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    We have some amazing people contributing towards Wildfires 2024:
    Pete Hughes
    Lead Pastor of KXC, London

    Pete Hughes

    Lead Pastor of KXC, London

    Pete is one of the founding convenors of the Wildfires Festival. KXC is an Anglican church in the heart of central London serving God’s purposes to make all things new. Along with his wife, Bee, Pete Hughes planted the church in 2010, establishing a community with the simple vision to recklessly give themselves away to God, each other, and the people of King’s Cross and beyond. Pete is a highly-regarded figure in the UK church, who has written a book on joining God’s story of recreation, called ‘All Things New’.

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    Rachel Hughes
    Lead Pastor of Gas Street Church, Birmingham

    Rachel Hughes

    Lead Pastor of Gas Street Church, Birmingham

    As one of the founding convenors of the Wildfires Festival, a powerhouse of creativity, leadership and teaching, Rachel is the Lead Pastor of Gas Street Church with her husband, Tim. She is passionate about communicating the liberating power of God’s truth and seeing His Kingdom come in Birmingham. Rachel has a background in television and media, and worked for the BBC in London before joining the staff at Holy Trinity Brompton (HTB) where she led the Creativity & Arts Department while also raising four young children. More recently, Rachel has pioneered a national ministry to empower women called ‘The Orchard’.

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    Ness Wilson
    Team Leader of Open Heaven, Loughborough & Pioneer UK Leader

    Ness Wilson

    Team Leader of Open Heaven, Loughborough & Pioneer UK Leader

    As one of the founding convenors of the Wildfires Festival, Ness is a true champion of women in leadership and is the Team Leader of Open Heaven, a church in Loughborough which was planted with friends in 1993 when they graduated from university together. Open Heaven is now one church with multiple expressions and has sent out a number of church plants. Ness is the Pioneer UK Leader and relentlessly empowers and raises up other female leaders. She is married to Rich who heads up Fusion, the national student movement.

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    Ken Costa
    Author and Business Leader from Holy Trinity Brompton, London

    Ken Costa

    Author and Business Leader from Holy Trinity Brompton, London

    As one of the founding convenors of the Wildfires Festival, Ken is primarily passionate about Jesus and about people, particularly the emerging generation entering the workplace.


    With over 40 years’ experience in investment banking, he now runs his own consulting firm. In 2016, he was nominated as one of the top 5 deal advisors of the last 20 years in Europe. Ken has written four books, God at Work, Know Your Why, Strange Kingdom, and Joseph of Arimathea. He is chairman of the boards of Worship Central, the Lambeth Trust, and the Reconciling Leaders Network, and is regulalry asked to speak and preach across the country.

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    Pete Greig
    Founder of 24-7 Prayer & Team Leader of Emmaus Road Church, Guildford

    Pete Greig

    Founder of 24-7 Prayer & Team Leader of Emmaus Road Church, Guildford

    Pete Greig is the increasingly bewildered founder of the 24-7 Prayer movement, Senior Pastor of Emmaus Rd, and a leader at Waverley Abbey. He is an Ambassador for Tearfund, a member of The Order of the Mustard Seed, and a co-host for the Lectio 365 daily devotional. Pete’s latest book is How to Hear God: A Simple Guide for Normal People.  

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    Nick and Becky Drake
    Founders of Worship for Everyone

    Nick and Becky Drake

    Founders of Worship for Everyone

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

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    Tanya Wilson
    Trinity Church Nottingham

    Tanya Wilson

    Trinity Church Nottingham

    Tanya is the Emerging Generations Pastor at Trinity Church Nottingham. Over the last two years, Tanya has poured her heart into seeing revival among the youth and is passionate about seeing young people come alive through encounters with Jesus. As such, she has set up ministries such as Fuel, a Nottingham-wide youth event. Tanya is also part of the Orchard team and is excited about pioneering a new youth stream this coming October. 

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    Tim Hughes
    Lead Pastor of Gas Street Church, Birmingham

    Tim Hughes

    Lead Pastor of Gas Street Church, Birmingham

    As one of the founding convenors of the Wildfires Festival, Tim is best known as the worship leader and songwriter behind songs such as ‘Here I Am To Worship’, ‘Happy Day’ and ‘The Way’. He has a desire to see people encounter God and be fully equipped as worship leaders, so that the local church can be empowered. As a result of this, he pioneered Worship Central – an international movement of worship leaders and musicians. Tim is also the Lead Pastor of Gas Street Church alongside his wife, Rachel, and they have four children.

