Maureen Mataranyika was born in Zimbabwe, where she encountered God as a six-year-old. Her mother witnessed her hunger for God and began to prophetically call her Chimoto (English: "flame of fire"). In her several decades of service to the Lord, she has seen many miracles and healings to God's glory, including the dead being raised. As an itinerant minister, she carries a tremendous and contagious burden to pray for revival in the UK. She leads the Ignite Global Prayer Ministries, with a church based in Sittingbourne, Kent, from which she models a life of prayer and the pursuit of God.