![]() Greg has been married to Cathe Laurie for 38 years and he has two sons, Christopher and Jonathan. Greg is presently working on a new Bible project for Thomas Nelson called Refresh, which is a devotional Bible. He also wrote the notes for the recently released Start! Bible in the New King James Version, published by Thomas Nelson. Laurie has written study notes for the bestselling The New Believer’s Bible and The Seeker’s Bible. The accompanying documentary film, Lost Boy: The Next Chapter, has won eight awards at International film festivals in the best documentary category. His autobiography, Lost Boy, was released in June 2008 by Regal Books and continues to be one of the bestselling Christian biographies of all time. In addition to speaking and assisting other ministries, Laurie has authored over 70 books including Signs of the Times, As I See It, Hope for Hurting Hearts, Married.Happily., Essentials, What Every Christian Needs to Know, Upside Down Living, The Greatest Stories Ever Told, and many more. He holds honorary doctorates from Biola University and Azusa Pacific University. Along with his work at Harvest Ministries, Laurie serves on the board of directors of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. Laurie has a weekly television program on the Trinity Broadcasting Network, and he has appeared on many other television news programs. A New Beginning is also one of the most popular Christian podcast downloads on Apple’s iTunes Store. Laurie is the featured speaker of the nationally-syndicated radio program, A New Beginning, which is broadcast on more than 500 radio outlets around the world. More importantly, more than 370,900 people have registered professions of faith through these outreaches. Harvest Crusades have also been held internationally in Australia and New Zealand. Greg spoke to 50,000 people at a 2011 Harvest Crusade in Los Angeles’ Dodger Stadium. Since that time, more than 4,405,000 people have attended Harvest Crusades events around the United States, ranging from the annual event at Angel Stadium in Anaheim to Madison Square Garden in New York City. In 1990, Laurie began holding large-scale public evangelistic events called Harvest Crusades. Today, Harvest is one of the largest churches in America, and consistently ranks among the most influential churches in the country. Since then, God has transformed that small group into a church of some 15,000 people. He began his pastoral ministry at the age of 19 by leading a Bible study of 30 people. That’s why it’s more important than ever to create a digital space where people can easily discover your church, interact with your gospel-centered content, and become a part of your community.Greg Laurie is the senior pastor of Harvest Christian Fellowship in Riverside, California and Harvest Orange County in Irvine, California. People spend hours every day on their mobile devices, and that content is discipling them in either a positive or negative way. If there's a generation of people who primarily connect through this medium, is this not a way that God can reach them? I think the answer would have to be yes.” -Pastor Greg Laurie “Is it possible that the next spiritual awakening could happen on a screen? An iPad screen, a tablet screen, a computer screen, a television screen. ![]() He recently explained how essential the Subsplash Platform has been in helping reach people online with the good news of Jesus, especially as everyone spends more and more time consuming online content. Since 2010, Harvest has partnered with Subsplash to connect with people through the Harvest: Greg Laurie church app, Roku and Apple TV apps, in-app media player, media tagging, push notifications, digital Bibles, and much more. While some leaders viewed the rise of the digital era as a threat to traditional church gatherings, he saw it as a powerful way to reach even more people with the gospel. Pastor Laurie has seen God use the improbable to do the impossible over and over again. From the “Jesus Revolution” to a “digital awakening” More recently, his book was made into a blockbuster film with the same title that has inspired millions of people around the world to know Jesus and seek revival. Greg captured the amazing story of his early experiences in his book, Jesus Revolution: How God Transformed an Unlikely Generation and How He Can Do It Again Today. In 1973, he founded Harvest Christian Fellowship, and since then has led hundreds of thousands of people to a personal encounter with Jesus Christ. Along with many other young people, he was swept up in a powerful revival movement that spread across the United States. Pastor Greg Laurie is an evangelist and pastor who was deeply involved in the Jesus Revolution of the late 1960s and early 1970s. ![]()
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