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    Sammy Greig
    Senior Pastor of Emmaus Road Church, Guildford

    Sammy Greig

    Senior Pastor of Emmaus Road Church, Guildford

    Sammy Greig serves alongside Pete as Senior Pastor of Emmaus Rd, parent to two adult sons and owner of Crumble the dog. Having lived for many years with her own chronic illness, she now runs her own private counselling practice helping clients process past trauma. Pete and Sammy split their time between a barge on the River Wey and a cliff-top retreat on the Isle of Wight where they host and mentor leaders from around the world.

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    Bee Hughes
    Lead Pastor of KXC, London

    Bee Hughes

    Lead Pastor of KXC, London

    The driving prophetic force behind King’s Cross Church, Bee Hughes, along with her husband Pete, leads KXC in the heart of central London – a community pursuing God’s redemptive purposes for the city with courage, compassion and creativity. She is a strong advocate for raising up women into leadership, and for fuelling faith in families and children. Bee is one of the founding convenors of the Wildfires Festival.

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    Gas Street Music

    Gas Street Music

    Believing everything we do should be woven in worship, Gas Street Music is a worship community based at Gas Street Church in Birmingham, with the shared focus to wholeheartedly lead people into an encounter with Jesus.

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    Rich Wilson
    Fusion

    Rich Wilson

    Fusion

    Rich has championed the central role of local churches in student mission for over 25 years, inviting a generation to ‘a call less ordinary’. He leads Fusion, which is a movement passionate about student mission, seeking to equip students, serve churches and develop student workers all across the world. Rich is married to Ness, Team Leader of Open Heaven and Pioneer UK Leader.

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    Rose Nannies
    Rose Nannies

    Rose Nannies

    Rose Nannies

    Rose Nannies are a specialist event-nannying agency working across London and the South East. They attend all kinds of events, providing age tailored creche set-ups and excellent quality childcare for little ones under their care. Their team are all DBS checked, first aid trained, experienced and super friendly!

    They are beyond excited to be hosting the 0-2s space at Wildfires 2023. They’ll be bringing along their creche, and will be crafting, singing, playing, laughing, and even baby-bathing (!) throughout the festival. They can’t wait to meet you and your little ones soon’

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    Sam Rae
    Childrens Pastor Emmaus Rd

    Sam Rae

    Childrens Pastor Emmaus Rd

    Sam grew up in Scotland and moved to Guildford in 2017 during his gap year. Since then he has worked as one of the Children Pastor at Emmaus Road. He is passionate about creating safe spaces where children can be themselves, have fun, and encounter God. Sam is one of the leaders hosting Blaze, the 5-7’s children’s venue at Wildfires.

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    Rachel Setterfield
    Emmaus Rd Kids Pastor

    Rachel Setterfield

    Emmaus Rd Kids Pastor

    Rachel loves helping children encounter God’s love and experience His presence in their daily lives. She lives in Aldershot and has been part of Emmaus Rd since 2013 and as one of their Kids Pastors since September. She is super excited about being one of the leaders to head up Blaze, the 5-7s venue at Wildfires, this year and cannot wait to help the kids make friends, have fun and get to know more about Jesus!

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    Charlotte Reid

    Charlotte Reid

    Hello! I’m Charlotte, currently a degree student and a children and families intern at Yeovil Community Church! When I’m not writing theological essays or having the privilege to co-lead children’s groups, you will probably find me on a walk accompanied by my dog, a camera and friends! I am passionate for children to feel known, vauled and safe whilst encountering God in beautiful ways. I believe that God uses even the littlest in mighty ways which I can’t wait to see this summer!

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    Josh Green
    Youth Director for 24-7 Prayer

    Josh Green

    Youth Director for 24-7 Prayer

    For 14 years Josh helped lead evangelistic mission bands Twelve 24 & Social Beingz, preaching the gospel to hundreds of thousands of young people all around the world. In 2021, God hijacked Josh and put a passion in his heart to work for 24-7 and stir up revival in young people. Josh wants to see young people grow into an army focused on prayer, mission, and justice. This forms the foundation of his role as Youth Director for 24-7 Prayer and head of Youth at Wildfires. In 2017, Josh helped plant SOULCITY Church in Manchester where he lives with his wife Emma and three kids.

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    Grace Wheeler

    Grace Wheeler

    Grace is a follower of Jesus who loves travelling and sharing her faith. Grace is passionate about faith, travel, interior design and spending time with those she loves. She is married to Nathan and they have a little girl called Bonnie-Rae. They have lived in the Midlands for many years but have recently bought a camper van and moved to Cornwall.

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