"The original vision was to create a physical place for Christian hip-hop (and other urban dance music) artists to get together, plan projects, record music, organize think tanks, perform and collaborate on ideas and songs – kind of like a physical gathering place where like-minded people could unleash their creativity and inspiration. I originally got this vision already in 2001 as we were pioneering the Finnish Christian hip-hop scene. Back then we were busy – we organized gospel concerts and club nights every week, had multiple record labels through which we published tons of music, ran European-wide Christian hip-hop record store, brought many international artists to festivals we organized, hosted radio programs, and watched our loose collective of rappers for Christ grow steadily. Those were the good times.

For various reasons, things got more passive around the year 2008, and soon the once massive and ever-growing collective had died out entirely. I personally drifted away, after burning myself with church politics during our ministry. But God never gave up. After slowly finding my way back, the vision also came back, as vivid and strong as it had ever been. And finally in mid-2021 it also became possible to create the utopian physical place, according to the original vision.

However, to my shock, it wasn't only our hip-hop group that had vanished. It was the entire ecosystem of urban Christian music and culture that had disappeared – and not only in Finland – but all over Europe. It felt like watching over a city that had burnt down. Creating a physical space would make little sense if the ecosystem barely existed. So, I shared the idea of rebuilding the ecosystem with a few friends, and soon the vision and the group around it started to grow. We now not only wanted to create the physical place and the core infrastructure to create, record and distribute dope Christian music, but we also wanted to create a platform and a movement around it. The only way to do that was to invite like-minded people together around a unified vision. This was the core idea behind creating Wildfire Jams – bringing together artists and volunteers who want to be the change we want to see.

After the first event, we were humbled by what God was doing and we knew it was going to be huge. Now the Jams are organized every month. If you're a Christian urban music artist or a volunteer who would like to participate, come to the Jams and join the movement. You will defnitely not want to miss this."

- Kasi