Hi, I am GEORGE BERRY
I was born in Leicestershire, England on 20th November 2002. My parents were Youth Pastors who faithfully followed the Lord's voice, and in 2005 we moved to small town in Kent called 'Folkestone'. For 8 years we were planted in a local Baptist church, and I got to experience serving people at a young age as of experience through my parents' role. Then in 2013 we moved to a Pentecostal church suited for family-orientated households. I didn't want to be at church; I found it very boring and only desired to be on the leadership team from the age of 14.
School
Secondary school was really hard for me. I went to an all-guy school, which are known as 'Grammar Schools' in the UK. I kept my friendships minimal, yet interacted with a lot of people hoping I'd fit in. My mouth would cuss 24/7 at school because it was normalised; I never showed my true emotions because I thought no-one understood me; I never tried my best in tests or homework because I didn't see its importance. My life was on repeat. Wake up, go to school, come back, play video games, bed. It was so repetitive it felt religious and stubborn. This was until 2016 where God encountered me afresh
Youth Camp
I'd been to 3 previous youth camps and they were great. I met loads of Christians from across the South East, worshipped God and was fed biblical messages that impacted me. However, the camp became my yearly 'spiritual-high' where I'd encounter the living God and then go back to my old-ways when the summer finished. No bible left my shelf for months at a time.
On the last day of this particular camp in 2016, everything changed. During worship I bawled my eyes out for 3 entire hours. All this emotion I stored up for years was let loose and I couldn't control myself. The Holy Spirit touched my heart in a profound way that I couldn't explain and I felt like I was being baptised in the Spirit as the Lord encountered me afresh.
People prayed over me every now and again, speaking words over my life and future, and I stayed in that moment until most people had left. "I couldn't go back to the life I was living, can I?" was my first thought. "I need to get baptised and follow God properly, no compromise." One month later I got baptised at my church and started to read my bible from time to time.
Covid (Lockdown)
Fast-forward to lockdown, after I'd supernaturally encountered God both at youth camp and whilst on holiday near Wales, I was so mentally drained. My routine and discipline lacked time with God and also creativity, which meant it's boring, repetitive and dissatisfactory. In February 2020, God called me out of my addiction to video games and into a deep study of the bible. Days went by as I journeyed to know God better through the reading of his word, and I fell in love with his nature and character, and his very existence. Video games were part of my daily routine but it was no longer important compared to time with Jesus. My heart was content in Jesus alone.
In March, I awoke from my sleep and felt instructed from God, through his Spirit, to create a Tiktok account. I disliked social media - it was a waste of time. Yet, I couldn't shake this desire to create a social media account in which I began posting videos about what I was learning as I read the bible. From being socially anxious and awkward, God gave me a platform and a community of believers from across the UK to do life with. Yes, it was online but I can't fathom my state of being if I didn't post these videos. From creating the first UK Tiktok Christian group, to running a university and international bible study per week, to reaching thousands of people with the Gospel: my life had flipped upside down.
Later that year I met up with my online friends in London (my first trip solo). I never had Christian friends to do life with and suddenly I had a faith-filled community of believers who loved, cared and championed me on the daily in my life. So, I followed God and his footsteps, growing in networking, discipling and media skills.
University
In 2021 I finished secondary school and enrolled at a Bible college in Malvern, Worcestershire. God led me to study a degree in Applied Theology as studying the Bible deeper was extremely important to my understanding of how the world operates and how He is sovereign over all. At this specific university we, as the students, form the weekly rhythm which included morning chapel devotions, Wednesday evening services, specific clubs such as: men and women groups, performing arts socials, football outings, and much more.
I spent years growing my heart to serve so I signed up to a lot of these things - it kept me busy! However, I struggled a lot in my walk with God as my relationship with him became somewhat performance-based, not in regards to earning his love, but to please him constantly and do Kingdom-minded work. Eventually, I burnt out, completely stuck and feeling useless for an entire year.
Advance to the start of my 2nd year and nothing had changed. Complacency was my downfall and the downfall of others on-site. Surely there was more than doing mere work? Why did I feel alone and isolated? God, you brought me here to suffer? Or is there more? I prayed some difficult prayers, that he would bring me out of my circumstance into an active role in sharing the Gospel. What good is it if I worked hard yet lived in the fear of man when sharing the Gospel? My heart knew there was more, and God answered these prayers in March 2023.
