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Evangelist Marcel Pretorius seen from behind with his hand raised, preaching to a crusade crowd filling the stands at sunset

Reviving Nations Ministries

Go for the lost

Who will go?

Here am I — send me

We take the Gospel to the towns everyone else drives past. Free festivals, hot food, a real stage, and the good news preached plainly, so that the lost return to Christ and revival sweeps this nation.

Going after the lost is the heartbeat of our ministry. Isaiah 6:8

The calling

It began with one clear word

Host soul saving campaigns in all the nations.

Marcel and Marcelle Pretorius sitting together on a couch with a Bible on the table in front of them

Marcel and Marcelle Pretorius

In 2016 the Lord spoke clearly to Marcel: host soul saving campaigns throughout South Africa, and in all the nations of the world. Reviving Nations Ministries was birthed out of that one sentence, and it has not been given a second errand since.

Marcel and Marcelle Pretorius have been preaching the gospel of Jesus Christ since 2009. Marcel has carried it to Russia, Malawi, Kenya, Madagascar, Pakistan, the United States, and right across South Africa.

Meet Marcel and Marcelle

Our mission

Our hearts are to see the lost return to Christ and for revival to sweep across this nation, to the outer ends of the earth.

Since 2016 we have moved from town to town, bringing hope and good news to the poor and the broken in spirit, feeding thousands of people and seeing them set free from bondage. Not in a conference centre, and not for the people who already know how to find one. In their own streets, on their own fields, on a stage we carry in and build.

We take hands with the local churches already there, and connect the newly saved to a church home in their own community where they can grow and mature in Christ. The festival is never the destination. It is the front door.

Read our story
  • A woman with her Bible held up and her hand raised in worship

    Revive.

    The lost return to Christ. That is the whole errand, and everything else on this page exists to serve it.

  • Two women worshipping with their hands raised at a Wildfire Festival

    Reform.

    A person who meets Jesus does not stay the same, and neither does the street they live on.

  • Two volunteers carrying boxes of bread across the field to hand out

    Restore.

    Hot food, real prizes, and a hand held out. Not in word only, but in action.

The Wildfire Festival

A festival the whole
town is invited to.

Wildfire is our regional outreach, and it is coming to a town near you. Four things are true at every single one, without exception.

  1. 01

    Free entry

    No ticket, no cover charge, no collection at the door. Whoever comes, comes in.

  2. 02

    Live music

    A full band and a real stage, set up in the middle of the community it is built for.

  3. 03

    Food and giveaways

    Hot meals and real prizes, given freely. Nobody is asked for anything in return.

  4. 04

    The gospel

    The good news of Jesus Christ, preached plainly, with room to respond.

The whole tent full, hands raised, at a Wildfire Festival
The tent, full · Wildfire Festival

These events are absolutely free for the people of the community, who freely come and receive food for their souls and for their bodies.

Marcel Pretorius on one knee with a microphone in front of a community seated on the ground

And I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?” Then I said, “Here I am! Send me.”

Isaiah 6:8

Since 2016

Town by town.
Nation by nation.

11 Wildfire Festivals held, and the gospel preached in 7 nations. Every one of them free to the community it was built for.

  1. 01

    Rosemore Stadium

    George

  2. 02

    Bloemfontein

    Free State

  3. 03

    Moot

    Pretoria

  4. 04

    Toutrekpark

    Pretoria

  5. 05

    Mamelodi

    Pretoria

  6. 06

    Danville

    Pretoria

  7. 07

    PTA East

    Pretoria

  8. 08

    Boerefort

    Pretoria

  9. 09

    Levallia

    George

  10. 10

    Conville

    George

  11. 11

    Rosemore

    George

Who comes

Whoever walks
through the gate.

  • A young boy in a green floral shirt sitting in the crowd, listening
  • Children with their hands raised at a Wildfire Festival at night
  • A man with his hand raised in worship in the crowd at night
A child on a man's shoulders with a hand raised at a Wildfire Festival at night

Partner with us

Nobody is ever charged a cent

Every meal, every stage, every soul.

Nobody at a Wildfire is ever charged a cent. That is only possible because people who will never meet them decided to give. Your seed puts food in hands and the gospel in ears.

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