Torben Søndergaard was an ordinary man from Denmark with no theological degree and no denominational backing. He was simply a Christian who read the book of Acts and asked a dangerous question: why doesn't the church look like this anymore?
The Holy Spirit Lit a Fire in Denmark
In the early 2010s, Torben began stepping out in radical obedience. He would approach strangers on the street — people in wheelchairs, people on crutches, people with chronic pain — and simply pray in the name of Jesus. And they were healed. Not occasionally. Regularly.
He filmed everything. He trained others. He called it The Last Reformation — not a new denomination, but a return to what the early church looked like when the Holy Spirit was in charge. His videos went viral, showing ordinary people praying for the sick on streets across Scandinavia, and watching them walk, bend, and weep with joy.
Kickstart Weekends Spread Like Wildfire
The concept was simple: a weekend gathering where believers learn to step out in faith — healing the sick, casting out demons, baptising in water and in the Holy Spirit. No stage. No celebrity pastor. Just the body of Christ doing what Jesus said they would do.
These Kickstart events spread across Europe and then the world. In Germany, the Netherlands, the UK, Brazil, Africa — thousands of ordinary Christians discovered that the Holy Spirit wanted to work through them, not just through professionals behind pulpits.
Real Healings, Real People
The testimonies are staggering in their ordinariness. A woman with fibromyalgia healed on a park bench. A man with a fused spine bending freely after prayer. A teenager deaf in one ear suddenly hearing whispers. These were not stadium events with fog machines. They were pavements, shopping centres, and living rooms.
Torben's message was not about himself. It was about what happens when ordinary believers take Jesus at His word: "These signs will follow those who believe" (Mark 16:17).
Persecution and Continued Fruit
Torben faced intense opposition — both from organised religion and from governments. He was arrested, detained, and eventually had to leave Denmark. But the movement he helped ignite continues to grow. Thousands of small groups across Europe and beyond are still gathering, still praying for the sick, and still watching the Holy Spirit heal.
The fruit speaks for itself. The Holy Spirit is not retired. He is as active today as He was in the book of Acts — and He is using the most unlikely people to prove it.
