Hungry for God
Ready to grow
Ready to lead

Becoming a fearless people in a fear-filled world. This year we’re creating even more space to encounter God, discover purpose, and find true belonging. Along with some amazing speakers and worship teams, we’re contending for a move of God in this nation, and we believe young people are at the heart of that. We’re also going to have tons of fun, obviously!

This summer, it’s our moment!

For full details including tickets, visit our WILDFIRES YOUTH page
Let’s GO!

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Pastor Chris is married to Pastor Phindile Mathebula and they are Co–Founders and Visionaries of Hope Restoration Ministries, founded in 2001 which currently has seven campuses across Johannesburg, South Africa. They are also Co-Founders of the humanitarian organisation The People Matter to God Foundation and the Devoted Citizen Movement.

We can’t wait to hear what is on their hearts for us this year!

We hope to see you there too, 23rd-26th July

Book your tickets here

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Our volunteer Fire Lighters are the heart and soul of Wildfires Festival. Their servant-heartedness truly makes the festival happen year after year and we can’t thank them enough!

As Wildfires continues to grow, so does our need for wonderful people like you to join our teams. You can either sign up as a full-time or part-time Fire Lighter, depending on how much you feel you can give, and we will support you every step of the way!

For full details including sign-up, visit our VOLUNTEER page
We hope to see you there!

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ANNOUNCEMENT TIME – GLAMPING BOOKINGS ARE NOW OPEN!!

We know that camping isn’t for everyone – all those pegs and poles, and why does the mallet always go missing?!

Well no worries, our glamping tents could be ready and waiting for you on arrival, no fuss.

With your super comfy glamping tent you’ll get to sleep in a proper bed with cosy bedding and blankets, your own deck chairs to relax in, access to luxury toilets and bigger showers, a pamper tent for you to get ready in, and even your own tea and coffee station to keep you going all weekend!

Just remember to buy your event ticket first!

Book your glamping tickets here

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Author, speaker, and entrepreneur, Danielle lets Love lead her to inspire, challenge, provoke and disrupt the present, and to live in the future now. Having lived in different cultures and contexts around the world she celebrates diversity and deeply longs for wrong things to be made right. Her deepest longing is to demonstrate what living that boundless life looks like.

We hope to see you there too, 23rd-26th July

Book your tickets here

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Chroma Worship’s mission is to write and create music the Holy Spirit loves, seeing salvation, healing and radical worship break out in our cities and across the nation.

We hope to see you there too, 23rd-26th July

Book your tickets here

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The first single from the KXC / Gas Street upcoming LIVE at Wildfires is out TODAY! We can’t wait to share even more of these moments with you.

Available everywhere now – take a listen!

Find it here

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The main sessions from Wildfires Youth are now LIVE for you to catch up on!

Whether you want to re-watch one of your favourite sessions from this year, or share a great talk with someone you know, head to the link in bio and get stuck in all over again!

Watch here

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Whether you’ve got a favourite moment from this summer that you want to enjoy again, or you want to catch up on a session that you missed, they are now available online.

Why not take some time out and get stuck in this week!

Watch here

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It’s always tough deciding which Lab to attend when you’re at Wildfires, there’s just so much choice!

Well now you don’t have to. Whether you want to re-listen to one of your favourites from earlier this year, or catch up on a session that you missed, they’re available to listen to right now!

Listen here

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As a little September treat, we thought we’d share our second announcement for 2026!

Warehouse Worship is a passionate community committed to helping people connect with God and make a difference in the world. Their focus is creating a worship experience where everyone can encounter Jesus personally and freely, and we are so happy to be joined by them next year!

We hope to see you there too, 23rd-26th July 2026

Book your tickets here

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Can you believe it? The new school term has only just begun and we are already making our first announcement for 2026!

Tyler is the Lead Pastor of Bridgetown Church in Portland, Oregon, where he lives with his wife Kirsten and their three sons. He is passionate about living prayerfully and relationally and we are so happy that he has agreed to join us next summer!