Missional Awakening
I was scrolling on Instagram when I came across a post from a group called 'Circuit Riders'. A man by the name of Derek Mack was passionately sharing how their team were gathering at Westminster Chapel in London in 2 weeks' time and that I needed to be in the room. He explained that it would be a time of training and equipping the saints, and how it's time to live unashamed of the Gospel message. My heart leaped...this was it. God had answered my prayers and it was time to go. My train ticket home to see my family happened to be booked that very same day and it passed through London. So, I went, and the event was life-changing. 400+ young adults across London and different parts of the UK worshipping, praying, listening to the message, riled-up to preach the Gospel and share the testimony of what God has done in their lives. No compromise, no fear, no passivity. I went home after connecting with the Circuit Riders team and prayed that there would be opportunities to grow in this area of evangelising and reaching the lost. I was tired of being around Christians 24/7 if I didn't seek to reach those who need to hear the Gospel. This was an awakening.
Commissioning
In May 2023, I finished my 2nd year of university. God called me into a season of learning to listen to him and growing in prayer. I had a 'Job' summer; I lost a lot of my friendships, lost half of my savings due to a cancelled trip, my baby brother was severely ill to the point we didn't know if he'd survive, I was accused of things I didn't do by those I trusted, and I had been through two separate break-ups. Everything had crumbled to the ground. Yet, my faith stood strong in the Lord and he said to me this one phrase, "Let me defend you." After some stubborn conversation, I surrendered before God and placed my trust and faith in him. 3 months later, he gave me permission to sign up to a training school which Circuit Riders were hosting at YWAM Harpenden in North London. I went...and it was uncomfortable...in a good-defining-faith type of way. I learned how to share my faith to strangers and immediately was placed on the front lines to do that in Hyde Park, I helped lead out a practice worship and prayer set to which I played guitar and sang (very, very uncomfortable but fear broke loose), and I had challenging conversations with other young adults and leaders my age. The most defining moment was the last day - the spontaneous commissioning moment my friend, David Latting, spearheaded. I asked God quietly, "Do you want me to respond?", and he said in an instant, "Yes, I am commissioning you to Australia."
No time to waste
Within 5 months of the Circuit Riders school in London, I was on a plane to California for a 6-month discipleship training school. I've been on a few missions trips before to Romania, Netherlands and even New York, but this time it was completely different. I spent 3 months being trained, equipped and activated in my God-given calling through the application of practical tools in sharing my faith, cultivating a deeper relationship with Christ and breaking generational and personal sin patterns keeping me from full freedom. This challenged and convicted me to a greater surrender of God's will for my life, and without much time to process, I found out I was going to Australia for an 8-week outreach with 18 others.
I loved this outreach so much that I signed up to Circuit Riders staff and was accepted in early August. The only thing preventing me from doing full-time missions was building a monthly support team. God is so faithful as I had 3 weeks to raise £2000 of monthly support to do Circuit Riders and he answered my prayers for that season!!
And since August 2024, I have been working full-time with Circuit Riders as part of the core Pacific team, pioneering events across University campuses, churches & High Schools in Australia, New Zealand and eventually the wider Pacific! I've also been capturing a move of God using my videography and photography skills as well growing my social media understanding to better reach a generation with the Gospel. This is just the beginning of what God has in store and I'm blessed to share this unravelling story of what God is doing in and through me in the nations.
NEW CHAPTER
As of August 2026, I have transitioned out of the Circuit Riders staff team and into a completely new chapter. I am committed to seeing revival in the nations, especially Australia and wider Pacific, so I'll be heavily connected with Circuit Riders, YWAM, The Send, Iris Global, Dunamis and many other missional movements.
I felt from God that he's building me up to be multi-faceted which means to not be restricted to one missional movement. His mandate over my life is to impact people and empower Christians into their God-given calling and that can look different in many ways. I am continuously pioneering in the online media space as well as on the ground in Australia and any nations I am called to. Just because I've finished my time in Circuit Riders doesn't mean a halt to international missions. The Lord is only getting started!