🌍Revival in Hamilton, Canada: The Impact and the Invitation

On a Saturday in September, in the middle of a public park in Hamilton, Ontario, people lined up at a baptism tank. One came up out of the water saying, “My back is healed!” Another said, “I have no desire for my vape anymore — I threw it away.” Another simply said, “I was lost. Who would have thought Jesus led me here?”

Those words come from the testimonies shared at Jesus Festival Hamilton 2026. They are why this post exists — and why we believe something real is rising out of one Canadian city.

The prophet saw the end of the story long ago: “For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea” (Habakkuk 2:14, KJV). This is a look at a few of the rivers flowing toward that sea — and an invitation to be part of what comes next.

What happened at Jesus Festival 2026?

Jesus Festival is a free, family-friendly Christian festival held every year at Gage Park in Hamilton. In 2026 it ran over two days: a Friday night of pure worship, and a full Saturday festival for the whole city.

The festival’s own published early reports from the weekend describe:

• 70+ people giving their lives to Jesus
• 50+ baptisms, held right in the middle of the park
• 3,000+ free hot dogs and drinks served to the community
• Many reported healings and deliverances, with altar calls on both Friday night and Saturday

2026 was also the first year of Jesus Festival Niagara — and in recognition of the festival, the City of Niagara Falls lit up the Falls in yellow, the festival’s theme colour. You can read the full recap and thank-you on the Jesus Festival site.

Luke records that after one sermon in Jerusalem, “the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls” (Acts 2:41). The book of Acts was never meant to be a museum. It was meant to be a pattern.

Every number above is a person. Every baptism is a story heaven celebrates — “joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth” (Luke 15:7).

Where did it start? Love on The World

Long before there was a festival stage, there was a street. In 2014, Daniel and Katie Ziedins began Love on Hamilton — weekly street evangelism and practical care for the city’s homeless community, sharing the Gospel with everyone they met.

That small, faithful weekly rhythm grew. Today Love on The World is a Great Commission movement helping believers share the Gospel, make disciples, serve their communities and multiply outreach groups. It lists 12 local outreach groups in Ontario and New Brunswick, most meeting weekly, and leads prayer for 36 nations across every continent.

Every group, partner and gathering in the network is plotted on a live movement map. If there isn’t a group near you yet, there is an official pathway to start one in your city.

And if you are reading this and you don’t yet know Jesus yourself, Love on The World has an honest, plain-language page for exactly that: how to know Jesus.

How e3 Canada multiplies the mission

One person reaching one city is a miracle. One person equipping others who each reach their city is a movement. That’s the heartbeat behind Daniel and Katie’s work with e3 Canada and I Am Second: equipping believers to evangelize and establishing multiplying, life-changing churches.

It is the pattern Paul handed Timothy — “the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also” (2 Timothy 2:2) — and the reason the church was given leaders in the first place: “for the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ” (Ephesians 4:12).

You can see the people, the story and the fruit behind it all at KD-Ziedins.com.

SIX33: carrying the Kingdom into culture

Revival was never meant to stay inside a tent or a park. Jesus said, “Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid” (Matthew 5:14). The light has to go where people actually live — into gyms and garages, trails and studios, the places where culture is made.

That is the heart of SIX33, coming very soon. SIX33 is a Christian lifestyle and performance culture brand whose operating order comes straight from Matthew 6:33: “But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.” Its line says it simply: Seek First. Live Different.

It began in 2014 as Seek First Brand and has been rebuilt as SIX33 — not just an apparel label, but a world: limited product drops, athletes and creators, practical Field Notes, events, an ambassador system and transparent real-world impact. Its divisions carry the same foundation into motorsport, training and the outdoors. The Christian foundation is explicit and permanent, and everyone is welcome.

Paul gave the reason culture matters: “Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God” (1 Corinthians 10:31). SIX33 is being built for exactly that. The public door right now is the Inner Circle list at six33.world — and there is a free seven-day First Things First protocol for putting God first before the day’s noise.

One mission, many fronts

Street outreach. A city festival. A church-equipping partnership. A culture brand. Even this app, built to help people stay focused on what matters. They look different on the surface, but every one of them exists for the same reason: so more people meet Jesus.

Paul described it this way: “I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase” (1 Corinthians 3:6). No front is the whole mission. Every front matters.

How you can be part of the impact

1. Pray. “The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few” (Matthew 9:37). Pray for Hamilton, for Canada, and for labourers to be sent.
2. Go where you are. Join or start an outreach group, or begin with the names already around you — write them down.
3. Come next year. Jesus Festival 2027 dates haven’t been announced yet; get the 2027 updates.
4. Carry it into culture. Join the SIX33 Inner Circle at six33.world before launch.
5. Partner. Stand with Daniel & Katie’s work through e3 Canada — “fruit that may abound to your account” (Philippians 4:17).

The waters are rising

One street became twelve outreach groups. One park became a baptism tank. One brand from 2014 is being rebuilt to carry the Kingdom into culture. None of it is the finish line — it is the beginning of a flood that Habakkuk saw from far away.

If you want the bigger why behind all of this, read Plunder Hell, Populate Heaven. Then pick one step above and take it this week. Heaven is still being populated — one yes at a time.