We hope you’ll be there too, 23rd-26th July 2026

Book your tickets here

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In 2025, The Wildfires Team has been witnessing something remarkable: a noticeable increase in Church attendance, especially among Gen-Z. The Bible Society recently coined it the “Quiet Revival,” and this movement is now being explored across mainstream media platforms. From our vantage point, it feels like a collective turning point – one shaped by years of prayer and deep longing for change.  

Against this backdrop, we were invited by the News Agents podcast (one of the most popular news shows in the UK hosted by leading journalists Emily Maitlis, John Sopel, and Lewis Goodall) to contribute to a special edition exploring: What’s going on with young people and God? After careful thought, we chose to participate.

We made a conscious decision to lean in.

Rather than shy away, we accepted the invitation to be part of the national conversation. It was released on 1st August 2025 and you can listen to it on any podcast platform.

The episode was recorded on site at Wildfires Festival 2025. Pete Greig, one of our founding team members, served as our spokesperson. The News Agents team also interviewed four Gen-Z attendees who told their stories.  

We’re deeply encouraged by the way that Wildfires Festival – and Christianity – were portrayed. The interviews were thoughtful and sincere, and we’d warmly recommend the episode to anyone interested.    

We’re aware that the News Agents podcast approached this topic with a focus on the long-term political* and social impact of Christianity’s rise in the UK. Wildfires Festival is not a political event; we are committed to praying for the next Great Awakening. However, we are also committed to engaging thoughtfully with the cultural questions that revival brings. We welcome opportunities to be part of the broader conversation, and we hope this encourages all of us to share our story with confidence and reflect on the impact our faith is having in public life. 

We would particularly like to thank Monique, Marcos, Joe, and Camilla for their contribution. They told their stories with such openness and honesty. We hope the integrity and sincerity of all our contributors shines through to all who watch or listen. 

The Wildfires Team 

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*A further note on Politics  

Since The News Agents is a politically led podcast, we wanted to share the fuller piece we contributed on the subject of politics: 

While Christians often lean toward social conservatism, this isn’t synonymous with political conservatism. The UK’s political landscape differs from the USA’s—for example, the roots of our (left-leaning) Labour Party were Christian. 

The fact that Gen-Z is now 50% less likely to be atheist than their parents doesn’t make them inherently left or right wing. For example, biblical teaching may simultaneously inspire greater compassion for refugees (typically seen as left wing) and a strong commitment to personal freedom (often viewed as right wing). 

We don’t believe the Quiet Revival is politically driven, but we do acknowledge the risk of it being politically co-opted – particularly by forms of nationalism. One outcome of renewed faith, we hope, will be increased political engagement among young people, but not a movement toward any one party. 

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For the first time ever in Wildfires history, we are at full capacity! And with all the encouraging news about the #QuietRevival going on in the nation right now, we are more excited and more expectant than ever.

We can’t wait to see you all, what a year it’s going to be!
See you there!

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Our volunteer Fire Lighters are the heart and soul of Wildfires. Their servant-heartedness truly makes the festival happen year after year and we can’t thank them enough!

As Wildfires continues to grow, so does our need for wonderful people like you to join our teams. You can either sign up as a full-time or part-time Fire Lighter, depending on how much you feel you can give, and we will support you every step of the way!

For full details including sign-up, visit our VOLUNTEER page
We hope to see you there!

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We are so happy to announce that Lectio 365 Live will be back at Wildfires this year!

There is something uniquely special about coming together to meditate on the Word and be part of the ancient rhythms of prayer. So come and join us every morning of Wildfires. It’s a space to stop, pause, and focus on God at the start of each day.

#wildfiresfestival #wildfiresfest #wildfiresfest25 #lectio365

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We are seeing and sensing that God is moving. Reports of atheists denouncing atheism and turning to God. Church attendance soaring among the 18-24s. We are challenging ourselves from Matthew 16:2-3

Can we see the signs of the times? 

