Harvest Crusades

Harvest Crusades is an Evangelical Christian organization based in Los Angeles, United States, that organizes evangelistic conferences.

Harvest Crusades
Founded1990
FounderGreg Laurie
Type501(c)(3)
HeadquartersLos Angeles, United States
Websiteharvest.org

History

The conference has its origins in a public evangelistic event in Los Angeles founded in 1990, by the senior pastor of Harvest Christian Fellowship, Greg Laurie.[1] The event has been renamed Harvest Crusades. [2]

In 2005, 100,000 people attended at the conference. [3]

Harvest Crusades shifted to an online-only format in 2020 in response to the COVID-19 outbreak.[4]

In 2022, 21,000 people attended at the conference in Boise, Idaho and 144,000 people online.[5]

References

  1. David Olson, Harvest Crusades: Thousands pack Angel Stadium to hear the good word – and pass it on, ocregister.com, USA, August 16, 2014
  2. Caitlin Yoshiko Kandil, ‘A delivery boy’ for God: Greg Laurie and his Harvest Crusade are back for a 27th year, latimes.com, USA, August 12, 2016
  3. Hemmy So, Harvest Crusade Keeps Current by Amping Music and Technology, latimes.com, USA, August 11, 2006
  4. Alejandra Molina, This year, Harvest Crusade takes shape as a cinematic event, apnews.com, USA, August 3, 2020
  5. Ian M. Giatti, Over 3K accept invitations to Christ at Greg Laurie's Harvest crusade in Idaho, christianpost.com, USA, April 29, 2022
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