Surprise Sithole was called by the Lord Jesus Christ at the young age of fifteen, when the Lord told him to leave everything behind, follow Jesus and preach the Gospel wherever he went. Leaving his family and all his possessions, he took up his cross to follow the Lamb wherever He goes and has never looked back.

In 1997 God sovereignly connected Surprise with Heidi and Rolland Baker of Iris Ministries. Surprise now serves as the International Director of Pastors for Iris Ministries, in which he oversees the rapidly spreading revival in Africa that has witnessed over 15,000 new churches birthed since the year 2000. Together with his wife, Surprise also runs his own base in South Africa, where they live with their four children, Enoch, Love, Israel and Blessing. He travels the world as an international speaker, bringing revival and the refreshing rain of Holy Spirit wherever he goes and demonstrating the living power of Jesus with signs and wonders. Surprise loves Jesus more than life itself, and this all-consuming passion drives him to the darkest and most unreached areas of the world. He has but one driving passion and desire: to see Jesus’ name lifted high and to see “the earth . . . filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord as the waters cover the sea” (Habakkuk 2:14).