It’s not a future Kingdom, it’s a NOW Kingdom. Will we wake up and respond?

With this increased sense of urgency and expectation we anticipate Wildfires 2025. We can’t wait!

To listen to a deeper dive on the subject, take a listen here, Pete Greig: Heavy Rain

Will we see you this year? 24th-27th July

Book your tickets here

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Whatever you’re up to this weekend, whether you’re in the car, out for a run, or walking the dog, we’ve got something great for you to plug into.

Catch up now

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Well, in case you didn’t know, Nick and Becky Drake are the founders of Worship for Everyone – a movement that seeks to unite all ages in worship. They are both on staff at Gas St Church in Birmingham. They have 4 children who joined them throughout lockdown in a weekly Facebook Live show, ‘Family at 4’, which reached tens of thousands of households.

Nick and Becky continue to write and release music and have recently published two books: Why Worship? and Worship for Everyone.

We are so happy they are back with us in July!!
Will we see you there? 24th-27th July

Book your tickets here

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Whether you’re fantastic with kids, an organisational wizard, or simply aces at making the perfect flat white, this summer we’ve got a Fire Lighter team for you!

The teams that really a hero like need are you:

• KIDS TEAMS
• YOUTH TEAM
• ACCESSIBILITY
• SITE TEAM
• HOSTING TEAM

Our volunteers really do make Wildfires happen, so if you fancy starting your summer off with something awesome, come and join us!

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KXC Worship – based at King’s Cross Church in the heart of London – have a vision to serve God’s purpose “to make all things new” by recklessly giving ourselves away to God in worship, each other in community, and the people of King’s Cross and beyond.

Come and join us for 3 days of freedom, praise, and passion!

Have you got your tickets yet? 24th-27th July

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Gas Street Music, from Birmingham UK, are a community with a deep desire to worship God and see His Kingdom come, believing every area of life should be woven in worship, leading people wholeheartedly into an encounter with Jesus.

Come and join us for 3 days of freedom, praise, and passion!

Have you got your tickets yet? 24th-27th July

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In addition to being a pastor, she is also an author, medical doctor, wife to Julian Adams, and mother to two busy children.

We are so excited that she’ll be joining us at Wildfires this year and we can’t wait to hear what she has to share with us. Have you got your tickets?

See you there, 24th-27th July!

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Well we are 204 days away from being together again at the beautiful Wiston Estate, and we are already buzzing! But let’s not get ahead of ourselves. It’s a new day, a new year, let’s take time to do 3 things:

1. Pause and be thankful for the year we’ve just left behind.
2. Take stock and spend some time praying over the year that’s ahead of us.
3. Make sure you’ve booked your tickets for Wildfires 2025!

We can’t wait to see you there, 24th-27th July

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Before we leave this year, we wanted to look back with joy, with thanksgiving, and with utter fondness on our time together in August. What a wonderful few days we had together even though, at times, it seemed like we had ALL the weathers!

But most importantly of all we were all together, generations together in the presence of our amazing God.

And we can’t wait to do it again in 2025. Make sure to book your tickets.
We look forward to seeing you there, 24th-27th July 2025

See you in the new year!

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Many of you will remember Rachel Hughes and Jon – author and Senior Pastor of Church of the City, New York – sitting down earlier this year and talking about WHY contending for the next Great Awakening is so important today. What he shared was inspiring, challenging, and speaks right to the heart of Wildfires’ values.

We can’t wait to be together again next year, we hope to see you there!
Have you got your tickets yet? 24th-27th July 2025

In the meantime why not explore our contributors page

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As if one treat wasn’t enough, we thought we’d bless you with two great surprises this weekend! We know it’s always tough deciding which Lab to attend when you’re at Wildfires, there’s just so much choice! Well now you don’t have to, they’re available to listen to right now!

Plug yourself in and take a listen

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