BIO

Layla Nahavandi is the Founder and Director of The Burning Hearts Movement, a global missions initiative dedicated to reaching the unreached across Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. A fiery, joy-filled Pentecostal preacher and speaker, she travels the world, ministering in churches, conferences, universities, and events. Layla has a great passion for the nations and comes from a rich multicultural background—half-Persian, half-Irish—she was born in England, raised in New Zealand, and spent 25 years in Australia before making her home in Eimeldingen, Germany, near the borders of France and Switzerland. Committed to theological strength and integrity, Layla holds multiple degrees and is currently pursuing a PhD in Theology. Driven by a relentless passion for revival, Layla is lives to see nations encounter Jesus and the Church ignited with the power of the Holy Spirit.