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    Team

    Wildfires is led out of friendship and team.
    Meet the core team making Wildfires happen:
    Pete Greig
    24-7 Prayer, Emmaus Rd

    Pete Greig

    24-7 Prayer, Emmaus Rd

    Pete Greig is a best-selling author, pastor and founder of the 24-7 Prayer movement which has reached more than half the nations on earth. He is also the Senior Pastor of Emmaus Rd, an Ambassador for the NGO Tearfund, and teaches at St Mellitus Theological College in London. Pete’s books include ‘Red Moon Rising’, ‘God on Mute’, ‘Dirty Glory’ and “How To Pray”. 

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    Sammy Greig
    24-7 Prayer, Emmaus Rd

    Sammy Greig

    24-7 Prayer, Emmaus Rd

    Sammy, along with her husband Pete, is team leader of Emmaus Rd Church, based in Guildford and Woking.

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    Tim Hughes
    Worship Central, St Luke's Gas Street

    Tim Hughes

    Worship Central, St Luke's Gas Street

    Tim is the Lead Pastor of Gas Street Church Birmingham, which he leads alongside his wife, Rachel. He is a worship leader and song writer known for songs such as “Here I Am to Worship”, “Happy Day”, “The Way”, and “Hope and Glory”. He also pioneered Worship Central, a movement of worship leaders and musicians with a desire to see people encounter God, be equipped as worship leaders so that the local church can be empowered. He has four children, Phoebe, Simeon, Lois and Judah.

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    Rachel Hughes
    Worship Central, St Luke's Gas Street

    Rachel Hughes

    Worship Central, St Luke's Gas Street

    Rachel is the Lead Pastor of Gas Street Church Birmingham, alongside her husband Rachel. Rachel has four children, Phoebe, Simeon, Lois and Judah.

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    Pete Hughes
    KXC

    Pete Hughes

    KXC

    Pete Hughes, with his wife Bee, leads KXC, an Anglican church in the heart of central London. They planted the church in 2010 with the simple vision to recklessly give themselves away to God, each other, and the people of King’s Cross and beyond. 

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    Bee Hughes
    KXC

    Bee Hughes

    KXC

    Bee Hughes, along with her husband Pete, leads KXC, an Anglican church in the heart of central London. They planted the church in 2010 with the simple vision to recklessly give themselves away to God, each other, and the people of King’s Cross and beyond

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    Ken Costa
    HTB

    Ken Costa

    HTB

    Ken Costa has worked in investment banking for over 40 years, and now runs his own consulting firm. In 2016, he was nominated as one of the top 5 deal advisors of the last twenty years in Europe. Ken is passionate about people, and particularly young people as they enter the workplace. He has written two books, God at Work and Know your Why. He has been involved at HTB for over 40 years, where he preaches regularly.

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    Ness Wilson
    Open Heaven

    Ness Wilson

    Open Heaven

    Ness is married to Rich, they have two daughters, Amelie and Lauren. Ness is the Team leader of Open Heaven Church in Loughborough which was planted with a bunch of friends in 1993 when they graduated from Uni together. Open Heaven is now 1 church with 3 expressions and has sent out a couple of church plants. Ness is the Pioneer UK Leader and a champion for women in leadership. 

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