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Greg Laurie (born December 10, 1952<!--Following is not a valid source: Self-statements are not reliable, with regard to dates of birth, abilities, discoveries, accomplishments, etc. See WP:RELIABLE.-->) is an American evangelical pastor, evangelist, and Christian author, who as of March 2013 had continued to lead his congregation and serve as a crusade leader,--> He also is the founder of Harvest Crusades. Laurie is also the subject of the 2023 film Jesus Revolution, which tells the story of how he converted to Christianity and got his start in ministry in the midst of the Jesus movement.
Early life and education
Greg Laurie was born in 1952, in Long Beach, California. He was raised by a single mother who was married seven times in total. He worked as a newspaper boy for the Daily Pilot in Orange County, California.
Career
Harvest Christian Fellowship
In 1973, Laurie began a home Bible study in Riverside, California, an opportunity given to him, at age 20, to lead 30 people under the mentorship of Calvary Chapel pastor Chuck Smith. The group quickly grew in size, and Laurie founded the Harvest Christian Fellowship in that same year, in Riverside,
HCF affiliation
As of June 2017, Harvest Christian Fellowship was maintaining its ties with "the Calvary Chapel association of evangelical churches".
Harvest at Home
When all California churches were forced temporarily to shut their doors because of COVID-19, Harvest Christian Fellowship and Greg Laurie started the online church program "Harvest at Home".<!-- which, as of this date, became one of the most-watched internet worship services in America (averaging over 200,000 viewers weekly during the pandemic).-->
On Palm Sunday 2020, then-president Trump tweeted that he would be watching Harvest at Home, and the webcast saw record viewership that week, with over 1,300,000 people tuning in to watch.
On October 5, 2020, Laurie revealed that he had contracted COVID-19, and released a statement saying, "Unfortunately, the coronavirus has become very politicized. I wish we could all set aside our partisan ideas and pull together to do everything we can to defeat this virus and bring our nation back."<!--
As of 2023, Harvest at Home continued to be one of the most widely watched online church services in America, with average viewership of over 100,000 in that year.-->
Other ministry responsibilities
In 2013, Laurie served as the Honorary Chairman of the National Day of Prayer Task Force.
In 2017, Greg Laurie organized a movement titled "The Year of Good News". Multiple church leaders signed the letter he penned to initiate the movement. One paragraph of the letter reads, "In a time of fake news, distracting news, divisive news, disorderly news, and, sometimes, depressing news, we - as Christians and as leaders - want to recommit ourselves to making sure that the Good News of Jesus cuts through it all. We call upon Christians in America to make 2017 'The Year of Good News.'"<!--This is a further third-party source issue. Laurie IS Harvest. Harvest is NOT independent of Laurie: -->
As of 2006, Laurie was serving on the board of directors for the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. As of this date, it was being reported that Laurie had served as a chaplain for the Newport Beach Police Department for over 25 years.<!--This source contains no date of publication; as such, the "for over 25 years" is an unanchored chronological statement. Replace with a dated soruce saying the same thing, add that date to the "As of..." sentence opening, and then remove this tag.--> As of 2013, Laurie was serving as chaplain for the Costa Mesa Police Department.
Controversy
In September 2025, lawsuits were filed against Laurie and Harvest Christian Fellowship alleging sexual abuse at an orphanage in Romania that the church had sponsored, allegations that included child rape and sex trafficking. Without denying that the abuse had taken place, the church responded, e.g., in a statement to Christianity Today, that the legal action was a "misplaced lawsuit wrongly target[ing] Harvest and our pastor"; calling the allegations "serious and disturbing", the church statement argued that "the target... should be the alleged perpetrator, not our church", and further argued that the lawsuits aimed at sensationalising the matter, constituting "a form of financial extortion".
Media
Published works
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