in Spanish.
2011 – Book of the Year!
In March, they released the two books at the first conference in Medellín, Colombia, where many received them excitedly, asking for more resources in Spanish. As they travelled, they heard this request repeated across Latin America. With the support of a generous grant, David officially established Poiema, and several more books were published, including a book on the Proverbs that won “Book of the Year” from the Latin American Christian publishing network.
2013 – Growing Catalog
The Poiema catalog had grown to include titles like War of Words (Tripp), When People Are Big and God Is Small (Welch), and The Unfolding Mystery (Clowney). Our partnership with other Latin American publishers led to a connection with The Good Book Company, who invited Poiema to translate and publish Tim Keller’s Galatians for You.
2018 – Building New Things
With the generous support of many, we purchased our beautiful building in the heart of Medellín, Colombia. We also hosted our first Muestra a Cristo (Show Us Christ) conference.
2022 – Growing…
Volvamos al Evanglio (Let’s Return to the Gospel) joined the Poiema family.
2023 – Growing Some More!
Our ministry grew again as the BITE Project and Faro De Gracia joined the Poiema family, bringing an increased online presence and 220 more titles!
2025 – Looking Forward
The Lord has continued to grow the Poiema family with the addition of Libros Desafío and its academic resources, and also with Editorial Peregrino, opening more opportunities to share good books in Spain.
We work for God’s glory and pray that our ministry would continue to grow so that more might praise His name!
Give to invest in the growth of gospel-centered resources in Spanish for years to come.
